The National Dairy Show will get underway tomorrow, Friday, October 21 at the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Co. Cork.

This year's event returns to an in-person event this year after a two-year absence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the National Dairy Show.

Agriland Media Group is collaborating with AXA as the official media partner for the National Dairy Show and will bring coverage of the event to readers and viewers over the course of the two days.

Take a look at this video of what visitors to the show can expect:

The event takes place over two days this year, from 2:00p.m to 9:30p.m tomorrow Friday, October 21 and 9:30am to 5:30pm on Saturday, October 22.

Over the course of the two days, there will be over 20 classes of handling and stock judging taking place with the Supreme Champion cow due to be named on Saturday afternoon.

Tomorrow will see the YMA Showmanship categories take place, with five classes along with an overall champion handler.

The classes are:

There are also two stock judging classes taking place tomorrow, along with the Junior Jersey champion being named.

The two classes are:

The second day of the event (Saturday, October 22) will see the majority of the stock judging taking place at Millstreet.

The Supreme Champion will be named, along with winners of over 20 other categories.

Some of the classes include:

Along with the showing of livestock there will also be a wide range of exhibitors in attendance at the event over the two days.

The exhibitors will include: Artificial insemination (AI) companies; animal health; breeding and dairy agritech; milking equipment; robotics; livestock machinery; finance; dairy services; nutrition; soil and land management; dairy inputs and many others.

There will also be a number of seminars and machinery demonstrations taking place at the event.