Cattle feeding as simple as turning on the telly

John O'Connor, Cashel with his automated meal and nut dispenser at the National Ploughing Championships, Ratheniska, Co Laois. Picture: Dan Linehan

Cashel man John O’Connor won the lifetime achievement award in the National Ploughing Championships Innovation Arena this year for his invention, the Dangan meal and nut dispenser for remote-controlled cattle feeding outdoors.

The eye-catching contraption takes up almost the length of the machinery section of the Innovation Pavilion and includes a remote-controlled hopper positioned on a rails running above a feeding trailer.