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Picture is Grace Sullivan, fourth class student at Presentation Primary School, Clonmel and Shane Fitzgerald in the milking parlour. Photograph by Dylan Vaughan.
Students from a school in Tipperary recently visited a farm in Waterford to learn all about where dairy comes from.
Fourth Class students from Presentation Primary School, Clonmel visited the farm of Shane Fitzgerald, Kilmoyemoge West today (Tuesday June 24) where they met content cows and calves.
The students also learned about the importance of grass in producing top-quality milk, how a milking parlour works, and the importance of dairy to a balanced, healthy diet.
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