
Farmers had been concerned over the change in dates of the major festival.
It seems Electric Picnic's early arrival this year will avoid the peak of the harvest season.
Farmers had previously raised concerns with the change in the festival's date for 2024, with fears it would lead to serious delays in the moving of grain.
However, as a result of the weather, spring barley was sowed at least a month late, with the peak of the harvest season now set to avoid the Stradbally festival.
Laois IFA Chairman, Henry Burns, says the two events aren't clashing, despite previous expectations: