Tag: Women in Farming

20-year-old Violet Ryan studies a BSc in Agriculture at Waterford Institute of Technology and intends to graduate with a BSc Honours in Land Management.

Rebecca Ryan, 21, studied childcare after her Leaving Cert, but later studied a level 5 certificate in agriculture at Ballyhaise Agricultural College, before beginning a level 6 in dairy herd management.

18-year-old Maeve O'Connor works on a 200-cow farm and helps her parents milk 100 cows in Co. Cork.

Emily Gowing comes from a tillage farming background and is studying a BSc in Agriculture at Waterford Institute of Technology student.

ITT agricultural science graduate, Rachel Clancy, is a dairy farmer and college teacher at Salesian Agricultural College.

Ciara Byers, a 19-year-old dairy farmer from Co. Cavan, studies agricultural science at UCD.

Sixth-generation farmer, Emily McGowan, studies agri-food business with marketing at Harper Adams University while running a 500-strong sheep farm and her own farm shop in Killinchy, Co. Down.

New video series challenges perceptions about women in agriculture

Courtney McMullan studies a foundation degree in agriculture and technology at CAFRE, Greenmount campus and works on an 860-cow dairy farm in New Zealand.

In celebration of #Farm24, a trio of young farmers have launched a video to raise the visibility of women in the sector.