Recently, Agritech’s International Sales Manager Stephen Hennessy organised trips to customer farms in Nenagh and Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, Mitchelstown and Bunfort in Co Cork for visitors from Australia. Tom Thorn (Independent Nutrition Consultant) and Geoff Irish (Nutritionist with Auspac – our Australian Distributors) joined Stephen to look at the results of some of Agritech’s products on Irish beef and dairy farms.

Tom Thorn (Total Result Ag Consulting) discussing silage quality with Albert Purcell and his son Daniel in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Geoff Irish is Technical Manager at AusPac Ingredients in Melbourne. He joined AusPac Ingredients as Technical Manager in January 2016. His main roles are to deliver technical support to the poultry, pig and dairy industries, to foster and develop AusPac Ingredients’ position with established products and to introduce new products.

Tom Thorn (Total Result Ag Consulting), Stephen Hennessy (International Sales Manager, Agritech) and Geoff Irish (AusPac Ingredients) discussing grass utilisation with Liam Roche on his dairy farm in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

A bit about our visitors

Tom Thorn is Managing Director & Business Productivity Consultant with Total Result Ag Consulting in Beachport, SA. He has an extensive understanding of the Australian dairy industry with a practical/hands-on work history from a dairy farm hand to the owner operator of a 400-cow dairy farm. He has over 15 years’ experience at an executive level in the field of business management and nutrition services, and specialises in large herd nutrition, farm financial analysis and business management consulting.

Discussing heifer rearing on Albert Purcell’s farm with Stephen Hennessy (International Sales Manager), Geoff Irish (AusPac Ingredients) and Tom Thorn (Total Result Ag Consulting).

Stephen Hennessy (International Sales Manager) with Geoff Irish (AusPac Ingredients) and Tom Thorn (Total Result Ag Consulting) on the dairy farm of Michael & Deirdre Nyhan, Bunfort, Co Cork looking at a field that is being used for zero grazing.