Spotlight on family farm heroes

THE challenges that face farmer families are the focus of Rare Breed — a 12-part television series on UTV Ireland, writes Ray Ryan.

Twenty-one farmers participated in the series, which gives an insight into farming life and its practices — from beef, dairy, horse, and poultry farms, to vegetable, pig and even Christmas-tree farms.

Micheál Looney, a full-time dairy farmer from Kilpatrick, Macroom, Co Cork, is one of those featured in the behind-the-scenes series, which airs each Monday at 8pm.