Kilkenny cow named Champion at National Dairy Show
Holstein Friesian Champion from Kilmanagh farm
Congratulations are in order for a local farming family who brought home a national title to Kilkenny from the National Dairy Show.
The title of Confined Holstein Friesian Champion was awarded at the National Dairy Show in Millstreet, and it went to an animal owned by John and Padraic Murphy, Ballagh, Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny. Photographed above are Padraic and Andrea Murphy, handler Steve McLoughlin and the judge Niels Erik Haahr. Picture: Mathias Penn
The 42nd National Dairy Show took place over two days at the Green Glens Arena, in Millstreet, Co Cork. The show also hosts Ireland’s largest specialised dairy trade exhibition, featuring leading exhibitors in fields such as AI, animal health, breeding, dairy agritech, milking equipment, robotics, livestock machinery, finance, dairy services, nutrition, soil and land management, and much more.
New for 2024 was the Calf Village, an informative area dedicated to all aspects of calf rearing and husbandry, with expert displays on nutrition, housing, and vaccination programs.