Portea adds National Dairy Show title to Expo and Baileys

Irish dairy cattle are “second to none” in the world, said Canadian expert Carl Phoenix, who judged 230 of Ireland’s best last Saturday, and made Ridgefield Dundee Portea the Irish Examiner supreme champion of the 30th National Dairy Show, to the delight of owners Pat and Derek Frawley of Croagh, Rathkeale, Co Limerick.

The Frawleys are fitting winners of the 30th National Dairy Show championship, because they have been winning at the show in Millstreet since it started in the 1980s.

Ridgefield Dundee Portea produced 800kg of milk solids in her second lactation, and has looks to match, also winning the Emerald Expo and Baileys championships this year.