Harvesting Isabel spring oats in Co Cork

Con Twomey harvesting Isabel spring oats near Robert's Cove, Co Cork. The crop yielded 3.4t/acre at 19% moisture and 54kph. \ Donal O'Leary

Jim O' Byrne checks the quality of the crop. \ Donal O' Leary

Con Twomey harvesting Isabel spring oats near Robert's Cove, Co Cork. The crop yielded 3.4t/acre at 19% moisture and 54kph. \ Donal O'Leary

Watch: sit back, relax and enjoy a slideshow of the week's best pictures

Harvesting spring barley in Co Wexford

Jamie Murphy takes advantage of a small break in the weather to harvest spring barley for his uncle in Bunclody, Co Wexford. It’s been another stop-start week, but the end of the harvest is in sight. \ Claire Nash

With around 10% to go, growers will be hoping for better weather this week to finish the spring cereal harvest. \ Claire Nash.

Jamie Murphy. \ Claire Nash

My Farming Week: John Murphy, Clochristic, Milford, Co Carlow

John Murphy from Milford, Co Carlow, with his brother Tommy and parents, Breda and Dinny, on the family farm. \ Claire Nash

John farms beef, dairy and tillage alongside his parents and brother in Co Carlow. This month, he is preparing for the All-Ireland Ploughing Championships.

John Murphy from Milford, Co Carlow. \ Claire Nash

Rescue 116 takes off as harvest is being rescued in Co Dublin

As Rescue 116 takes off from Dublin Airport, brothers Ronan and Terry Snow from Swords, Co Dublin, rescue their spring barley harvest. They explain how parts of the field have become so soft due to poor weather that it is difficult to get the combine around. The Snow brothers are harvesting, ploughing and drawing haylage all at once and hope to sow oil seed rape before the 15 September deadline. \ Philip Doyle

Sheep graze on a farm along the perimeter of Dublin Airport. \ Philip Doyle

NPA site in Ballintrane, Co Carlow

On a week that should have seen the site bustling with activity ahead of the 2020 National Ploughing Championships, contractor Andrew McDonnell and his father Stephen draw silage from the NPA site in Ballintrane, Co Carlow. \ Claire Nash

They had five people working to get the job done in the window of good weather. \ CJ Nash

NPA site in Ballintrane, Co Carlow. \ Claire Nash

This week in photos: farming through the storm

This week in photos: sowing at sunset and stock being shifted

This week in photos: harvesting, marts and scanning dairy cows

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

The week in pictures: ground conditions suffer after storms and heavy rain

This week in photos: saving the harvest and drawing silage

Our top farming photos from the past week include farmers drawing silage, preparing for the All-Ireland Ploughing Championships and harvesting in Dublin, Cork and Wexford.