Dosing ewes and weaning spring lambs on the Cousane Gap in the Sheehy Mountains

Tim and Kenny McCarthy, The Pike, Clonakilty, Co Cork, dosing ewes and weaning the spring lambs that they own on the Cousane Gap in the Sheehy mountains in Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

Kenny McCarthy. \ Donal O' Leary

Fifi, Sam and Clark look on. \ Donal O' Leary

Tim and Kenny McCarthy, The Pike, Clonakilty, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

Shorthorn cattle sale at Roscrea Mart

The third annual autumn sale of Shorthorn cattle at Roscrea Mart in Co Tipperary. \ Brendan Lynch

Tommy and Shane Julian at the third annual autumn sale of Shorthorn cattle at Roscrea Mart in Co Tipperary. \ Brendan Lynch

Pat Hennessy, Ballaghmore, Co Laois, and Peter Luttrell, Raheenadeeragh, Co Kildare. \ Brendan Lynch

Tommy Julian. \ Brendan Lynch

A suckler and sheep farm that consists of a calf-to-beef system and a store lamb enterprise in Cork

John and Niall Dwyer checking on some of their suckler cows and calves on the home farm at Scrahan, Urhan, Beara, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

John Dwyer feeding the spring lambs on the home farm at Scrahan, Urhan, Beara, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

A round-up of some of the rest of the pictures from around the country

Quigley Agri Contracting harvesting maize on the farm of Peter and Enda Luttrell Ballybrittas, Co Laois. \ Brendan Lynch

Kevin Scully grows, harvests and mills organic gluten-free oats on his farm in Merrymount, Vicarstown, Co Laois. \ Philip Doyle

Alan Harford from Fairy Hill Farm based in Rush, Co Dublin, harvesting beetroot. \ Niall Gosson

Jenny Bonnar doses 100 crossbred mules for fluke in Carnalbanagh, Co Antrim. \ Houston Green

Declan and Mark Egan sowing winter oats at a rate of 170kg per hectare at Lowerheath, Fivealley, Co Offaly. \ Odhran Ducie

Stuart Kirwan, researcher of strategies at Teagasc, discussed methods to reduce methane emissions from Irish beef production talks to Signpost farmer participants on a farmwalk at teagasc Grange in co Meath. \ Claire Nash

The Republic of Ireland Ploughing team, Eamonn Tracey from Carlow in the Conventional Class and John Whelan from Wexford in the Reversible Class have once again been crowned Supreme World Ploughing Champions at the 68th World Ploughing Contest in, Kuldiga, Latvia. \ JO COENEN STUDIO DRIES 2.6

John McMillan from Templepatrick, Co Antrim, harvesting a bumper crop of Navan potatoes. The crop returned a yield of over 20 tonnes per acre. \ Houston Green

Roy Gill sowing Graham winter wheat at a rate of 190kg per hectare with a 4 metre spirit drill at Ross, Rathcabbin, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie