Wexford farmer takes home top prize at EU Innovation Award

Cheryl Poole, a dairy farmer from just outside of Gorey, Co Wexford, has won the coveted Innovation Award for Women Farmers for her work protecting local water systems

From left: Alan Poole, Dr Cheryl Poole and MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú at the awards ceremony in Brussels.

Dr Cheryl Poole, a dairy farmer from just outside Gorey, Co Wexford, has won the Copa and Cogeca’s Innovation Award for Women Farmers.

Ms Poole farms the 103-acre family farm with her husband, Alan Poole, and three children. The farm has been passed down since the early 1700s and now supports a 72-cow high-EBI dairy herd focused on high milk solids, herd health and environmental care.