Friday

The day will start dry in most areas, with the sun breaking through light cloud at times.

However, a few showers are to be expected in the east of the country, Met Éireann has forecast.

Some showers will occur through the afternoon and evening, with a few of the showers possibly turning heavy.

Highest temperatures of 15°C to 19°C are expected in a light to moderate northeasterly wind

Saturday

Saturday is expected to remain dry and sunny across most of the country, although a few showers may push into southern coastal counties at times.

Highest daily temperatures of 14°C to 20°C are forecast, remaining coolest along the east coast.

Winds are set to stay light to moderate and come from the northeast.

Temperatures will drop to between 7°C and 10°C on Saturday night.

Sunday

The day is still uncertain, but rain is likely to extend northwards, turning heavy in some places, Met Éireann has warned.

Highs of 14°C to 19°C degrees are forecast, with temperatures again remaining coolest in the east and southeast.

Light to moderate easterly breezes are to be expected throughout the day.

Management notes

Beef

Adam Woods takes a look at the costs and benefits of introducing weanlings to creep concentrate feeding, along with fertiliser planning for the second silage cut on beef farms in this week’s beef management notes.

Dairy

Changes to grass growth rates, taking the chance to get lime out on silage ground and what to consider when assessing whether to buy next year’s fertiliser stocks now are all covered by Aidan Brennan in the dairy management notes.

Sheep

Darren Carty’s sheep notes cover the factors needed to maintain lamb performance with quality grass, the closing date for the current Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) tranche and getting ahead of blowfly as we run into the tricky summer period.

Tillage

This week, Andy Doyle gives an overview of the general condition of cereals after a challenging week for getting field work done, fungicide timings in winter crops, growth regulation in forward stands of early oats and an update on forward contracts in the tillage notes.