Margaret Donnelly

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Margaret Donnelly - Author - Agriland.ie

Her first agricultural journalism role was working in the Farming Independent as a journalist, before she became Editor of Irish Farmers Monthly and Veterinary Journal Ireland. From a beef and tillage farm on the Offaly/Tipperary border, she has a Degree in Journalism from DIT and a Masters in Marketing from Smurfit Business School.

Calving sensor set to shine at Young Scientist

Rural Life

Calving sensor set to shine at Young Scientist

A group of students from Ferbane, Co. Offaly are taking their invention – the alert-cow calving – to the BT...
Kverneland baler/wrapper wins silver for innovation at SIMA

Machinery

Kverneland baler/wrapper wins silver for innovation at SIMA

Kverneland will be awarded a silver medal for innovation at the SIMA show in February for its FastBale. The SIMA...
How a ‘Hen Party’ keeps the foxes away Young Scientist project finds

Rural Life

How a ‘Hen Party’ keeps the foxes away Young Scientist project finds

A group of students from Salesian Secondary College, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, is exhibiting at the Young Scientist a project to...
Secure your farm machinery with tracking devices

Machinery

Secure your farm machinery with tracking devices

Irish company Back2me has a range of tacking and location devices to help protect farm machinery and equipment. Back2me’s range...
Young Scientist project on seed harvesting for farmers in developing countries

Rural Life

Young Scientist project on seed harvesting for farmers in developing countries

A seed harvesting kit for subsistence farmers in developing countries will be on show at the BT Young Scientist in...
Claas wins SIMA gold for panoramic tractor cab

Machinery

Claas wins SIMA gold for panoramic tractor cab

Claas recently won two golds at the SIMA innovation awards, for its panoramic cab concept which is on the Arion...
World’s biggest tractor built to pull 80ft cultivator

Machinery

World’s biggest tractor built to pull 80ft cultivator

The world’s largest tractor ‘Big Bud’ currently lives in a museum in Iowa, but it was originally custom built for...
Shortest bull in the world lives in Co. Antrim Guinness Records show

World News

Shortest bull in the world lives in Co. Antrim Guinness Records show

The shortest bull in the world lives in Co. Antrim and has made it into the Guinness Book of Records....
Wesley Aston appointed as UFU CEO Designate

N.Ireland

Wesley Aston appointed as UFU CEO Designate

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced the appointment of Wesley Aston as the Chief Executive Designate of the organisation....
ESB reminds farmers to be safe this Christmas

Rural Life

ESB reminds farmers to be safe this Christmas

The ESB is reminding farmers to be safe this Christmas and to never take risks with electricity. It says that in...
Laois farmers could be paid to salt roads this Christmas

Rural Life

Laois farmers could be paid to salt roads this Christmas

Laois County Council are to consider paying farmers to use their tractors to spread salt on local roads, as requested...
Northern farmers call on Minister to provide long-term template for industry

N.Ireland

Northern farmers call on Minister to provide long-term template for industry

Northern Ireland farmers have written to the Northern Minister for Agriculture looking for the Agri Food Strategy Board (AFSB) to...
Dairy production outstrips consumption new report finds

Dairy

Dairy production outstrips consumption new report finds

International dairy markets continue to suffer from low prices according to a Rabobank report on dairy markets, though the rate...
First milk goes through Glanbia’s Belview plant

Dairy

First milk goes through Glanbia’s Belview plant

The first milk went through Glanbia’s new dairy facility in Belview last week, during an on schedule dry run for...
Kerry’s pork pie sale gives competitor too big a slice of the market

Agri-Business

Kerry’s pork pie sale gives competitor too big a slice of the market

The sale this year by Kerry Foods of its UK pork pie operations is causing ructions in the UK, with...
Glanbia invests €7.8m in new plant to double production

Agri-Business

Glanbia invests €7.8m in new plant to double production

Glanbia has officially opened its newly-built milk protein facility on the existing GII site in Virginia, Co. Cavan. It was...
Goodman group to sponsor farm safety initiative

Agri-Business

Goodman group to sponsor farm safety initiative

The Larry Goodman ABP Food Group is to sponsor a farm safety exhibition at next year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition....
Glanbia appoints Patten HR and Corporate Affairs Director

Agri-Business

Glanbia appoints Patten HR and Corporate Affairs Director

Glanbia plc has announced the appointment of Michael Patten to a new combined role of Group Human Resources & Corporate...
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