First snow

First snow: hill sheep at Cark Windfarm on Monday. \ Clive Wasson

Hill sheep at Cark Windfarm, Donegal. \ Clive Wasson

Sheep in the snow at Meenaroy on Monday morning. \ Clive Wasson

Mark Duffy feeding his sheep at Cloghan, Donegal, on Monday. \ Clive Wasson

IFA AGM: new president's demands and politicians' pledges

Joe Healy steps down and welcomes on stage recently elected president of the IFA Tim Cullinan. / Philip Doyle

Tim Cullinan addresses the 65th IFA AGM as he takes office. / Philip Doyle

Tim Cullinan. / Philip Doyle

Tim Cullinan set out the key issues for farming voters, particularly on CAP, Brexit and climate action. / Philip Doyle

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin arrives at the Irish Farm Centre for the IFA AGM. \ Jerome Dunne

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Irish Farm Centre to address the 65th IFA AGM. \ Philip Doyle

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan addressing the national council of the IFA. \ Finbarr O'Rourke

All hail farmers

Michael McCarthy and Declan Collins get caught in a shower of hailstones as they draft cows that are starting to show signs of springing to calve near Skibbereen, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

Spreading slurry

Daniel Power of Glencorrin Agri Contractors spreading slurry with a trail and shoe for a local slurry farmer in Moord, Co Waterford. \ Philip Doyle

Daniel Power of Glencorrin Agri Contractors spreading slurry with a trail and shoe for a local slurry farmer in Moord, Co Waterford. \ Philip Doyle

Annual show and sale of bullocks and bulls at Carnew Mart

Derry Rothwell from Tinahely who had the champion of the show, Alan Mooney of Ensor O’Connor Solicitors with his daughter Isobelle and Derry's daughter and grandson Sharon Banville and Stephen Rothwell at Carnew Mart's annual show and sale of bullocks and bulls, Co Wicklow. \ Patrick Browne

Frank Clune with his granddaughter Kate Marie Clune from Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow. \ Patrick Browne

George, James and Lucia Graham from Gorey, Co Wexford. \ Patrick Browne

Farming in Nenagh, Co Tipperary

Pat Cleary, his wife Renee and their daughters Clodagh, Patrice and Triona of Annagh, Coolbawn, Nenagh, Co Tipperary farm 400 acres, 220 owned and the rest is leased. Pat milks 220 cows on a 150 acre home platform. Replacement heifers and other dry stock are all grazed on the out farm 75% of cows are down to AI Friesian with the remainder of the herd accounted for by Aberdeen Angus Stock Bulls. The beef type calves are reared on the farm until 2 years old whilst Friesian bull calves are sold. Calving started on January 22nd with 26 cows calved to date. \ Odhran Ducie

The first feed for newborn calves which were born approx 10 hours previously. \ Odhran Ducie

Shane O'Neill has help on his farm

Shane O' Neill has help from his son Seánie while feeding his cattle. \ Donal O' Leary

Shane O' Neill from Tooreenasillane, Skibbereen, Co Cork feeds his cattle after coming home from his day job as the assistant manager in the hardware shop of the local Drinagh co-op branch in Skibbereen. Shane runs 25 Belgian Blue / Salers cross sucklers in a calf-to-weanling system and the start of spring calving is not far away. \ Donal O' Leary

Seánie O' Neill. \ Donal O' Leary

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