A Laois farmer will feature on RTE’s popular farming programme on Tuesday night after he benefited from the services a New Zealand dairy consultant.
Before moving to Ireland, Andre van Barneveld was a young man in a big rush.
Obsessed by farming, by his mid 20s, he was working two farms and milking over 300 cows a day.
However, after a marriage breakdown, Andre re-evaluated his life and choose to take a different direction.
Now working as a dairy consultant, Andre is putting his own life lessons to use. He believes that with a change of mindset you can have both financial and lifestyle gains.
Helen Carroll travels with Andre to a farm owned by Niall Walsh in Rathdowney in Laois. Liam has found that making small critical changes on his farm has had a massively positive impact on his work-life balance, and on the time he spends with his young family.
Ear to the Ground is on at 8.30pm on RTE2 on Tuesday night.
