Sowing Tungsten barley

Nick O'Neill sowing tungsten spring barley for Grange Farm in Knocklofty Hill, Co Tipperary. \ Philip Doyle

Nick is sowing with an 8m Vaderstad spirit 800r being pulled by a John Deere 8370 on tracks. \ Philip Doyle

Tony Nugent from Grange Farm watches on while Nick O'Neill sows tungsten spring barley in Knocklofty Hill, Co Tipperary. \ Philip Doyle

Lambing in Co Kerry

Glynn Egan of Barnastooka, KIlgarvan, Co Kerry, ready for a busy few weeks, as lambing has begun in earnest on his farm. He has close to 500 ewes lambing this season, a mixture of Cheviot, Suffolk and Scotch. He is hoping to expand and grow his sheep farm. / Valerie O'Sullivan

/ Valerie O'Sullivan

/ Valerie O'Sullivan

/ Valerie O'Sullivan

/ Valerie O'Sullivan

Sit back, relax and watch a slideshow of our favourite photos from this week:

Milking the herd

/ David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles

Dairy farmer David Gannon milking his herd at the farm in Dunsandle, Craughwell, Co Galway. / David Ruffles

Farming with a view

On a warm spring day in Garretstown, west Cork, with the sea as a backdrop, farmer Raymond Moloney spreads spring barley using a John Deere 6820 tractor, Lemken presser and Kuhn HR 3003 spreader. \ Andy Gibson.

\ Andy Gibson

\ Andy Gibson

Dairy farming in Offaly

John Tooher and his brother Brian. they are in a partnership and moved from beef to dairy two years ago on the family farm. / Claire Nash

/ Claire Nash

/ Claire Nash

/ Claire Nash

Brian and John Tooher, with Brian's children - Adam, Conor and Maeve. / Claire Nash

Shorthorn breeder

Shorthorn cattle breeder John Keane and daughter Roisin tending to Clonina Explorer-sired one-year-old bulls, part of the herd of Shorthorns on the family farm in Bushypark, Ennis, Co Clare. / David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles