Winners of the IDB Macra na Feirme Dairy Stock Judging competition
The national final of the 2010 Macra na Feirme Dairy Stockjudging competition, kindly sponsored by the Irish Dairy Board, took place at the Irish Holstein Friesian Association Open Day on the farm of Michael and Tom Buckley, Ballinahina Co Cork.
First prize in the senior competition went to Shane Murphy from Kilkenny , while the Under-23 competition was won by Jerry O Driscoll from Carbery .
The dairy stockjudging competition takes the form of an academic test followed by the score-marking in order of merit of a pen of heifers and a pen of cows. Competitors are also interviewed on their overall grading of the animals and must answer questions on the technical aspects of dairy farming.
