Alan Bryan sowing maize

Dave Flannagan sowing a mix of P8200 and P8201 maize under plastic at a rate of 42,500 seeds per acre for Tom Murphy of Bartlemy, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Sheep farmer Trevor Carter

Trevor Carter feeding his sheep at Burtown Little, Co Kildare. Trevor buys store lambs from Kenmare Mart and finishes them. He has recently purchased two 3-in-1 Advantage Feeders, which control the amount of feed the animals get. Each feeder is capable of feeding up to 200 sheep comfortably. \ Philip Doyle

Live exports set sail to Turkey

Over 3,500 weanling bulls were loaded on the Express 1 livestock carrier under Department of Agriculture supervision at Belview Port last week. The order was put together for Dutch livestock company Heemskerk BV, owned by Corstiaan and Bea den Engelsen. The buyer is Turkish livestock breeder and finisher Yilmaz Arpac, who supervised the operation, along with colleague Yasai Yigin. \ Donal O’Leary

Wednesday's cattle sale at Kilcullen Mart

John Wallace from Portarlington, Hughie O’Leary from Portarlington, Derek Cunningham from Monsterevin and Jason Horlick from Killenure at Kilcullen Mart. \ Philip Doyle

Martin Clavan from Summerhill, Co Meath. \ Philip Doyle

Auctioneer John Osbourne and mart manager Jimmy Welsh. \ Philip Doyle

Francis McCaughey from Clones, Co Monaghan. \ Philip Doyle

Tuesday's cattle sale at Enniscorthy Mart

Brendan Stafford of Stafford Butchers in Enniscorthy and Robert Bailey from Kilmuckridge, Co Wexford, at the cattle sale in Enniscorthy Mart. \ Mary Browne

Auctioneer Myles Lambert and Arthur O’Neill at Enniscorthy Mart. \ Mary Browne

Anthony Mernagh from Bridgetown, Co Wexford, and John Binions, Tullow, Co Carlow. \ Mary Browne

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