Robertstown man is named Hereford farmer of the year
Top quality: Rugby fan Richard farms 64 hectares of land in partnership with his dad Henry
6 Jan 2021
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Richard Milligan, who farms in partnership with his father Henry near Robertstown, has been awarded the 2020 Irish Hereford Prime Farmer of the Year award.
The Milligans farm approximately 24 hectares of grassland around the yard and a further 40 hectares nearly two miles away, some of which is in tillage.
Richard studied at Harper Adams Agricultural college in the UK and after graduation took up a number of farm manager jobs, predominantly on tillage farms, giving him a strong broad range of experience to bring home to the family farm.