Advice, services and products don’t have to come from hundreds or thousands of miles away to be better. In many cases, what you should be using on-farm is next door, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

I have all of my September calvers weaned at this stage and will soon wean the October calvers

Most people overthink storing grain, and can often be talked out of doing it for the most trivial of reasons. Do the sums and see how much your farm could potentially save, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

As we all know, June and July are difficult months to manage grass in normal conditions, never mind when the crop comes under the heat and moisture deficit stress, like it is now, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

The harvest of wholecrop cereals will start soon and crops are pretty variable, as some were significantly affected by late drilling and all of the wet weather, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.

Efficient heifer rearing provides a sound platform for the herd's future, while not hitting growth and fertility milestones will result in poorer herd performance

Now that growth has finally recovered, it should encourage us to start planning for some autumn reseeding, writes Brian Reidy

Independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy reports on a recent trip to France — the systems were diverse, but each had a goal of optimum profitability

Many years ago, a man told me 'If you wrong a calf, you wrong yourself'. He was right then, and he is still right now, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

As it does inevitably every year, growth will take off, and you need to identify when that occurs and act on it rapidly, and consider baling surplus grass as soon as possible, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy