At your command
AT YOUR COMMAND: Sheep farmer Martin Feeney calling his sheep dog, Bob, to move sheep from a field overlooking Streedagh strand, Co Sligo. \ Philip Doyle
Martin brings tourists on to the farm for sheep farming and sheepdog demonstrations. This led to his new enterprise, Atlantic Sheepdogs, five years ago and up until COVID-19 bookings had been going from strength to strength. \ Philip Doyle
Cunningham family farm
Geoff and Michael Cunningham take a break from spreading slurry on their farm in Poulacapple West, Springmount, Co Tipperary. The farm is zero-grazed all year round. \ Claire Nash
Geoff walking his cattle in to the milking parlour. \ Claire Nash
Geoff walking his cattle in to the milking parlour. \ Claire Nash
Drawing silage at Clonmacnoise
Contractor Anthony Kelly draws silage for suckler farmer Tom Moore at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly. Tom is hopefull that given the Shannon low water levels, that he may get a cut off the Shannon Callows this year. The Callows are a stretch of flat lands lying between Athlone where the Shanon flows out of Lough Ree, and Portumna, Co Galway, where it enters Lough Derg. \ Philip Doyle
Contractor Anthony Kelly. \ Philip Doyle
Drawing silage at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly. \ Philip Doyle
Baling and drawing silage in Co Sligo
Suckler farmer Frank Benson in Carricknagrip, Co Sligo drawing and baling silage. Frank spent much of his life in the bar trade in Dublin but retired back to Sligo, buying some land and taking on the family farm. \ Philip Doyle
Suckler farmer Frank Benson. \ Philip Doyle
Triplet calves surprise in Co Laois
Brian Donagher and his daughters Meghan and Rachel with triplet calves that arrived last week. The Dam, a 6 year old cow who last year had 1 calf and the year before had twins surprised Brian with the triplets in Portarlighton, Co Laois \ Claire Nash
Rachel Donagher with one of the triplets. \ Claire Nash
Fit for the factory?
Geraldine Power walks through her cattle while eyeing up which ones are getting fit for the factory on her farm at Kilbeg, Kill, Co Waterford. \ Donal O' Leary
Geraldine Power giving fresh grass to some of her younger cattle on her farm at Kilbeg, Kill, Co Waterford. \ Donal O' Leary
My Farming Week: Joe Martin, Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh
Joe Martin runs a contracting business alongside a herd of 40 sucklers in Co Fermanagh. Joe checks his stock at least once a day. \ Houston Green
Joe Martin has been in the middle of agricultural machinery for almost his entire life. \ Houston Green
Joe with 3 of the team who work on his extensive contracting business: Mark Tracey, Luke McDermott and Sean McCaffrey. \ Houston Green
Checking on the herd before topping the field
Beef farmer Richard O'Gorman from Curraghmore, Owning, Piltown, Co Kilkenny checks on his herd of Angus and Hereford cattle before topping the field. There are now 8 generations of 'Richard O'Gorman' who have farmed the land at Curraghmore. \ Philip Doyle
Beef farmer Richard O'Gorman from Curraghmore, Owning, Piltown, Co Kilkenny checks on his herd of Angus and Hereford cattle before topping the field. There are now 8 generations of 'Richard O'Gorman' who have farmed the land at Curraghmore. \ Philip Doyle
Lightning strike kills 10 cows
Lightning strike kills 10 cows in one field in Co Clare and a further 8 around the country. \ Press 22
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