AgriLand recently ran a quiz on all things agriculture to test our readers’ knowledge on topics from machinery to sheep to agri-politics.

Around 5,000 people have taken part so far and if you haven’t had a go at the quiz it can be found here.

The average result of those who took part was exactly 50% which equates to answering 10 questions correctly out of the 20 questions on the quiz (as of Monday, August 31).

24 people who took the quiz managed to score full marks while 54 people scored over 80%.

At the other end of the scale, 100 people scored under 20% on our quiz so a little brushing up on agricultural trivia might possibly be needed!

Keep an eye out for further quizzes on AgriLand in the coming weeks.

Who should be the next minister for agriculture?

AgriLand hosted an impromptu online poll last week which ran for circa 24 hours, whereby readers had the opportunity to have their say on who should be the next Minister for Agriculture.

It should be noted that this was an ‘open’ poll; it was open to all and sundry. In other words, it didn’t involve a ‘controlled sample’.

Also Read: Poll results: Who do you want as the next Minister for Agriculture?

However, each reader (i.e. each user / IP address) could only vote once.

The question – ‘Who will be the next Minister for Agriculture?‘ – was to the point.

The list of prospective would-be Ministers for Agriculture includes (but is not limited to) the following (in alphabetical order):
  • Jackie Cahill;
  • Simon Coveney;
  • Charlie McConalogue;
  • Anne Rabbitte;
  • Brendan Smith.

There were over 3,000 respondents during a relatively short time-frame.

Here (below) is the outcome…

Jackie Cahill topped our poll – garnering over 34% of the votes. Next up was Charlie McConalogue (circa 22%); followed by Simon Coveney (circa 21%). Circa 15% of the votes were for Anne Rabbitte while circa 8% were for Brendan Smith.