Tipperary will be the centre of attention for dairy farmers this week, as the county hosts two major events.

On Wednesday, the Ryan family from Lisheen in Thurles will host the NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.

The family won the competition in 2025 for excellence in milk quality, sustainability and for being excellent farmers across a range of metrics.

Mary, Tom and Michael Ryan are farming in partnership, milking around 150 cows on a 56ha milking block.

In 2025, the Ryans sold 548 kgs milk solids to Centenary Co-op at 4.4% fat and 3.66% protein from about 1t of meal per cow.

The event kicks off at 11:30am, with the farm located about three miles outside Thurles in the parish of Moyne. The Eircode to the farm is E41 F761.

Gurteen

Meanwhile in north Tipperary Friday Arratipp Co-op are hosting a special open day in Gurteen College.

The theme of this year's event is ‘next generation farming’.

The event will focus on succession planning, skills development and preparing the next generation for a farming career.

The centrepiece of the event will be a panel discussion involving MEP Barry Cowen, succession expert Ruth Fennell from Teagasc, Philip O’Connor from ifac and Edward Carr, chair of Arratipp and facilitated by myself, Aidan Brennan.

Over 80 trade stands are also present on the day, which kicks off at 11am with the panel discussion taking place at 1:30pm.

The Eircode for Gurteen College is E53 TP93.