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This week in photos: harvesting, marts and scanning dairy cows

Our top farming photos from the past week include silage being harvested in Co Wexford, dairy cows being scanned in Co Laois and Harris Grain harvesting their wheat crop in Co Kildare.

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Sun 16 August 2020 12:00 AM

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Sun 16 August 2020 6:20 PM

Masks at the ready

COVID-19 restrictions in Kilcullen Mart, Co Kildare. \ Philip Doyle

Mart worker Liam Foster at Leinster marts, as restrictions mean all staff and farmers must wear masks\ Philip Doyle

Larry Smith from Naas bids on a bullock at Kilcullen Mart amid lockdown restrictions in Co Kildare. \ Philip Doyle

Enjoying the harvest in the sun

Sixteen-month-old James Davis explores his family's winter wheatfield in Ballylynan, Co Laois. \ Philip Doyle

James Davis with his mother Pauline as as his father Alan Davis harvests winter wheat. \ Philip Doyle

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Evening milking in Dromahane, Co Cork

My Farming Week: Joe Garry, Clonreddan, Cooraclare, Co Clare

Organic farmer Joe Garry with his autumn-calving suckler cows. \ Odhran Ducie

Joe Garry at the newly opened West Clare Sports and Fitness Track on his farm. \ Odhran Ducie

Organic farmer Joe Garry has five pet donkeys, which helps keep the land cleaned after grazing by the cows. \ Odhran Ducie

Joe on the community walking track going through his land. \ Odhran Ducie

Challenging crops this year due to turbulent and unpredictable weather

Raymond Harris, Tom Kelly, Seamus Harris and his father Jim Harris check their wheat crop and watch as their harvester takes a sample from the crop in Milltown, Co Kildare. Jim describes the crops this year as challenging, due to the turbulent and unpredictable weather of the last couple of months. \ Philip Doyle

Harris Grain are one of the only facilities set-up to take in gluten oats in the country. \ Philip Doyle

Niall Behan testing a sample from a gluten-free crop of oats at Harris Grain. \ Philip Doyle

Silage being harvested in Co Wexford

Silage being harvested in Coolinteggart, Co Wexford. Patrick Fortune is in the harvester and Jimbob Murphy and Nadine Byrne are drawing to the pit. \ Katriona Kinsella

Kildare Chilling plant operations still suspended

Kildare Chilling Company remains closed after a cluster of COVID-19 cases. \ Philip Doyle

Scanning dairy cows near Rathdowney, Co Laois

John Delaney scanning dairy cows near Rathdowney, Co Laois, with the probe sending an image to a screen within his headset. On this farm, most of the cows were at last 60 days in-calf. From now on,a l lot of dairy farmers will scan or milk test to determine if cows are in-calf, because in a lot of herds, breeding is finished over 30 days. \ Claire Nash