Mary Deane has recently been presented with an award after being titled Student of the Year for her diploma in Integrated Pest Management and Sustainable Use of Pesticides  in 2017.

She received the award at the recent Federation of Agrochemical Retail Merchants (FARM) AGM.

As part of her diploma, Deane completed a project examining the various methods of pest control in crops and how to effectively manage the use of pesticides in crop production.

Coming from a tillage and beef farming background, Deane is said to have a keen interest in both sectors and, upon joining Dairygold’s Graduate Programme in 2015, she worked as part of Dairygold’s Tillage Team before moving to her current role of inside sales and marketing manager.

A statement from Dairygold expressed congratulations to Deane on “winning such a prestigious award”.

It added that the Dairygold Tillage Team – under the management of Nial Griffey – offer an overall advisory package and a range of farm inputs to its tillage farmers.