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Shane Joyce farms in partnership with his father in Enloughmore, Co Galway. The farm consists of suckler cows and calves and mountain sheep on mainly hilly land. Shane is pictured here with his sister Hannah moving their cattle prior to a visit from the AI technician to the farm. \ Philip Doyle
Some of the large crowd that attended the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour this week. The tour visited the farm of Conor Kelleher in Rearour, Co Cork, and the Shinagh dairy farm near Bandon, Co Cork. \ Donal O’Leary
Rebecca Harrington from Kilbrittain and Isabelle Lordan from Ballinspittle, Co Cork, at the IGA dairy summer tour. \ Donal O’Leary
Mike Donoghue of Teagasc Galway and Austin Brosnan from Tralee, Co Kerry, at the IGA dairy summer tour. \ Donal O’Leary
Diarmuid O’Callaghan from Leap and Cian Lehane from Aharle, Co Cork, at the IGA dairy summer tour. \ Donal O’Leary
Cousins Conor, Shane, Eoghan and Adam Ahern at the IGA dairy summer tour. \ Donal O’Leary
Derry O’Donovan, from Castletownsend, Co Cork, pays close attention to the speakers during the IGA dairy summer tour. \ Donal O’Leary
Aisling Moloney from Cahir, Co Tipperary, photographed for this week’s My Farming Week. Aisling and her family farm poultry and game in south Tipperary and also run a mobile farm, which travels around to schools and outings to show the animals to children and older people. \ Donal O’Leary
John Jr, John Sr and Alex Miller harvesting 40ac of Planet spring barley at Ballymurphy, Conna, Co Cork. The crop was set in late February just before the arrival of the Beast from the East and it will be supplied to Glanbia for malting. The barley yielded 3.4t/ac at 15% moisture, 68 KPH and 8.5% protein. \ Donal O’Leary
Bart Maertens is a potato farmer from Loughanure, Clane, Co Kildare. Bart has been forced to spend an additional €15,000 since the beginning of the drought on man power, including the digging of a new well and also on diesel for tankers to keep moving water. Despite this, his yield looks like it will be drastically reduced. The potatoes are smaller and rather than each plant producing around 12 potatoes, they are producing only seven or eight. With the lack of rain, Bart has applied foliar fertilisation as pellets are not being absorbed into the dry soil. \ Philip Doyle
Eamon Connell of Connells Well Drilling in Kilmeadue, Nass, Co Kildare, drilling a 2,400ft well on a farm in Co Meath after a previous well ran dry due to the drought conditions. \ Philip Doyle
Lesley Harding with his son George and Lochlann McGrath rounding up sheep at Lorrha, Co Tipperary. They are rounding up ewes to bring them back to the home farm ahead of the breeding season. \ Philip Doyle
Carnaross Mart staff members Emma Muldoon, Kevin McNamee, Derek Ormistop and Robert Porter at the weekly sheep sale. \ Philip Doyle
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