The ‘time capsule’, buried in the 1980s by the Guild of Agricultural Journalists of Ireland (Agri Guild), features print, TV and radio reports that will provide an insight into the major challenges which faced both sectors at the time. Following the opening of the churn, a panel discussion hosted by chair of the Agri Guild, Stella Meehan, featuring former journalist and PR consultant Michael Miley and Irish Farmers Monthly publisher David Markey, will reflect on the churn’s contents and what set the agri-news agenda four decades ago. Stella, who is also editor of Agriland, said: “We are very much looking forward to cracking open the lock on the time capsule and taking a trip down memory lane! Agricultural reporting has changed so much over the last four decades and given the litany of developments in the interim, it will be interesting to see the kernels that helped to shape where it has evolved to today.”