Friday
Met Éireann has forecast that Friday will be a cloudy day, with limited light breaks of sunshine. The day will be mostly dry with isolated showers in the west. There will be highest temperatures of 17°C to 21°C.
Saturday
Saturday is forecast to start cloudy, Met Éireann has said, but sunny spells will develop throughout the day. There will be scattered showers which will become more isolated in the evening. There will be highest temperatures of 18°C to 22°C.
Sunday
Sunday is forecast to be largely cloudy with scattered showers, which will become more isolated in the evening. There will be highest temperatures of 18°C to 22°C, according to Met Éireann.
Beef
In Martin Merrick’s beef management notes this week, grass supply, vaccination as discussed at the first of the two Irish Farmers Journal live mart demos in Ballinasloe, and scanning of suckler cows after breeding.
Dairy
Aidan Brennan covers grass supply and budgeting, discussing taxation and farm accounts with your accountant, checking and stocking up the feed stocks in this weeks dairy management notes.
Tillage
Oilseed rape planting, soil cultivations for winter cropping, planting catch crops, and maintaining crop records are on Siobhan Walsh’s agenda in this weeks tillage management notes.
Sheep
In this weeks sheep management notes, Darren Carty looks at the current market for hill lambs and the feedback from mart managers, chemical fertiliser and slurry application deadlines, sheep improvement scheme (SIS) ram eligibility and the sheep Ireland ram sale.
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