REVEALED: 2023 Young Farmer of the Year

Dwayne Shiels, a pedigree sheep farmer from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal has been named the 2023 FBD Young Farmer of the Year. Dwayne has also been named category award winner for Land Mobility. In addition to farming, Dwayne is a lecturer in Agricultural Sciences at Atlantic Technological University, Donegal. Dwayne was one of many talented young farmers to be recognised for their achievements.

Additional category winners:

Patrick Egan of Mayo was named Runner up and the winner of the Drystock category

Stephen O Keeffe of Limerick won Best New Entrant

Philip Tallon of Meath won Other Enterprises category

Sean Kelly of Tipperary won the Dairy category

Conor Doran of Wexford won the Biodiversity Young Farmer of the Year award

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards which were held at the Radisson Blu hotel in Sligo, home county of last year’s winner Christopher Tuffy. Marty Morrissey, who was the evening’s Master of Ceremonies, entertained the crowd and the past winners in attendance were invited on stage to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the awards.