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.
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.
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.