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20 Sept 2025

Two Kilkenny agri innovators honoured for cutting edge solutions at Ploughing

Beotanics and Feedlync were honoured at the National Ploughing Championships

Kilkenny

Beotanics Ltd, Jim Woulfe, Carol Gibbons, Pat Fitzgerald, Minister Dillon

Two Kilkenny based agri innovators have been recognised with a ‘Certificate of Achievement for Innovation’ in Enterprise Ireland’s 2025 Innovation Arena Awards at the National Ploughing Championships.

Beotanics and Feedlync were honoured at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday, at an event attended by Jenny Melia, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, and Minister Alan Dillon.

Nine Irish-owned companies participated in the final of the 2025 Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards, delivering a live pitch in front of an audience and panel of judges, competing in three different categories. Cork company ScanInsights won a €10,000 prize for ‘Start-Up Innovator of the Year’, the ‘Green Impact Award’ was won by Galway innovators GlasPort Bio, while the ‘2025 Innovation Arena Champion Award’ went to Tipperary based firm Herdwatch.

A total of eight companies who participated in this year’s competition were honoured for their entry with a ‘Certificate of Achievement for Innovation’, having received a minimum qualifying score. These companies were; Beotanics Ltd, Biocel, Bua Terra Limited, CORE Technology, Feedlync, Munster Bovine, Reap Interactive and SpreadPoint.

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