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Robert Malone Snr, from Carbury, Co Kildare, feeding beef cattle for his son, Brian Malone, with his new JCB 532-60. \ Brian Malone
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A calf enjoying her first day out at grass in Cavan. \ Sarah Reilly
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Robert Hall planting potatoes with the help of Rachel and Sam Hall in Sligo. \ Fiona Hall
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Ken Bryan planting spring barley with a Valtra S234 and Pöttinger drill in Kinsale, Co Cork. \ Ivan Bradfield
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Benedict Geoghegan, from Dundee, Scotland, helping his granduncle, Anthony, to feed some lambs during a visit home to Kilrooskey, Co Roscommon. \ Joseph Geoghegan
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The race to get the last field of spring barley rolled, as rain sweeps up the Shannon estuary in Limerick. \ Donogh McCarthy
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182119-816069.jpg)
Robert Malone Snr, from Carbury, Co Kildare, feeding beef cattle for his son, Brian Malone, with his new JCB 532-60. \ Brian Malone
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182120-816069.jpg)
A calf enjoying her first day out at grass in Cavan. \ Sarah Reilly
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182121-816069.jpg)
Robert Hall planting potatoes with the help of Rachel and Sam Hall in Sligo. \ Fiona Hall
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182122-816069.jpg)
Ken Bryan planting spring barley with a Valtra S234 and Pöttinger drill in Kinsale, Co Cork. \ Ivan Bradfield
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182123-816069.jpg)
Benedict Geoghegan, from Dundee, Scotland, helping his granduncle, Anthony, to feed some lambs during a visit home to Kilrooskey, Co Roscommon. \ Joseph Geoghegan
![](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/WEBFILES/000/816/069/2182124-816069.jpg)
The race to get the last field of spring barley rolled, as rain sweeps up the Shannon estuary in Limerick. \ Donogh McCarthy
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