Dairy farmer Brian Rushe from Derrinturn, Carbury was elected chairman of Kildare IFA at the county’s AGM on Wednesday night. He succeeds Pat Farrell, who completed his term and is running for the deputy president position of IFA.

Brian Rushe converted from sucklers to milk in 2013 and supplies Lakeland Dairies. He is married to Rebecca and they have two children, John (4) and Rhys (1). He is completing a Nuffield Scholarship and contributes a Farmer Writes column to the Irish Farmers Journal.

Check out Brian Rushe's Farmer Writes column here.