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Mayo farmer Sean Coughlan has been awarded a prestigious Nuffield Scholarship. The internationally-acclaimed scholarship, which is sponsored by Aurivo, was awarded by the Nuffield Ireland Farming Scholarship Trust.

Galway’s JJ Fleming and Robbie Ward produced a great drive to finish second overall in this year’s Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally held in Loughrea on Sunday.

Westport dairy farmer Michael Lyons has won the top award in the Connacht Gold Milk Quality Awards. Mr Lyons came top of the class among the 875 milk producers who supplied Connacht Gold in 2010.

Westport dairy farmer Michael Lyons has won the top award in the Connacht Gold Milk Quality Awards. Mr Lyons came top of the class among the 875 milk producers who supplied Connacht Gold in 2010.

Connacht Gold Co-operative has reported a 13 per cent increase in turnover and an operating profit of just over €2m in 2010.

Just two weeks after it opened the doors to its newly redeveloped Swinford store, Connacht Gold has announced that it will begin the expansion and upgrade of its Westport DIY and Garden Centre in May. A total of €1.5 million will be invested in the project by Connacht Gold and it will result in the creation of four to six new jobs for the town.

Westmeath dairy farmer, Noel Martin, has won one of the premier awards in the Connacht Gold Milk Quality Awards. Noel and his wife Mary, who farm at Fardrum, Athlone, took the award for the highest standards in animal health across the 950 dairy farms supplying Connacht Gold in 2009.

The viability of farming and the rural economy in the west depends on the provision of properly-funded farm schemes.

Two Mayo dairy farmers have been rewarded for outstanding achievement in the 2008 Connacht Gold Co-op Milk Quality Awards.