Category: Exhibitor News 2018

For the 3^rd Consecutive Year you have the opportunity to Win one of 5 €1,000 Agricultural Education Bursaries

Due to the popularity of the Irish Hereford Bursary Competition,over the past two years attracting interest from numerous aspiring students hoping to pursue a career in the agri-sector, we have decided to organise it again for the 3^rd consecutive year.

The competition is funded by the Irish Hereford Breed Society in collaboration with Slaney Foods International & LIDL Ireland, who aredelighted to support this programme again in 2018.

Here are two of the testaments received from previous winners:

“From start to finish, the competition was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, with many great people met along the way. It can provide students with a motivating challenge to show their interest in the industry which they will find themselves leading, in years not so far into the future. The scheme helped prepare me academically and financially for my studies at UCD and I could not recommend it enough to anybody planning a career in the agri-sector.”

Noel Bardon, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath 

“I would 100% recommend taking part in the competition to any young person with an interest in Irish agriculture. The entire process is incredibly rewarding and the experience you get is fantastic. I was thrilled to win a bursary, but more importantly for me was the work and study I put into the essay. It proved to me a passion and capability that I had for agriculture and cemented my decision to become more involved in the farm.”

Hannah Quinn Mulligan, Croom, Co. Limerick

COMPETITION PROCESS

To be in with a chance of winning one of these bursaries, candidates should submit an assignment entitled: “A Young Farmer’sopportunities and challenges in Beef Farming”. Discuss(maximum 2,000 words) with their name, address and contact number clearly displayed on their assignment, by e-mail no later than Friday 31^st August 2018 to: herefordbursary@gmail.com

Ten qualifiers will be contacted by phone on Monday 10^th September and will be required to attend the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamoreon Wednesday 19^th September to be interviewed by a well-known figure in Irish agriculture who will select the final 5 winners.

For further details of the programme please see Terms and Conditions at www.irishhereford.com.  You can also find these at www.slaneyfarmers.com and www.lidl.ie

In case of queries, students may contact the Irish Hereford Breed Society Ltd. on 044/9348855.

A West of Ireland business goes global with the launch of its model toy fields into the American market as of this September. The National Ploughing Championships back in 2015 provided the successful launch pad for international success for Irish business The Field.

Padraic Cuddy, owner of Class Grass Ireland, which supplies superior quality synthetic grasses to the Irish market saw the National Ploughing Championships based in Ratheniska, Co. Laois that year as the perfect event to introduce his model toy field to the Irish market, what he didn’t expect was the overnight success to follow.

A simple child’s request from Padraic’s then 3-year-old son for a realistic toy field to graze his many farm animals and play with his farm machinery saw the start of a new business venture for Padraic Cuddy and his family. This adventure has led The Field business to international success, the introduced of the Field Toys to the American market has been greatly received. With continued success in the Irish market with over 150 stores across the Island of Ireland stocking the Field toys and regular appearance on the Late Late Toy Show. 

The Field toys are realistic model toy fields designed for children both boys and girls aged 3+. Each Field toy comes complete with lush pastures, hedging and traditional wooden farm gates! The Field Toys spark imaginative, inspired play and no batteries are needed! 

Children who love playing with miniature farm animals and vehicles can immerse in playing “farm life”, grazing cattle, shepherding animals around the field, tending to a designated plot of farm land with their farm machinery! The Field is highly versatile and is only limited by a child’s imagination.Enclosed the child will also find a Certificate of Ownership, so there is no doubt as to who owns this creative plot of land!

The Field Toys “open the gates to a child’s imagination”, these fun, engaging, educational toys allow children to create their own real world “small play”, stimulating growing imaginations and encouraging learning and social skills development.

What child doesn’t love figurines and creating little worlds that reflect their own but are also unique and utterly enchanting?Children like the Field Toy because it creates the foundation for hours of inventive play. Instead of having their little ‘small’ world created for them through elaborate structures and playhouses, the Field Toy allows children to use their own imaginations to put together a play space like none other.  The Field toys can be used indoors, or outside for hours of creative fun!

Parents like the Field Toy because its low tech, ‘no batteries needed’, style is an approachable and encouraging way for kids to get off their screens and develop a world right in front of their eyes. Children develop their concentration skills and imagination because of the fact that they can touch, feel and engage with the Field Toy, time and time again and in new and wonderful ways.

For more information, please contact our media contact Sinéad Fannon, details below or visit our website and/or our social media channels Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Sisters Áine Lecky and Eibhlin Murphy directors of Major Equipment Intl Ltd, based in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo were winners of last years Anna May McHugh Leadership award at the National Ploughing Championships and since then have been concentrating their efforts on reaching world markets.This year they will have new product launches and show case what women are achieving in the otherwise male dominated machinery sector.

Speaking a year on from winning the award Eibhlin said that it was something they were very proud of and it had a hugely positive effect on their business. “We have been working hard on building relationships in many parts of the world and to have our Australian dealers comment on the award adds an element of credibility to what we are doing. It gives reassurance to our suppliers that we are committed to the longer term and vested in growing our business.”

The company designs and manufactures innovative grass cutting, slurry handling and site equipment for the agricultural, amenity and industrial sectors. 

The company was established in 1976 bytheir father John Murphy and his brother Mark Murphy. 

In 2004 Áine joined the company and is now Major’s financial director. Áine has two children and is married to Glen.

A graduate of International Commerce from UCD, Eibhlin spent time overseas in various marketing roles before returning to Mayo in 2005 as the company’s Marketing Manager and now lives near Ballyhaunis with her husband Peter Healy and her two daughters.  

Despite ongoing challenges including Brexit, the two ladies are focused on expanding presence in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and have just taken on an amenity dealer in Canada and will expand into the US later this year.

We wishÁine and Eibhlin best wish for the rest of 2018 as theyhave been nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year for 2018 in the International Category.