Tag: Student Focus

‘I always had a dream of following my father’s footsteps and becoming a vet’

19-year-old soaring to success on dairy show circuit

‘Dairy farming has always been a passion, but it also became my escape, following my father’s suicide’

20-year-old with a burning desire to gain global dairy industry experience

Re-entering dairy: ‘We sat down, crunched the numbers and drew up a 5-year plan’

‘There’s a future in contract rearing where beef farmers are rearing heifers off a dairy farm’

Downsizing from 140 sucklers to establishing a 200-cow dairy herd

380 beef cattle and 300 dairy cattle: 18-year-old student’s love of the land

‘Agriculture was always seen as a man’s career pathway’ – 30-cow dairy farmer

Quiz: How well do you know Pallaskenry Agricultural College?