Young Farmer Focus - Ryan Taggart: "I do not take things for granted"

"If I was to provide advice to any farmer, it would be this: always tell people where you are, tell them what you are doing and always keep a phone with you at all times"

Chris Brayford
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Ryan Taggart, 22, is a dairy farmer from Kilrea in County Londonderry.
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Ryan Taggart, 22, is a dairy farmer from Kilrea in County Londonderry.

I farm alongside my uncle in Northern Ireland where we milk 90 cows in an intensive, grass-based system. Farming has offered me the opportunity to work in a job I love. But it has also provided...

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