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Agribusiness Conference 2019
The 2019 Northern Ireland Agribusiness Conference, supported by First Trust Bank and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, was a busy and insightful day for the local agri-food sector. The line-up included visiting speakers Scott Walker from NFU Scotland and Sally Shortall from Newcastle University. Delegates also heard from local industry experts including Nick Whelan CEO at Dale Farm, Ian Stevenson from LMC and Mary Dobbs of Queen’s University Belfast. The conference focused on looking Beyond Brexit, as well as examining key issues such as rural proofing Northern Ireland, research & development, challenges facing the dairy industry and the impact of agriculture on the environment.
Stephen Hughes from Ulster Bank and Laura Hughes from Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Question and answer session
Des Brown from NI Water and Ian Stevenson from the Livestock and Meat Commission NI
Brenda McGuigan and Samantha Swann from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute: Claire Jack, Austen Ashfield and conference speaker Dr Elizabeth Magowan
Speaker Angus Wilson from Wilson’s Country and Ann McMahon from Queen’s University Belfast.
