Leaving Cert Ag Science 2025

The 2025 Leaving Cert Ag Science exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

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What's in the 2025 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 cattle breeds, genetics, animal production · 10 marks
  • Q2 plant lifecycles, cattle breeds, beef production · 10 marks
  • Q3 farm technology, animal welfare, environmental sustainability · 10 marks
  • Q4 animal disease, bovine tb, biosecurity · 10 marks
  • Q5 weaning, animal nutrition, beef production, calculations · 10 marks
  • Q6 sheep production, lambing, farm equipment · 10 marks
  • Q7 soil microbiome, soil health, catch crops, carbon sequestration · 10 marks
  • Q8 nitrogen cycle, soil fertility, crop production · 10 marks
  • Q9 soil ph, soil testing, tillage crops · 10 marks
  • Q10 sheep production, breeding, farm technology · 10 marks
  • Q11 traceability, food safety, export markets, quality assurance · 10 marks
  • Q12 breeding, water quality, photosynthesis, transpiration · 10 marks
  • Q13 dairy production, breeding, milk recording, calculations · 50 marks
  • Q14 soil compaction, soil water, capillarity, scientific investigation · 50 marks
  • Q15 plant breeding, genetic inheritance, weed control, plant identification · 50 marks
  • Q16 beef production, feed conversion, calculations, silage · 50 marks
  • Q17 sheep production, breeding, animal housing, graph plotting · 50 marks
  • Q18 reseeding, grassland, crop establishment, scientific investigation · 50 marks

Ordinary Level

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What's in the 2025 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 cattle breeds, animal production · 10 marks
  • Q2 animal husbandry, animal health, animal nutrition · 10 marks
  • Q3 farm machinery, crop production · 10 marks
  • Q4 farm management, grassland management, dairy farming · 10 marks
  • Q5 soil composition, germination, crop production · 10 marks
  • Q6 biodiversity, pollination, sustainability · 10 marks
  • Q7 grassland species, plant identification, weeds · 10 marks
  • Q8 farm safety, fertilisers, health and safety · 10 marks
  • Q9 calving, animal husbandry, farm economics · 10 marks
  • Q10 genetics, artificial insemination, breeding · 10 marks
  • Q11 animal welfare, dairy farming, lameness, farm technology · 10 marks
  • Q12 sheep production, lamb mortality, growth rates, data interpretation · 10 marks
  • Q13 soil sampling, soil texture, soil types, liming · 50 marks
  • Q14 soil temperature, germination, scientific investigation, tillage crops · 50 marks
  • Q15 milk production, milk quality, food processing, calf rearing · 50 marks
  • Q16 beef production, animal housing, silage quality, dry matter · 50 marks
  • Q17 soil biology, flocculation, plant nutrients, livestock systems · 50 marks
  • Q18 suckler beef, body condition score, breeding management, dairy exports · 50 marks
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