Limerick contractor, Pat Hanley first took to the wheel of tractor when working on his father's farm at Ballylanders, Co. Limerick, but it wasn't until
James Spillane farms near Conna village in East Cork. James and his daughter Rachel have a dairy farming partnership and milk 120 Friesian cows. Milk is supplied to TirLán Co-Op and their herd is both autumn and spring calving but they are moving to a 100% spring calving herd.