DONEGAL has a new representative on the National Farm Business Committee of the Irish Farmers’ Association.
Shannon Porter, from Carrigans, was elected to the post following a vote at the annual general meeting of the Co Donegal Executive of the IFA in Letterkenny last week.
She defeated the outgoing Donegal representative on the National Farm Business Committee, Andrew McShea, from Ballyshannon, by 58 votes to 16.
Porter is from a strong farming background and is a participant on the IFA Leadership programme.
Back in 2021, she set up a milk vending business, and has won a number of awards.
She is a graduate of Harper Adams University, in Shropshire, England, which specialises in agriculture and farming education.
This was the only contested position on the county executive this year.
The full Co Donegal Executive of the IFA is:
Chair, Joe Sweeney (Dunfanaghy); Vice-Chair, Frank McClean (Letterkenny); Secretary, Tina McLaughlin (Ballindrait); Asst. Secretary, Stella McGlinchey (Ballybofey); Treasurer, Marion Boyce (Letterkenny); PRO, Andrew McMenamin (Castlefin).
Commodity Committee Representatives.
Sheep, Tommy Mullin (Malin Head); Dairy, Ian Witherow (Convoy); Hill Farming, Dessie Cunningham (Carrick); Animal Health, George Starrett (Ballindrait); Grain, Hugh Kelly (Ballindrait); Liquid Milk, Charles McCandless (Culdaff); Potatoes, Donal Logue (Muff); Farm Business, Shannon Porter (Carrigans); Environment, Michael Chance (Newtowncunningham); Livestock, Neville Myles (Ballyshannon); Farm Family, Christine Friel (Kilmacrennan); Forestry, Ross Buchanan (Carndonagh); Rural Development, Peter Cannon (Carrick); Pigs, Jimmy Mooney (Malin Head) and Martin Doherty (Clonmany).
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