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FARMER AMBASSADOR

Christopher Tuffy

Dairy farmer Christopher Tuffy represents Sligo and was crowned FBD Young Farmer of the Year in 2022. Upon completing his Leaving Cert in 2008, Christopher spent a year at Mountbellew Agricultural College and then Kildalton Agricultural College where he completed the Dairy Herd Management course. From there, he accepted a life-changing placement in New Zealand. When an opportunity came up to lease a block near Sligo town, Christopher’s father backed him and he runs this farm milking 150 cows near Doonally. Christopher supplies Aurivo Co-op and works off a fully grass-based system.
“I am really delighted to be a new NDC Ambassador. Every time you see agriculture or dairy farming mentioned in mainstream media, it’s something negative and we’re all being portrayed in a negative light. It would be great to show the opposite of that. To show all the good things that dairy farmers like myself are doing.”

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