The Dealer has a bone to pick. After trawling through the 20 most-read articles of the past 12 months, it appears that not a single one of my literary efforts has made it into the top articles on farmersjournal.ie. I always thought that the good readers of the Irish Farmers Journal liked a rumour, but going through the statistics of the last year has given me a right pain in the Ken Ring.

From the weather to the world's biggest farms to a ram selling for £160,000, it turns out if I want to catch your attention, I need to be talking about the rain or - better still - following the money.

Anyway, here are your top 20. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch the weather forecast and study the rich list.

The 20 most-read articles on farmersjournal.ie in 2018

1 Ken Ring's Irish weather forecast for 2018

2 Save our sucklers: sign our open letter

3 Six payment dates you need to know

4 Eight of the world's biggest farms

5 Jaw-dropping dairy farm hits the market

6 Slurry spreading dates fast approaching

7 Watch: ram lamb sells for whopping £160,000

8 Silage being cut in December

9 Goodman firm swoops in on family farm

10 In pictures: fire service remove tractor from train tracks