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Spring barley farm walk in Wexford
John Crowley’s farm in Ferns where Teagasc and Boortmalt held a spring barley farm walk. \ Claire Nash
Topics included management of weeds, aphids and disease in early sown spring barley crops. \ Claire Nash
Main speaker Shay Phelan. \ Claire Nash
Tillage farmer John Crowley and his daughter Keenan on his farm in Ferns, Co Wexford. \ Claire Nash
Day one at Balmoral Show as thousands flock to 154th year of event
Crowds gather for the opening day of Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Co Antrim. \ Houston Green
John Elliott and his daughter Kirsten from Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone, with entries from their Drumlegagh Salers herd getting ready before the start of Balmoral Show. \ Houston Green
Colin Hamill, Crumlin, Co Antrim, with his daughters Katie and Holly getting their Texels ready. \ Houston Green
Sheep judging. \ Houston Green
Judge Tom Brennan from Freshford, Co Kilkenny, congratulating seven-year-old Oscar Moore of Aughnacloy, Co Down, on winning first prize in the junior heifer class. \ Houston Green
Checking on cattle in Cork
John Joe and Mary O'Mahony check on some of their cattle on the home farm at The Grange, Shanakiel, Kilbrittain, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary
Ulster Grassland Society annual spring meeting on 280-cow dairy herd in Derry
Ulster Grassland Society farm walk on Ian Buchanan's dairy farm near Dungiven, Co Derry. \ Houston Green
Host Ian Buchanan (right) and David Linton, Ulster Grassland Society president, at the farm walk. \ Houston Green
Rolling spring barley in Cork
Michael Collins rolls Ganway spring barley at Ballinspittle, Co Cork. Michael farms with his dad, James, running a mixed farm of spring cereal tillage alongside a store to beef enterprise. \ Donal O' Leary
Michael Collins picks some stones while rolling Ganway spring barley. \ Donal O' Leary
Roundup of some of the rest of the pictures from around the country
Tractors, vintage cars and motorbikes gather at the foot of the Knockmealdonw Mountains in Graigue, Clogheen, Co Tipperary, for the Dom Ryan Memorial Tractor Run. \ Mark Kearney
Dairy farmer Michael McGrath collecting zero grazed grass at Ballinahinch, Bodyke, Co Clare to feed to the dairy herd after evening milking. \ Odhran Ducie
MY FARMING WEEK: Diane Lowry, Cullion, Co Tyrone, established her pedigree flock of Valais Blacknose sheep in 2019 with the purcashe of two ewes and one ram. This year, she is showing six animals at Balmoral Show.
Jordan Orr, marketing and communications manager with The Vet Service, Coleraine, Graham Wilson, ruminant specialist with Boehringer Ingelheim, Andrew Mayne, veterinary director with Jubilee Veterinary Centre, Newtownards, and Chris Elliott, NI territory manager with Boehringer Ingelheim at the Vet Show held in the Titanic Centre, Belfast, last week. \ Houston Green
Seamus Doyle sowing P8201 maize seed at a rate of 45,000 seeds to the acre at Grennanstown, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie
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