Grass is greener in Kilmallock as Flynns named Limerick winners of Pasture Progress Awards
'These farmers are growing and utilising more pasture on their farms, contributing to sustainable livestock production systems'
THE LIMERICK winners of the Pasture Progress Awards 2025 have been named as Declan and Niamh Flynn, Kilmallock.
The Chairman of Grass10, John Macnamara, from nearby Knockainey, made the presentation to the Flynns at Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork. Declan and Niamh were joined at the award ceremony by young sons Jamie and Henry.
The Pasture Progress Awards recognise progress in grazing management by farmers across the country.
A spokesperson for the awards said: “These farmers are growing and utilising more pasture on their farms, contributing to sustainable livestock production systems. This progress was assessed using PastureBase Ireland.”
Declan and Niamh and their sons Jamie and Henry are pictured at the presentation of the Munster Region Teagasc Grass10 Pasture Progress Awards in Moorepark with sponsors Clodagh Bolger, Grassland Agro, John Ryan, FBD, Aidan Brennan, Farmers Journal, Shane McCarthy, AIB, Liz Hyland, DAFM, John Macnamara, Chairman Grass10 and Nikki Kennedy, Teagasc Grass10.
The awards are supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with an overall prize fund of €40,000.
The Munster winner of Pasture Progress Awards is Esther Walsh and Anne Keane, from Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford who will represent Munster and compete with other regional winners to become the overall winner of the Pasture Progress Awards.