As I told you recently, Tipperary’s Tom Kelly is retiring from his role as director of knowledge transfer in Teagasc.

Well, it turns out he’s not the only big gun leaving the top table. Teagasc is seeking a replacement for chief operations officer (COO) Tom Doherty, a man not known to many farmers, due to impending retirement

The COO oversees the HR, IT and financial side of the semi-state and is one of the four senior figures in Teagasc, along with the director, the director of knowledge transfer and director of research.

I may freshen up the CV – will several decades managing my farm suffice?