David O’Donoughe - Tillage farmer

David is a tillage farmer from County Meath. The farm is a family farm, he has been farming from a young age, knew no better. 

Main motivations:

• Enjoy the work
• Wanting to grow the family business further
• Wanting to get other family members involved farming with him

Success factors:

• Father – learned a lot from him
• Teagasc – advice and scheme help
• Watching and learning from others

 Key hurdles:

• Access to land

 Recommendations:

• Teach people book work in agriculture college
• There should be a model on how to deal with banks and financial planning

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