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Racing to get crops in the ground in Co Tipperary
Donal O'Mahony ploughing for Philip Kinane at Turtulla, Thurles, Co Tipperary, ahead of the sowing of winter barley. \ Odhran Ducie
My Farming Week: Anthony Nea, Ringfort Farm, Correaly, Co Westmeath
Anthony Nea farms sheep on the Longford-Westmeath border, also selling honey from his 40 hives of native bees. \ Claire Nash
Well-attended dairy farm walk in Co Armagh
The Ulster Grassland Society’s autumn meeting was a visit to the dairy farm of Claire Beckett at Drumlin Road, Craigavon, Co Armagh. Host farmer Claire explains the layout of the family farm to over 120 members before the start of the walk. \ Houston Green
Co Down natives John Somerville, Harold Stevenson and Billy Martin. \ Houston Green
A roundup of some of the rest of the pictures from around the country
Brian Farrell, Farm manager at Airfield estate in Dundrum, Co Dublin shows some of his flock to Jacob Sheep society member Scott Robertson from Duff Town, Scotland. Scott and society RCM Paul Colhoun from Omagh, are traveling the country visiting twenty four farms for this years Competition. They are looking for find the perfect flock with the correct breed standard. There are now 130 members in Ireland. \ Philip Doyle.
Niall Flynn with Paud Flynn & Sons in Rush Co Dublin, direct drilling winter wheat in their John Deere 750A featuring the Amazone Avant Front Tank. \ Niall Gosson
A crop of winter barley emerging in Co Carlow earlier this week against the backdrop of the Blackstairs Mountains. \ Philip Doyle
Jessica Rankin and Victor Rankin with the 1st Prize Winning pen of Heifers at the Raphoe Livestock Mart weanling show and sale. \ Clive Wasson
This two-year-old Charloais heifer called George will be up for auction at Ballybay Mart in Co Monaghan next Friday 28 October at 7.30pm. All proceeds will be donated to the Irish Cancer Society and Crocus Monaghan. She was bred and reared by the Shannon, Peter and Nadine McCarra from Scottstown, Co Monaghan who have kindly donated their family pet.
Keith Harkin, Limavady, Co Derry, and his nine-year-old son Aaron during the Texel show and sale at Ballymena Livestock Market, Co Antrim. \ Houston Green
Members of the Nolan family present the Mooney family with the Inaugural Patrick Nolan Junior Cup at Monday Night's Show and sale in Kilcullen Leinster marts. Alan Mooney's bull who won the overall prize, sold on the night for ¢1200.
Eamonn Farrell, ICOS; Sheila Quinn, Teagasc ConnectEd Manager; Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist; Seamus Kearney Teagasc Signpost and Billy Goodburn, ICOS Skillnet Launched Sustainable Fertiliser Training at Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow during Sustainability Week 2022. \ Alf Harvey
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