Pat O’Brien is a spring calving dairy farmer from Tullamore Co.Offaly.
His herd is made up of pedigree Holsteins and some British Friesian crosses. He is also the county chairman of the ICMSA.
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Niall Mason is a Dairy and Beef farmer from Ballyseedy, Co. Kerry. Niall farms with his parents John and Carol in a partnership.
Nigel Flannery is a mixed Suckler and Sheep farmer from the shores of Lough Gara in Co. Sligo. Nigel works full time off-farm,
As a farmer’s wife, Rosie knows all too well what farming life is like and how life on the farm operates,
Denis Burke is a dairy farmer from Kilmaine Co. Mayo. This west of Ireland farmer milks 130 spring calving Friesian cows. Denis would openly admit he is not the best when it comes to technology.
Danny McGee is a Suckler farmer from Milford in north-west Donegal. Danny keeps a herd of 20 Charolais cows and sells their calves as weanlings in Milford Mart.
John O’Sullivan is a spring calving dairy farmer from Ballygree near Castleisland, Co. Kerry. John’s farm is a one-person operation, with little time for paperwork and calf registration and less time
Mike Noonan is a spring calving Dairy farmer from Glenville, Co. Cork. In 2014 Mike went into a partnership with his in-laws, David and Breda Forde.Keen to bring something new to this venture, Mike
Women in Farming Review: Marion Matthews farms with her husband Frank. They are Dairy farmers from Carraward West, Co. Limerick. Together they milk 98 cows along with managing the replacements