Appointment

The Irish Farmers Journal is pleased to announce the appointment of James Maloney as machinery editor, effective from 1 October. James, from Killeen, Stradbally, Co Laois, runs a part-time tillage farm.

Before joining the Journal, James worked as a machinery lecturer at the Teagasc Kildalton College since 2004, where he was responsible for the management and development of the Advanced Machinery and Crops Management course. He has a BSc degree in agriculture from the University of Aberdeen.

James takes over the role from Michael Moroney, who this year celebrates 35 years of contributions to the machinery pages of the Irish Farmers Journal.