In pictures: Irish Farmers Journal front pages January - March 2014

11 January 2014: Chris Ginnelly on his farm near Belmullet Co Mayo. The storm that hit the coast washed away part of his land, taking 28 sheep and silage with it. Photo Brian Farrell

18 January 2014: Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny launching the new Rural Development Programme.

25 January 2014: Padraig Keane is a new entrant dairy farmer. He farms with his father John on 110 acres at Kilcormac, Co. Offaly.

1 February 2014: William O' Riordan is pictured at home on his farm in Bridgemount, Kilbrien, Rathcormac, Co. Cork. William owns the Bridgemount herd of 30 pedigree Simmental and Charolais cows that calve down in the Autumn and all stock are reared to sell for breeding purposes. PIC: DOL

8 February 2014: Matthew McGreehan from Louth among Beef Farmers taking part in an IFA protest at the Kepak processing plant in Clonee Co Meath, at price cuts been imposed on them by the factory. Picture: Finbarr O'Rourke

15 February 2014: James Peppard and Gerard Mulqueen, Dooras, O' Callaghan Mills, Co. Clare boating feed across the flood that is preventing them from reaching their houses and farmyards. PIC: DOL

22 February 2014: Paddy Crowe (left) with his son Martin and grandchildren Diarmuid, Cormac and Padraig on the family farm in Doon, Co Limerick. After Storm Darwin hit, Martin's generator kept three local dairy herds milked.

1 March 2014: Marcus Stewart and his father Bert from Drum, Co Monaghan run a mixed farm of dairy, sheep and beef cattle. They have 140 to calve this spring and 120 ewes.

8 March 2014: IFA President Eddie Downey and IFA Livestock Chairman Henry Burns make their way to the platform to address over three thousand farmers who protested outside the Department of Agriculture at the cuts in beef prices .

15 March 2014: Ronan Markey from Cooley checks the fertilizer spread pattern using a combination of collection trays and calibration tubes as he begins to spread ASN on winter barley near Greenore in Co Louth.

29 March 2014: Young farmer Damien Fallon from Strokestown speaking at the Irish Farmers Journal CAP meeting, sponsored by AIB, in Claremorris, Co Mayo. Photo Brian Farrell