Paula Hynes: Your health is you wealth, and it all starts with nutrition

Of course, feeding comes at a cost, but those costs are easily justified in performance on milk yield, writes Aherla dairy farmer Paula Hynes

Managing cows to perform well is one thing, managing calves to perform well and fulfil their genetic potential is a whole other challenge. File picture

As the saying goes, your health is your wealth, and when it comes to dairy farming, I have found nutrition plays such a huge part in the health of the dairy herd.

The changing weather patterns over the last number of years and challenging spring weather led us to adjust our system where we still focus on grazing the dairy herd while balancing performance and nutrition.