A long heritage of family farming and co-operative ethos means each generation is deeply committed to nurturing the land as the custodian for the next.
New entrant, Tom Murphy, grew up on a mixed farm in Inistioge in Kilkenny where the year was traditionally spent moving from sucklers to sheep to tillage.
Twenty Tirlán dairy farmers are making their mark as the inaugural cohort of farm family suppliers to graduate from the Tirlán and Baileys Sustainable Farming Academy.