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.

First Rural Development plans approved by EU

EU

First Rural Development plans approved by EU

The European Commission has today approved the first three of 118 Rural Development Programmes. EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner...
2014 set to be record year for world cereal production

World News

2014 set to be record year for world cereal production

World cereal production will be at record levels this year, according to the latest indications, with production to reach an...
European Milk Board warns of market ‘catastrophe’

Dairy

European Milk Board warns of market ‘catastrophe’

There will be a catastrophe in the EU milk market unless new crisis instruments are applied, the European Milk Board...
Goodman group announces beef deal with Japan

Beef

Goodman group announces beef deal with Japan

The Larry Goodman owned ABP Food Group has announced it has secured a new beef deal with Japan. It says...
Dairygold announces measures to support its milk suppliers

Dairy

Dairygold announces measures to support its milk suppliers

Dairygold has announced that its Board has approved changes to the Society’s Member Funding mechanisms designed to assist its milk...
Fonterra revises its 2014/’15 forecast milk price down $NZ 60c/kg

Dairy

Fonterra revises its 2014/’15 forecast milk price down $NZ 60c/kg

Fonterra has reduced its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014/’15 season from $5.30/kg MS to $4.70/kg MS (€37c/kg) When...
Massey Ferguson team reaches South Pole in tractor tracks of Edmund Hillary

Machinery

Massey Ferguson team reaches South Pole in tractor tracks of Edmund Hillary

After a gruelling 2500 km ice-journey, the Antarctica2 expedition team arrived with its Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor at the South...
Alltech young scientist competition – last chance to enter

Agri-Business

Alltech young scientist competition – last chance to enter

The deadline for the Alltech Young Scientist is fast approaching with registration and paper submission due by December 31. Featuring...
Augusta produces 1 millionth John Deere tractor

Machinery

Augusta produces 1 millionth John Deere tractor

A John Deere 5100M tractor recently marked a significant production milestone as the 1 millionth tractor produced at the company’s...
Positive outlook for dairy farming in Europe, new report says

Dairy

Positive outlook for dairy farming in Europe, new report says

The medium-term outlook for dairy farming in Europe is good, according to a new report by the European Commission. The...
Father tells of six year old’s farm death

Rural Life

Father tells of six year old’s farm death

The heartbroken father of an ‘extraordinary little fellow’ who died in a farm death on his farm has told of...
Premier Foods calls on suppliers to ‘pay and stay’

Agri-Business

Premier Foods calls on suppliers to ‘pay and stay’

An investigation by BBC’s Newsnight has reported that Premier Foods, one of the biggest manufacturers in the UK has been...
UK supermarket The Co-op to source only British beef

Beef

UK supermarket The Co-op to source only British beef

UK supermarket The Co-op has announced that it will only source UK beef for its own-brand products and ready meals....
Good housing means happy, healthy cows and less mastitis

Dairy

Good housing means happy, healthy cows and less mastitis

Good housing means happy, healthy cows according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI) which says that housing increases cows’ exposure to...
Member States to determine own rules on GMOs

Agri-Business

Member States to determine own rules on GMOs

The European Parliament has ruled that Member States should be allowed to determine their own stance on the cultivation of...
Ulster Bank staff awarded ag’ finance certificates

Agri-Business

Ulster Bank staff awarded ag’ finance certificates

Twenty eight Ulster Bank business banking staff were the first in Ireland to receive a Certificate in Agricultural Finance, awarded...
€54m investment to turn plastic into fuel launched

Environment

€54m investment to turn plastic into fuel launched

Plans for a €54m investment in Ireland, producing 40 million litres of motor fuel per annum from plastic, are underway....
Transition ‘supports’ don’t help ambitious dairy farmers

Opinion

Transition ‘supports’ don’t help ambitious dairy farmers

The notion that the EU should introduce ‘support measures’ to help farmers cope with the end of milk quotas is...
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