Our #Harvest18 competition is rolling on, this week’s top photo comes from Ailish Osborne of her dad Eugene Osborne cutting winter barley outside Castldermot, Co Kildare. To enter our competition, email your photos to picdesk@farmersjournal.ie or tweet us @IFJ_picturedesk and be sure to use the hashtag #Harvest18. The lucky winner will receive a Farmers Journal hamper of goodies. Best of luck.
Clerk Emma Muldoon at the sheep sale at Carnaross Mart. \ Philip Doyle
Jason Helen from Clonakilty with Clonpaddin BK Fame, winner of the Junior cow class at Carbery Show in Skibbereen, with Dan Aherne of sponsors Durapak Agri and judge Brian Hayes from Kinsale.
Over 200 tractors participated in the Lavey tractor run last Sunday in Cavan, held in aid of Declan Ferguson who is undergoing treatment for cancer in the USA. More details can be found at ie.gofundme.com/save-declans-life.
Matt Ryan and his wife Pat are surrounded by family and friends as Matt is presented with the Irish Grassland Association Lifetime Merit Award 2018 by IGA president Jans Jensma and IGA vice president Ciaran Lynch. The award was initiated in 2009 by the IGA to recognise the contribution of someone to the grassland industry. Many family and friends attended the awards dinner and spoke of Matt’s outstanding contribution to the growth of the grassland industry in Ireland.
Reader’s picture: Jame and Billy Cotter saving the hay at The Farm, Grenagh, Co Cork. You can send your pictures to picdesk@farmersjournal.ie.