The winners of the Irish Hereford Prime calf-to-beef competition, supported by ABP, ICBF and Teagasc, have been announced.

The winners are Michael Flynn, a suckler-to-beef and dairy calf-to-beef farmer in Killard, Puckane, Co Tipperary; and dairy and beef farmers John and Tom Tobin, Figlash, Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary.

The two farms have this week received their prizes of 15 Hereford calves along with a further 15 Hereford calves. The calves will be reared and maintained on farm until slaughter, with their progress monitored and profiled.