Tickets for this year's Women & Agriculture conference, which takes place 22 October are now available and can be purchased here.

Click here to find out the first two speakers announced for the event. With 2014 being the UN Year of Family Farming, what better way to open the conference than by looking at the role women have played in modernising the sector.

This year's conference will be held in the ideal location of Knightsbrook Hotel and information on booking accommodation in the hotel can be found here.

Keep an eye on Irish Country Living in the coming weeks for more speaker announcements, news and more.