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Ploughing ground in Co Cork
Dan McCarthy ploughing ground for fodder beet on a farm he recently purchased at Kilskona, Drimoleague, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary
Jim and Dan McCarthy. \ Donal O' Leary
Mowing first-cut silage in Co Waterford
Kevin O' Brien mowing first-cut silage on the home farm at Glenaboy, Tallow, Co Waterford, with his Steyr CVT 170 and mounted Kuhn butterfly mowers. Kevin farms in partnership with his parents Francis and Catherine, milking 120 cows and also running a calf-to-beef system. \ Donal O' Leary
Kevin O' Brien. \ Donal O' Leary
Feeding dairy calves in Co Antrim
Ian Gordon, Moneygran, Co Antrim, with a busy morning ahead feeding over 150 dairy calves. \ Houston Green
Flowering linseed in Co Cork
Sam Deane and his daughter Charlotte exploring a field of flowering linseed on Sam's farm at Ballymague, Buttevant, Co Cork. Sam is growing the crop for seed production on contract for Seedtech in Waterford. \ Donal O' Leary
Charlotte Deane. \ Donal O' Leary
Linseed crop in flower. \ Donal O' Leary
Mart action from the North
Farmers around the ring at Friday's cattle sale at Keady Mart, Co Armagh. Lot 22 (pictured) sold for £1,880. \ Houston Green
Oliver Connor and Eugen Flannigan, both from Keady, Co Armagh, share a joke at Friday's cattle sale at Keady Mart. \ Houston Green
Lara Taylor, Coleraine, Co Derry, with brother Noah and dad Dennis looking over some of the Limousin calves before the start of the sale at Kilrea Mart. \ Houston Green
Mart stock handlers Lydia Bloomfield, Portglenone, Co Antrim, and Rosie Nicholl, Randalstown, Co Antrim, working hard getting calves ready at Kilrea Mart's calf sale, Co Derry. \ Houston Green
Neil McClure, Ballymoney, Co Antrim, moving stock at Kilrea Mart's calf sale, Co Derry. \ Houston Green
Picking up silage in west Cork
Staff of Tony O' Mahony Agri, Plant and Haulage, Cripple Hill, Bandon, Co Cork, picking up silage for a client in west Cork. \ Donal O' Leary
Micheál O' Mahony of Tony O' Mahony Agri, Plant and Haulage, Cripple Hill, Bandon, Co Cork, with his father Tony and Tony jnr. \ Donal O' Leary
Newford Farm suckler open day in Co Galway
Newford Farm open day. \ Claire Nash
A round up of some of the rest of the pictures from around the country
Over 50 tractors took part in the recent Blackwater Vintage Club tractor run in Co Wexford. The club raised funds on the day for The Society of St Vincent de Paul. \ Finbarr Healy
Conor and Owen Moffatt helping their dad, Declan, to move their flock at Woodbrook, Co Roscommon. \ Gerry Faughnan
Richard McCarthy, who farms dairy with his brother Michael, cuts grass for silage ready for baling on his farm in Timoleague, west Cork. RIchard uses a Deutz-Fahr Agrotron K610 tractor and John Deere 1360 mower. \ Andy Gibson
Diarmuid French and Des Murphy harvesting approximately 25ac of silage for James French in Leap, Co Cork, with two David Brown 1210s and a Taarup harvester. \ David Patterson
Hugh Gallagher, Gweedore, Co Donegal, bottle feeding lambs on his home farm. \ Clive Wasson
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