Our readers have proved once again that they’re a dab hand with a camera. We asked you to send us photos that depicted farming in the summer and from sofas on loaders to springing sheep, there was no shortage of imagination and variety.

Some of the pictures raise a smile, like the festival-ready cow donning a daisy chain crown, while others, paint a lovely picture of farming during the summer, like Majella and Amy Finn’s snap of taking ewes back to pasture. We whittled the entries down to the 14 finalists and asked our Facebook fans to choose their favourite by “liking” it. The vote took place yesterday (Wednesday, 2 July).

The winner was Amanda Lowry from Moorevalley, Timahoe, Co Laois, with 831 likes. She won the iPad Mini.

In second place was Declan Marren from Tourlestrane, Co Sligo, with 817 likes. Third place went to Lisa Ring from Charleville, Co Cork, with 716 likes.

For more great competitions, like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IrishFarmersJournal