{"id":1337320,"date":"2024-06-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1337320"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:27:10","slug":"e24000-raised-for-local-charities-by-young-hereford-breeders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/e24000-raised-for-local-charities-by-young-hereford-breeders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac24,000 raised for local charities by young Hereford breeders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over \u20ac24,000 was raised and donated to local charities by young Hereford breeders who reared 11 calves on their home farms before selling them on to raise proceeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Hereford Charity Calf Rearing Programme is run by the Irish Hereford Breed Society<\/a> and Irish Hereford Prime. The initiative began in 2022 and concluded this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme was established to encourage the “next generation” of Hereford farmers to gain invaluable, hands-on experience in the practice and discipline of rearing Hereford calves on their family farms, and raising funds for several worthy charities in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To facilitate the project, Irish Hereford Prime donated over \u20ac5,500 to five branches of the Irish Hereford Breed Society in the spring of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These funds were used to purchase the 11 Hereford cross bull calves for the young breeders, who were appointed by the local branches of the Irish Hereford Breed Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each breeder was given \u20ac500 to help cover the cost of purchasing and feeding the calf for the first six months of its life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breeders, and the charities that benefitted, were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n