Harvesting winter oats in Co Wexford

Dylan Carroll and Mark Rochford harvesting winter oats for Walter Furlong Grain in Courtnacuddy, Co Wexford. Jack Banville is in the collection bin and Alan Doyle is driving the tractor and trailer. \ Philip Doyle

Preparing sheep for Tuesday's sale at Cahir Mart

John Joe Nugent, Josh Hassett and John Condon sorting sheep for Tuesday’s sale at Cahir Mart at Fenton’s farmhouse in Knockalisheen, Ballymacarbry, Co Waterford. \ Carol Dunne

Tullow Sheep Breeders 33rd show and sale

Ciaran Joyce herding the sold sheep at the Tullow Sheep Breeders Association's 33rd show in Co Carlow. \ Claire Nash

Michael Kelly from Co Carlow carefully assessing the ewes. \ Claire Nash

Judge Frank Curran at the 33rd Tullow Sheep Breeders show and sale. \ Claire Nash

Tullow Sheep Breeders Association president John Nolan presenting John Bolger with first place in best pen of ewe lambs. \ Claire Nash

My Farming Week: Colin Tyner, Minmore, Shillelagh, Co Wicklow

Colin Tyner with his wife Janet and daughters Meghan and Sophie in their sunflower catch crop that they have opened up to the public to fundraise for the Irish Cancer Society. / CJ Nash

The four acres of sunflowers are just coming into bloom and the field will be open to visitors in aid of charity for the next three weeks. \ CJ Nash

Colin Tyner with his wife Janet and daughters Meghan and Sophie. \ CJ Nash

Suckler to beef system in Co Kilkenny

Carmel Wall checks on her yearling bulls on the home farm at Castletown, Co Kilkenny. \ Donal O' Leary

Carmel and her family run a suckler to beef system with Simmental and Limousin-cross the main breeds used. Calving is split between spring and autumn, with bulls finished at 16 months and excess heifers sold for breeding. \ Donal O’ Leary

A roundup of some of the rest of the pictures from around the country

Sixteen vintage tractors held a tractor run from Adrigole to Kilmacallogue, Co Cork, and back, taking in the scenic Healy Pass. The small tractor run was organised after the cancellation of the Monster Tractor Run due to COVID-19, which was slated to have 1,000 tractors running from Skibbereen. \ Andy Gibson.

Bill O’Meara baling second-cut silage for Michael O’Meara at Greenlane, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the weather breaking that evening. \ Odhran Ducie

James Alexander with his wife Ruth and children Maya (10), Aleesha (9), Isla (8), Jackson (7) and Eliza (4) taking a break from their Jalex flock sale on their farm in Randalstown, Co Antrim. \ Houston Green

Ballymena Mart’s Shaun Irvine checking the temperature of John Knox from Broughshane, Co Antrim, before the start of the first breeding sheep sale of the year. \ Houston Green

Lorraine and Enda McKeown from Markethill, Co Armagh, with their children Leah and Aidan at Ballymena Mart. \ Houston Green

This week in photos: swathing triticale and dry crimping winter barley

This week in photos: Highland cattle, baling winter barley straw and marts

This week in photos: winter barley, feeding sucklers and drawing silage

This week in photos: drafting lambs on the Curragh commonage

This week in photos: landslide, silage, sheep, marts and breeding season

This week in photos: harvesting winter oats and sorting sheep for the mart

Our top farming photos from the past week include farmers harvesting winter oats, checking on yearling bulls, preparing sheep for the mart and the 33rd Tullow Sheep Breeders show and sale.