Niall Scanlon and his son Donncha as they do their first cut of silage in Slade, Saggart, Co Dublin. The warm weather has has finally led to silage being gathered and baled across the country. \ Damien Eagers

Dairy farming in Galway

Dairy farmer Seamus Fahy has a 140-head herd of Holstein Friesian cattle at his farm in Rinneen, Kinvara, Co Galway. / David Ruffles

Seamus Fahy and his father James inspecting the pasture for his dairy herd of 140 head. /David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles

Making the best of the dry weather

Timothy Tierney from Terryglass, Co Tipperary, picks silage using a John Deere 7400. \ Odhran Ducie

Timothy Tierney harvesting silage for Pat O'Meara at Ballinagrass, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie

Timothy Tierney harvesting silage for Pat O'Meara at Ballinagrass, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie

Ben Burke baling, Gary Flynn raking grass and Trevor Flynn drawing bales for for Flynn Agri Contractors. / David Ruffles

\ David Ruffles

/ David Ruffles

Suckler farming

Adam Fryday enjoys the fine weather while checking on his suckler cows and calves on the home farm near Clonoulty, Co Tipperary. Adam farms alongside his father Andrew and brother Oisín where they run 70 sucklers in a calf to beef system along with 250 early lambing ewes and a successful mushroom growing business./ Donal O' Leary

/ Donal O' Leary

\ Donal O' Leary

Gary Flynn raking grass for Flynn Agri Contractors and baling silage on Maureen and Arthur Holloway's farmland in Killeeneen, Craughwell, Co Galway. / David Ruffles