Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney and Macra president Seán Finan welcome Macra members from all over the country to the coopsuperstores.ie Macra na Feirme annual conference at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork.

Nora Cushen, Siobhan Walsh, Anne Marie Ging and Ciara O’Donovan of Portlaoise Macra, Co Laois, after winning the Macra na Feirme/Irish Farmers Journal Know your Ag quiz. Also included are Macra president Seán Finan and Patrick Donohue, Irish Farmers Journal news editor.

Grace Corrigan, Innishannon Macra, Carbery, Cork, winner of the best new member competition, at the Coopsuperstores.ie Macra na Feirme annual conference..

Donoughmore Macra, Muskerry, Co Cork, winner of club of the year at the coopsuperstores.ie Macra na Feirme annual conference at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork last weekend. Included in picture are Heather Healy, Sean Wallace, Meig Collins, William Buckley, Macra president Seán Finan, Mairead Healy and Macra national chair David McDonagh.

Joseph Hughes, Johnstown/Coolgreaney Macra, Co Wicklow; Shane Healy, Crookstown Macra, Muskerry, Co Cork; and Breda O’Keeffe, Awbeg Macra, Avondhu, Co Cork; all prizewinners in the Macra Bord Bia stockjudging competition, are pictured with Joe Burke, Bord Bia and Macra president Seán Finan.

Margaret Galvin, rally committee chair; Macra president Seán Finan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan; Gillian Foley, marketing manager, Dairygold; Alan Jagoe, CEJA president and young farmer Tommy Moyles, guest speaker; at the Macra young farmers’ conference.

Naas Macra, Co Kildare, winner of the best emerging club. Included in the picture are Laura Cross, Siobhan Abrook, Ciara O’Mahony, Aine Trant, Macra president Seán Finan and Macra national chair David McDonagh.

Junior Minister for Health with responsibility for mental health Kathleen Lynch is pictured with Macra president Seán Finan and the panel of speakers at the Let’s Talk seminar on mental health, held during the annual conference.