Baling

Tillage farmers took advantage of the good weather last week to get crops planted. Rain fell heavier in some areas than others.

There are farmers trying to harvest crops, bale straw and plant winter cereals in the current mixed weather.

This summer was particularly quiet for contractors due to poor grass growth, according to Marty Lenehan in Maugherow, Co Sligo.

There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.

The record has now been validated after it was completed at the farm of Bro Godås in Säffle, Sweden, in July.

Where farmers are taking advantage of improve weather to harvest silage, outlined are some tips to saving fodder in autumn. Kieran Mailey writes.

The main block of cereal harvesting is expected to take place in the coming days if weather allows.

With a high proportion of grain crops in Wexford, Carlow and Laois being malting barley, passing quality controls will be vital to ensuring a margin for growers