Michael McCarthy, Teagasc, Mallow, talking about winter barley during the Teagasc spring crop walk on the DAFM Farm, Ballyderown, Fermoy, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

A general view of a crop of winter barley and oil seed rape during the Teagasc spring crop walk on the DAFM Farm, Ballyderown, Fermoy, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Michael McCarthy, Teagasc, Mallow, talking about winter barley during the Teagasc Spring crop walk on the DAFM Farm, Ballyderown, Fermoy, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

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Patsy Quinn and Darragh McKeon of Stephen Shanahan Agri, Clonea Power, overlooking the River Suir, Co Waterford. \ Donal O'Leary

Patsy Quinn and Adam Kearney of Stephen Shanahan Agri, Clonea Power picking up early first-cut silage for Niall Flynn, Gracedieu, Co Waterford. \ Donal O'Leary

Machinery demonstration at Grass 2026 at Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny. \ Philip Doyle

Eoin O'Neill of the Dept of Agriculture harvests the grass varieties as part of the herbage valuation trials of grass varieties on the DAFM Farm, Ballyderown, Fermoy, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Eoin O'Neill was harvesting grass varieties during trials at Ballyderown, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Daniel Kinnane moving calves at the Tipperary Town Mart sale last Saturday. \ Odhran Ducie

Tipperary Town Mart calf sale last Saturday morning. \ Odhran Ducie

Conor Wynne recently won Tirlan's best new entrant category at their recent awards. / Claire Nash

Conor Wynne recently won Tirlan's best new entrant category at their recent awards. / Claire Nash

Conor Wynne on his farm in Sallins, Co Kildare. / Claire Nash

Tillage farmer Tim O'Connell sets spring barley Geraldine variety in his 80-acre field in Hacketstown, Co Cork. Tim set at 76kg per acre using a Kuhn conventional till seed drill and a New Holland T7.230 tractor. \ Andy Gibson

Willie Sinnott pictured as vintage tractors set off from Taghmon, Co Wexford, during Castle Vintage Club’s 305km May bank holiday run. The three-day run travelled through Carlow, Castlecomer and Athy in aid of Relay For Life Wexford. \ Jerome Dunne

Rapeseed spraying under way in Curracloe, Co Wexford, as Simon Donohoe of Curracloe Farms uses a Horsch Leeb sprayer with a 48m boom spread. \ Finbarr Healy