Sixteen-year-old Ben O'Connor develops app to help farmers manage paperwork
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Sixteen-year-old Ben O'Connor develops app to help farmers manage paperwork

21 Aug 2026 · Originally published 20 Aug 2026 9/10 Original headline: The teen entrepreneur transforming farm management
After watching his family struggle with the rigid demands of dairy farming, 16-year-old Ben O'Connor from County Down has created an app to streamline agricultural administration. The software, currently being trialled across the UK and Ireland, aims to reduce the heavy paperwork burden on farmers and provide them with more time away from their daily tasks.
Source: BBC Northern Ireland Tyrone
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