Irish vs Italian butter. And it tastes as bad as it looks! No wonder they use olive oil.

Max Fitzgerald takes silver in the Junior Scratch Race at the European Championships 💪🏻☘️

Three Peaks Challenge for a good cause! ⛰️ On August 15th, four brave members of our Cope Seeds team will be tackling Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, and they will do all three within the space of 24 hours! The team will be taking on this feat of endurance to raise money

Rockwell College is proud of Rory (incoming 6th Year) and Donnacha Keeley (Class of '22), members of Clonmel Rowing, who are representing Ireland this week. Rory races at Dorney Lake; Donnacha competes at the U23 Worlds in Poznań. Best of luck to both!

A brilliant result for Rockwell College student Rory Keeley (far right in pic) and his crewmates, who struck gold for Ireland in the Junior 18 Men’s Quad (4x) at the Home International Regatta 🇮🇪 Well done to all involved, and to Clonmel Rowing on this outstanding achievement.

Harvest Season in Full Swing Across the Southeast! Mermaid spring barley going under the knife this week in Ballyhack  #CooneyFurlongGrain Tim O'Donovan Seed Technology Ltd

Mermaid barley sown on 10th March now coming off strong in the Ballindaggin area 🌾 Grain quality and yield looking very promising so far — KPH averaging 68–70, hitting brewing spec 👌 Protein levels on the higher side due to land being close to ley #Harvest2025  Seed Technology Ltd

To all farmers working hard to get the harvest in so the general public have food on the plate - have a good day and be safe Farm Day #Farm24 #harvest25

Awesome Amity barley grown for Church of Oak Distillery distillery. Lovely bold grain and fantastic sample straight out of the CR! Still some heads lost despite shaving it at a consistent 3 inches.

🦁🦁Dompteur - The Lion Tamer 🦁🦁 🔴 The highest-yielding variety on the new Candidate List 25/26 🔴 Combines two complex Phoma resistance genes, RLMS and RLM7 🔴 Robust disease protection package - 8 For LLS 🔴 Excellent compensation abilities 🔴 Pod shatter resistance

🌾New for Autumn 2025! KWS Emphor takes hybrid rye to the next level, building on the success of market leader KWS Tayo. ✅ Outstanding drought tolerance ✅ Top-ranked ergot tolerance Your new go-to variety for resilience & performance. 👉 Find out more: ow.ly/3U9m50WFkEN

Dr Alexander Doering shares his thoughts on why he thinks oilseed rape has performed so well this year and why DSV Domptuer is topping the yield charts.

Another few bits to freshen up next week

Tipperary Football Academy’s will participate in finals day tomorrow in venues across the country. An incredible amount of work has gone in to football development this year, on pitch and S&C. Thanks to all who give huge effort to football development in Tipp. Tipperary GAA

An analysis of wheat crops across our group in 2024/25. A thread: How often do I hear "yield is not important, it's about gross margin". Well for every single year I have done the costing exercise, yield and margin are two of the same thing. The relationship is near perfect.

A special homecoming at Rockwell College on Wednesday as we welcomed the Munster Rugby squad for an open training session. 🏉 Past pupils Brian Gleeson, Diarmuid Barron, Denis Leamy & J.J. Hanrahan returned to the campus where their rugby journeys began

DSV UK is proud to announce that Cognac has topped the 2025 AHDB (1-year results) oilseed rape harvest results! This variety’s combination of LepR1 and RLM7 resistance genes, along with its protection against TuYV, Pod shatter, and excellent scores for LLS.