A Rare Breed

While many of us are still celebrating the New Year, on farms across NI the working day is just beginning.

It is early spring and that means lambing season in Fermanagh.

The weather warms and it is full steam ahead on our arable farms.

The weather is unseasonably warm so down in Fermanagh David Wilson is shearing his sheep early.

It's the Balmoral Show - the biggest event in the farming calendar.

The good weather continues and it is time to bring in the Comber potatoes

The race is on to beat the summer rain.

A busy month of shows, sales and harvesting.

The busiest month of the farming year brings it own set of problems.

The wet and cold weather continues to cause major problems on many farms.

The continuing bad weather proves very costly for Down arable farmer Allan Chambers - his entire crop of linseed is wiped out.

- In the final episode of the current series, the farmers are under pressure to the meet the Christmas demand for trees, cheese, beef, leeks and potatoes. The farmers also take a look back over the farming year.