Ballymahon’s Enda Farrell has been named as the overall winner of the 2019 Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year and he will receive a €1,500 prize.
The announcement was made at an online virtual awards ceremony on Monday, November 16.
Enda Farrell completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agricultural (Dairy Herd Management) in Teagasc Ballyhaise College and returned to a family farm partnership and established a dairy herd in 2020.
He found the course to be highly beneficial, particularly herd performance measurement, financial management and the need for work life balance.
Through the course, he has become more keenly aware of sustainable farming approaches such as hedgerow and waterway management, protected urea, low emission slurry spreading and on-farm energy saving measures.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, congratulated the finalists and particularly Enda Farrell, the overall winner of the Student of the Year Award; “I would …