Glenn Rafter of Cooney Furlong Grain Company, Wexford walking the winter barley trials during the first of the Goldcrop crop variety trials open days on the farm of John Dunne, Shanagarry, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Crop walk

John Dunne speaking during the first of the Goldcrop crop variety trials open days on John's farm in Shanagarry, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

A general view of the crowd that attended the first of the Goldcrop crop variety trials open days on the farm of John Dunne, Shanagarry, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Louth based agronomist Richard Lynch and Max Potterton, Kildalkey, Co Meath examine the winter wheat trials during the first of the Goldcrop crop variety trials open days on the farm of John Dunne, Shanagarry, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary

Busy Fields

Liam Prendergast uses his Guttler seed box to set grass seed at a rate of 16kg per acre near The Vee in the Knockmealdown mountains for Cathal Fitzgerald, Carrignagower, Lismore, Co Waterford. The seed mix is an early grazing silage mix including the varieties of Abermagic, Galgorm, Aberclyde, Aston Conqueror, Fintona and Crusader white clover. \ Donal O' Leary

Liam Prendergast uses his Guttler seed box to set grass seed at a rate of 16kg per acre near The Vee in the Knockmealdown mountains for Cathal Fitzgerald, Carrignagower, Lismore, Co Waterford. The seed mix is an early grazing silage mix including the varieties of Abermagic, Galgorm, Aberclyde, Aston Conqueror, Fintona and Crusader white clover. \ Donal O' Leary

Liam Prendergast uses his Guttler seed box to set grass seed at a rate of 16kg per acre near The Vee in the Knockmealdown mountains for Cathal Fitzgerald, Carrignagower, Lismore, Co Waterford. The seed mix is an early grazing silage mix including the varieties of Abermagic, Galgorm, Aberclyde, Aston Conqueror, Fintona and Crusader white clover. \ Donal O'Leary

Liam Prendergast. \ Donal O'Leary

Pat Lynch and his daughter Chloe harvesting their own silage at Ogonelloe, Co Clare on the shores of Lough Derg. Pat and the family are taking advantage of the good weather this week to pick 120 acres. \ Odhran Ducie

Dara Bulfin harvesting second cut silage at Fivealley, Birr, Co Offaly. Dara carried out a first cut on 25 April and the young grass was drawn in with silage wagons and buffer fed with maize to cows on the home farm. \ Odhran Ducie

Dara Bulfin and Patrick Carroll harvesting second cut silage at Fivealley, Birr, Co Offaly. Dara carried out a first cut on 25 April and the young grass was drawn in with silage wagons and buffer fed with maize to cows on the home farm. \ Odhran Ducie

Beef farmer George Wilson cuts grass for silage in Corran Middle, west Cork, using a John Deere 1350 mower and a Massey Ferguson 399 tractor. \ Photo: Andy Gibson

Pat Lynch and his daughter Chloe harvesting their own silage at Ogonelloe, Co Clare on the shores of Lough Derg. Pat and the family are taking advantage of the good weather this week to pick 120 acres. \ Odhran Ducie

Show Season

Sisters Lily and Sarah-Jane Lester from Drumsallen Co Armagh in the young handlers competition at Armagh Show. \ Houston Green

Jenson Bell from Cookstown Co Tyrone with the reserve Champion Simmental and Alan Wilison from Rathfriland Co Down with the Champion at Armagh Show. \ Houston Green

Mathew and Mollie Cochrane from Portadown Co Armagh with the Commercial Champion at Armagh Show. \ Houston Green

Rodger Milligan from Maghera Co Derry got Reserve Champion and Micheal McConville from Newry Co Down with the Champion and Judge Rodney Balfour from Enniskillen Co Fermanagh at Armagh Show. \ Houston Green

A few more frames from our photographers

Farmers in the are planted for a living barn at the agroforestry farm walk on the farm of James Breslin who took part in the Inishowen EIP project. Photo Clive Wasson

Suckler and Sheep Farming on Rathlin off the north coast ,like any Island has it's problems but Liam McFaul from Cleggan ,whos lived and farmed on the island all his life ,would'nt be anywhere else. \ Houston Green

Fiona and Ian Mulligan from Dromod, Co Leitrim, with Currycramp Ultimate owned by their father Thomas Mulligan. The bull sold for €3,000. \ Gerry Faughnan