Calves holding their value well for this time of year as marts report steady trading

I was in Fermoy on Sunday at a sporting event and saw silage being made. I was back there on Tuesday, at Corrin mart, and you’d be half inclined to open a bale.

Our weather is extremely varied at the moment. It’s winter one minute and summer the next. This May, while silage is being saved, it’s also being used.

There are very few of us, I imagine, who haven’t got some animals chewing on a bit of silage this week. So in such circumstances it’s no wonder then that the trade in the marts has slipped just a tad. It can be hard to focus the mind on new stock, when you are already busy trying to look after the ones you have.