Farming Advice: Cattle settling indoors for the winter

The challenge is to transition cattle to the shed as stress-free as possible.

The two Limousin weanling bulls sold at Macroom mart for €630 last Saturday born in March and weighing 310kg.

November is just around the corner and most stock around the country are housed for the winter or soon will be. 

Most have either run out of grass or the recent wetter spell has forced stock indoors. It has been a very good late autumn and early winter, with excellent grass utilisation. At this time of year, it is often concluded that it is a much easier day’s work for most once all stock have gone indoors. That is certainly the case on the home farm where a routine can be put in place once cattle are housed. When grass gets scarce and low in dry matter cattle get very uneasy and underperform, therefore being better off housed.