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mInterviews....................... 4 Ethiopia trip..................... 6 National Dairy Week...........8 Know Your Neighbour.........10 Young Farmer & Silage competitions..........12 Noticeboard....................14 AGM report.....................16 European Rally................18 Agriculture news..............20 Competitions...................23 Festivals & events............24 Summer fun....................26 Photo page ....................28 M is published twice a year and is a joint venture between Macra na Feirme and the Agricultural Trust, publishers of the Irish Farmers Journal and The Irish Field. Editor: Aoife Helly Sub-editors: Regina Horan Brian Murphy Design: Garrett Allen Imaging: Owen McGauley Advertising: Fiona Brien 01-4199557 087-7726164 fbrien@farmersjournal.ie Printing: Johnswood Press info@johnswoodpress.ie The publishers accept no responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors and advertisers. While every care is taken to ensure accuracy of information contained in M Magazine, we do not accept responsibility for any errors or matters arising from same. © Macra na Feirme It is a great pleasure to be writing my first piece for M magazine as president. Thank you to my family, friends and, of course, all the Macra members for their good wishes and support. Alan Jagoe has completed a very busy two years and will be remembered with respect and affection by Macra members everywhere. I wish him and his fiancée, Helen, the very best of luck in their future life together. Congratulations to my three vice-presidents, Paddy Delaney, James Healy and Sean Finan, and to all the officers and committee chairpersons who took up their roles at the AGM hosted by Avondhu. The AGM committee deserve a huge thank you for a great weekend and choice of venue. The Know Your Neighbour weekend will take place on the weekend of 13 and 14 July and clubs and counties/ regions are encouraged to get involved. The summer packs, with information on upcoming events, will be posted out shortly. The packs also contain the dates of competitions throughout the year. If any county/region is interested in hosting a competition round or final, then they should ensure that their application is received before the closing date in mid-July. In addition, the summer packs have details about hosting the 2014 National AGM of Macra and the closing date for applications is mid-July as well. During the next two years I hope to meet as many of you as I can at events across the country and to promote our six key areas and everything that Macra na Feirme represents. — Kieran O’Dowd Macra na Feirme National President, 2013-2015 Summer 2013 | m | 3
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