Paula Hynes: Our weekend at Dairy Expo - where the dairy industry meets

Last year we watched the Dairy Expo on the livestream as we bought our heifer Panda Global Magic Red at the global connection sale... this year, we made it there in person, writes Irish Examiner columnist Paula Hynes.

Georgie Hynes competing at UK Dairy Expo

This year St Patrick's weekend was very different; the year we went into Covid lockdown, we decided to hold a mini St. Patrick's Day parade on our farm. It was only something we did to amuse ourselves, but it ended up going viral on social media and was aired on nine TV news channels around the world.

Ever since we have always held little farm parades for the craic, but this year our youngest daughter Georgie and I headed off to Borderway UK Dairy Expo to meet up with her sister Becky, who had gone out to the UK two weeks beforehand.