Margaret Donnelly

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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.

How to plan the best route to the 2015 Ploughing site
How to plan the best route to the 2015 Ploughing site

Over 200,000 people are expected to attend this year’s National Ploughing Championships so planning your route to avoid unnecessary delays...

Dairygold holds its August milk price
Dairygold holds its August milk price

Dairygold has confirmed that it will hold its August milk price – at 25.5c/L. The Dairygold board met today and...

FBD raises €70m through agreement with Fairfax
FBD raises €70m through agreement with Fairfax

FBD Holdings plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will...

Glanbia cuts its milk price again – August milk price down 0.5c/L
Glanbia cuts its milk price again – August milk price down 0.5c/L

Glanbia has cut its August milk price by 0.5c/L with member suppliers set to receive 26c/L including VAT for August milk....

Keenan joins with Intel to provide ‘end-to-end’ farming information
Keenan joins with Intel to provide ‘end-to-end’ farming information

Keenan is now working with IT giant Intel which, it says, will improve data sharing and enhance nutritional analysis. According...

Support us and we’ll support you, says FBD Doherty
Support us and we’ll support you, says FBD Doherty

FBD has asked its farmer customer base to remain loyal as it tackles its ongoing financial issues. Christy Doherty, Head of...

Video: Great footage of spring barley being harvested in Carlow
Video: Great footage of spring barley being harvested in Carlow

The majority of the harvest is complete across the country and Paul Brennan of Skyfly Photography took to the fields...

EU’s €500m package must deliver structural changes to supply chain
EU’s €500m package must deliver structural changes to supply chain

The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers across the EU are to be welcomed. The outcomes of...

Possible intervention price rise to be discussed in Europe on Friday
Possible intervention price rise to be discussed in Europe on Friday

The possibility of raising the intervention price on a temporary basis will be discussed on Friday. Announcing the details of...

UK supermarket introduces more measures to support dairy farmers
UK supermarket introduces more measures to support dairy farmers

UK dairy farmers are being further supported by supermarket chain Morrisons as it announced that it will increase the amount...

EU proposals to help farmers include 70% advance on direct payments
EU proposals to help farmers include 70% advance on direct payments

The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers include the facility for Member States to advance up to...

‘50% of UK dairy farmers see no future and plan to quit production’
‘50% of UK dairy farmers see no future and plan to quit production’

Almost half of Britain’s dairy farmers are scheduled to leave the sector, according to an intentions survey carried out by...

European Commission announces €500m package for farmers
European Commission announces €500m package for farmers

The European Commission has presented a €500m comprehensive package of measures to support European farmers in Brussels today. The proposals...

Pizza and cappuccino culture driving dairy demand in China
Pizza and cappuccino culture driving dairy demand in China

Foods such as pizza and cappuccino and the growing influence of the western diet, especially among younger people, is making...

‘Dairy farms of the future will have technologies we never dreamed of’
‘Dairy farms of the future will have technologies we never dreamed of’

Technological advances will be a key to future dairy farms, according to Kevin Tuck, Managing Director at Alltech Ireland. Speaking...

Know what the agricultural wage is for farm workers?
Know what the agricultural wage is for farm workers?

The agricultural wage in Ireland has, for many years, governed what agricultural workers have been paid. However, after a legal...

Commission extends period for SMP and butter private storage aid
Commission extends period for SMP and butter private storage aid

The European Commission move to extend the period for private storage aid for both Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and butter has...

Coillte sells off 300 masts to French investment fund
Coillte sells off 300 masts to French investment fund

Collate has announced that InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia), a French investment fund, has agreed to purchase its portfolio of telecommunications...