Some 350 students attend Farm Walk & Talk on Tullamore farm

Some 350 students attended an Agri Aware Farm Walk & Talk last week at the Irish Farmers Journal Beef and Sheep Demonstration Farm in Tullamore.

The event on Thursday last was one of three nationwide attended by 900 students.

The Agri Aware team kicked off the series in Donegal on Tuesday last, February 27 where 240 students were welcomed by Peter Lynch and family onto their beef and tillage farm.

On Wednesday February 28, it was a trip to Tipperary where the Agri Aware team and Gurteen Agricultural College welcomed 310 students to the farm.

Across the three events, the Agri Aware team were joined by event partners Teagasc and the Irish Farmers Journal as well as a number of patrons, including Grassland Agro, Arrabawn Co-op, ABP, Dawn Meats, Kepak, Tirlan and MSD Animal Health in delivering talks and demonstrations to Leaving Certificate Agriculture Science students.

Speaking at the conclusion of week one of the series, Agri Aware Executive Director Marcus O’Halloran said: “It’s been a brilliant start to the Agri Aware Farm Walk & Talk series for 2024.

“We met over 900 students over the course of three days and the feedback from students and teachers has been excellent thus far.

“The Agri Aware team, event partners and patrons came together to really put on fantastic, interactive, engaging talks and demonstrations that have provided students with practical knowledge – and, from speaking to some students, a desire to pursue a career in the agriculture industry.”