IFJ Picture Desk

Contractor Patrick Cassidy spreading lime on Jane Shackelton's organic farm in Mullagh, Co Cavan. Photo: Barry Cronin for @farmersjournal http://bit.ly/2VHDG0d

Tim Kruger pictured moving kerry hill sheep for John Downey from the National Sheep breeders tunnel following Storm Ali’s abrupt visit to #ploughing18 #stormali (photo: Donal O’Leary) https://ift.tt/2PWq0e0

Hereford cattle on Lisa Holloway and her husband Niall Daly's farm at Gageboro, Co Offaly. Photo: Philip Doyle for @farmersjournal #farming #farmingphotos #Hereford #cattleofInstagram https://ift.tt/2C1wV3t

There was great excitement around the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar we he arrived last week at the Ploughing (at The National Ploughing Championships 2017)

@tullamoreshow - Lionel Organ from Wales judging the Leyne Ewe Shearling class sponsored by Midlan Vetinary at Tullamore Show today. Photo Ramona Farrelly (at Tullamore Show)

@tullamoreshow - Daithi Carroll from Wexford washing his Pedigree Hereford Bull, Udel 1 Fremantle before the start of the Tullamore Show in Co. Offaly (photo: Ramona Farrelly @anomarstar) (at Tullamore Show)

@tullamoreshow Denis Kelleher, Co. Mayo gets ready for the day ahead (at Tullamore Show)

#Tullamoreshow - Darragh McManus with winner of the 2015 born bull class, Gretna House Lord, owned by Brendan and Greg Freeney, Enniscrone, Co Sligo. (Photo: Ramona Farrelly @anomarstar) (at Tullamore Show)

Lorcan Bellew, Phillipstown, Co Louth who is studying farming and working on a farm for the summer listens intently to Ciaran Lenehan's talk at the Tullamore Farm open day last week." Photo: Ramona Farrelly @anomarstar

Did you catch the wallaby who turned up in a field of straw in East Cork in the @farmersjournal this week!
Photo: Donal O' Leary

BEHIND THIS WEEKS FRONT PAGE: Jim Corrigan from Old Kilcullen, Co. Kildare farms suffolk cross sheep and cattle. He is being helped for the summer by grandson Edward Cahill who hopes to follow in his grandfathers footsteps. Edward has his first sheepgog Jan who he has trained and is 2 years old. Photo: Philip Doyle @punctumphotography. Swipe the see more. (at Kildare, Ireland)

The new sheep settle in at Tullamore Farm as they pose for a pic in front of visitors on the farm's first successful open day last week. Photo: Ramona Farrelly @anomarstar

"Move over... I'm driving!" Our photographers see some interesting things on the road! #funnyfarm #irishfarmersjournal (at Carrickmacross)

Tipping silage in 1971

Cutting silage in 1971

Silage tips from May, 1971

Scenes at Tuam Mart last week. \ David Ruffles