It is clear skies and sun for day three of Ploughing 2019 as strong crowds continue to flock to Fenagh.

Met Éireann has said that there will be early patches of fog. These will clear and it will become warm again. Highest temperatures will be 18°C to 22°C.

The forecast for the Ploughing site has temperatures to hit a peak at 23°C around 3pm.

After 102,500 punters attended day one some 113,500 people made the trip for day two.

BEAM

As of Wednesday morning 33,973 applications had been received for BEAM accounting for less than half of the estimated 70,000 eligible farmers.

These farmers have applied for €77.54m worth of funding.

The scheme remains open until Friday 20 September. In a bid to boost applications the Department of Agriculture facilitated farmers to apply on its stand at the National Ploughing Championships.