Winners of the Grassland Farmer of the Year competition give their experience of being involved in the process and the benefits they got from it.
Diarmaid Fitzgerald, Grassland Framer of the Year 2022, winning the competition was a big validation that the farm was going in the right direction.
Aidan Maguire, 2021 Grassland Farmer of the Year in the Drystock Enterprise Category, joined the Grass10 group in 2019 and found it a great benefit, he says the advice and opinions he received as a result were worth a fortune to him.
Mike Bermingham won the Dairy category of the Grassland Farmer of the Year competition in 2019, he has increased his use of clover since and hopes to reduce his chemical nitrogen by continuously improving grassland management.
Peter McGuinness, 2020 Sheep Grassland Farmer of the Year, says he was very proud of the achievement and it gave him a focus on sustainability going forward.
