TIMING is one of the most important factors when you are considering bringing your land to the market. You want the presentation of your farm to be as close to perfect as possible, so if the country experiences a very wet winter – as happened in the one gone by – it may take longer to get your farm to that desired presentation.

The spring season, which is beginning to kick off, will run through until June or July. National agents are reporting a slow start, with a huge portion of the country still suffering due to the disastrous flooding that put much of the land around the country, particularly in the mid-west, under water in the latter part of 2015 and into January of this year. Traditionally, the market will begin to get busy after St Patrick’s Day, when the days are drier and longer and the countryside looks its best.