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Earliest spring barley harvest ever on this Tipperary Farm

Ger O’Meara was harvesting his spring barley exactly four months after sowing on 20 July as the heatwave brought in crops.

CROPS 29 July 2026
Earliest spring barley harvest ever on this Tipperary Farm
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