This week our photographers were at the annual ploughing match in Macroom, the first sheep sale of 2020 at Tullow Mart and a horse ploughing event in Newtowncunningham.
Cattle gather at a feeder on a wet, windy morning in Ballyhiernan, Fanad, Co Donegal. \ Clive Wasson
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The first sheep sale of 2020 started in a brisk trade in Tullow Mart on Tuesday with prices increasing by €5 to €6 per head on pre-Christmas levels and rising to a top of €125. See page 53 for full report. \ Patrick Browne
NPA chair Denis Keohane with Gordon Jennings from Clonakilty who competed in the Vintage Claas at the annual ploughing match in Macroom, Co Cork, on Sunday. \ Denis Boyle
Declan Mullally from Class Finance, winner of the men’s FTMT Golfing Society held in Portarlington Golf Club. Receiving the Irish Farmers Journal sponsored cup are(L-R) Noel Dunne, Declan Mullally, Morgan Keane and David Kincaid.
Terry Mills, Drew Sinclare, Marty Craig and Victor Scotts adjusting their plough at the horse ploughing in Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, last Friday. \ Clive Wasson
Farming fanatic Jane Prendergast on her family dairy farm near Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary.
Pat Healy ploughing in a cover crop for organic beet on the farm of Brendan Gildea in Dunmore, Co Galway, last Friday.
READER’S PIC: Mairead White with her first pure breed Shropshire ewe lamb of the season on New Year’s Day. You can send your photos to picdesk@farmersjournal.ie or Tweet us at @IFJ_picturedesk.
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Title: In pictures: packed marts and ploughing
This week our photographers were at the annual ploughing match in Macroom, the first sheep sale of 2020 at Tullow Mart and a horse ploughing event in Newtowncunningham.
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The first sheep sale of 2020 started in a brisk trade in Tullow Mart on Tuesday with prices increasing by €5 to €6 per head on pre-Christmas levels and rising to a top of €125. See page 53 for full report. \ Patrick Browne
NPA chair Denis Keohane with Gordon Jennings from Clonakilty who competed in the Vintage Claas at the annual ploughing match in Macroom, Co Cork, on Sunday. \ Denis Boyle
Declan Mullally from Class Finance, winner of the men’s FTMT Golfing Society held in Portarlington Golf Club. Receiving the Irish Farmers Journal sponsored cup are(L-R) Noel Dunne, Declan Mullally, Morgan Keane and David Kincaid.
Terry Mills, Drew Sinclare, Marty Craig and Victor Scotts adjusting their plough at the horse ploughing in Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, last Friday. \ Clive Wasson
Farming fanatic Jane Prendergast on her family dairy farm near Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary.
Pat Healy ploughing in a cover crop for organic beet on the farm of Brendan Gildea in Dunmore, Co Galway, last Friday.
READER’S PIC: Mairead White with her first pure breed Shropshire ewe lamb of the season on New Year’s Day. You can send your photos to picdesk@farmersjournal.ie or Tweet us at @IFJ_picturedesk.
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