Mr Donnelly previously served as managing director of the UFU’s commercial subsidiary, Countryside Services, and has held roles with the Livestock and Meat Commission and the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association.
“I am committed to ensuring the collective voice of our members is clearly and consistently heard and I look forward to working with the team to further strengthen and develop the UFU to deliver for farming families across Northern Ireland,” added Mr Donnelly.
John from County Derry/Londonderry, has suckler beef, an egg enterprise, wind turbine and biogas plant. His partner is Lisa and they have three children. John’s UFU experience includes former group chair of North East Londonderry. John has been a member of the poultry, rural enterprise, animal health and environment committees. He has served on the board and was previously chair of poultry and environment.
Glenn is from Donaghmore in Co. Tyrone. He has three children, and farms alongside his two sons and wife Heather. They run a modern birth-to-bacon sow unit, in addition to suckler cows and a pedigree and commercial sheep flock. For four years, Glenn chaired the pork and bacon committee and represented the UFU on the Red Tractor pig board and sat on the Board of Pig Regen, which conducts research with AFBI. He served on the shadow board of the NI sustainability farming programme, the animal health committee and the pork and bacon forum.
Clement is a hill sheep farmer in the Sperrin Mountains outside Claudy, married to Siobhan with 2 grown up kids. All lambs are finished on the farm and marketed through the British Co-op lamb group, ensuring quality and value from farm to fork. Clement has been serving as chair of NW Derry group, and the Hill Farming Committee and represents members on the FQAS industry board, the AgriSearch Sheep Committee and the Sheep Taskforce.