End of harvest in sight

RECENT sunshine helped farmers with the harvest, and most of the work should be completed next week.

Record yields of about six tonnes per acre have been recorded for winter barley, and spring barley has averaged about 4.7 tonnes. But moisture runs as high as 30%.

Some crops still have to be harvested in parts of the country, but Teagasc expects that these will be completed over the weekend, where the weather continues fine.