Young Stock Podcast: 10 years on from returning to the family farm

Catch up with dairy farmer Enda Walsh on balancing returning home with travel, the mindset needed for farming full-time with your parents and the KPIs central to successful spring calving.

Noel Bardon

12 February 2024

Young Stock Podcast: 10 years on from returning to the family farm

Enda will calf down 320 crossbred cows this spring alongside his parents. \ Donal O'Leary

On this week’s Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock Podcast, we chat dairy with Enda Walsh from outside Oranmore, Co Galway.

The dairy farmer will discuss the journey he took after returning home to farm alongside his parents after completing a degree in dairy business at UCD.

Enda Walsh dairy farmer and NDC farm ambassador from just outside Oranmore, Co Galway.

Walsh outlines the path he took to balance travelling abroad while farming full-time, as well as the importance of keeping an open mind and clear lines of communication open when farm planning with family members.

He also gives an insight into the key performance indicators (KPIs) he is aiming to reach across the 320-cow herd.

Listen now:

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