Weaning strategies to reduce stress and optimise value
Stressed weanlings are much more prone to illnesses, such as pneumonia.
Weanling sales are up and running around the country with the last of the autumn 2021 calves and the early spring 22 calves in the rings. As is always the case, good money is being paid for quality stock.
The recent drought still rages on for a large proportion of the south of the country. Grass growth is still very slow, and a lot of silage is being fed, with some stock housed to make feeding them easier. second cuts have yielded very poorly this year, and the prospect of making a decent third cut are disappearing by the day.
