Young Stock podcast: Friesians, Shorthorns and veterinary in Poland

This week, student Patrick O’Donnell from Co Waterford speaks of his home farm and what took him to Poland to study veterinary medicine.

Noel Bardon

21 April 2025

Young Stock podcast: Friesians, Shorthorns and veterinary in Poland

Pat O' Donnell on the family dairy farm in Ballysaggart, Co Waterford. \ Donal O'Leary

This week's Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock podcast hears from Co Waterford's Patrick O’Donnell.

O'Donnell discusses his dairy farming background, a love for pedigree breeding and how a few Shorthorns ended up in family herd of high-EBI Holstein Friesians.

We also hear of his plans to set off working as a farm vet after completing his veterinary studies in Poland.

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