Stuck in the mud - making progress in one of the wettest springs we've had

Ciaran Bartley on his farm at Caherconlish, Co Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan

Weather hasn’t been in my favour now in quite some time. I had a few false dawns over the past few weeks when the sun began to shine but this was followed every few days by severe downpours which ended me back at square one in terms of ground conditions.

I managed to cut out a few paddocks on my drier land in late April, which yielded 28 bales. This was grass that had received slurry in late January and had become too strong to graze due to delayed turnout.