Annual Burren Winterage Cattle Drive

Burren Winterage Cattle Drive. \ David Ruffles

Visitors and members of the local community joined Aoife Forde and her family as they walk their herd of Limousin cross cattle up to high ground pasture during the annual Burren Winterage Cattle Drive, Carron, The Burren, Co Clare. \ David Ruffles

Cattle Farmer Aoife Forde who is studying for a masters degree in agriculture, innovation and support (UCD/Teagasc). \ David Ruffles

Aoife Forde with her dad PJ and their herd of Limousin cross cattle. \ David Ruffles

Supplementing milking cows with fresh grass

Mayo dairy farmer Oisin Gill keeps fresh grass pushed in to supplement milking cows. \ Claire Nash

Dairy Farmer Oisin Gill and neighbour Tom McHugh helping during his mid-term. \ Claire Nash

Tagging Texel cross ewe lambs before releasing to new pastures and feeding

Sheep farmer Martin Costelloe tagging Texel cross ewe Lambs before feeding and releasing to new pastures in Ballinacourty, Clarenbridge, Co Galway. Photograph by David Ruffles

Drilling Isabel winter oats before rain hits

Niall and Brian Connery drilling Isabel winter oats at a rate of 180kg/ha at Ballinamultina, Clashmore, Co Waterford before the next band of rain hits the area. The crop is grown under contract for Flahavan's in nearby Kilmacthomas. \ Donal O' Leary

Brian, Padraig and Niall Connery. \ Donal O' Leary

Padraig Connery looks on as Brian and Niall Connery drill Isabel winter oats. \ Donal O' Leary

Tom Clair's famous quad heifer calves have all calved

Farmer Tom Clair with his famous quad heifer calves born in February 2017 in Ennistymon, Co Clare. The four heifers have all calved in the last six weeks and two of them have had twins and two have had single calves. \ Sean Lydon

Tom Clair, his wife Mary and their granddaughter Mia McMahon. \ Sean Lydon

Tom Clair and his son Enda. \ Sean Lydon

Tom Clair and granddaughter Mia McMahon. \ Sean Lydon

Ploughing in Co Waterford

Agri contractor Johnny Cahalan from Ardcroney, Co Tipperary, ploughing for Willie Cleary, Ballycolliton, Puckane, Nenagh ahead of sowing Winter Barley. \ Odhran Ducie

This week in photos: harvesting, ploughing and sowing

This week in photos: ploughing pea stubble and buffer-feeding red clover silage

This week in photos: sowing Cassia winter barley and vaccinating heifers

This week in photos: farming between downpours and a workshop for vets

This week in photos: corncrake-friendly mowing and harvesting winter wheat

This week in photos: annual Burren Winterage Cattle Drive

Our top farming photos from the past week include drilling Isabel winter oats in Waterford, tagging Texel cross ewe lambs in Galway and visiting Tom Clair's famous quad heifer calves have all calved.