Wellies were swapped for dancing shoes last weekend for the wedding of Lynsay Hawkes and Richard Beattie.

The newlyweds are very well-known in farming circles across Northern Ireland.

Richard is from a dairy farm near Dunloy, Co Antrim, and is the current president of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU).

He also covers a lot of the country in his day job as feed rep for Stranocum-based firm Chestnutt Animal Feeds.

Lynsay has a strong farming pedigree too, hailing from a dairy and poultry farm near Omagh, Co Tyrone.

She works as a communications officer with the Ulster Farmers’ Union and is a lifelong member of Seskinore Young Farmers’ Club.

Best wishes to the happy couple from all at the Irish Farmers Journal.