Plan ahead now to get autumn calving off to a smooth start

Remember a cow in the dry period is like an athlete in pre-season and you must prepare the system for the season ahead, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

Cows can get very aggressive around calving, so properly working equipment is essential, writes Brian Reidy.

There has been a great saying in Tipperary for many a year, about it never being a bad summer when we had the hay saved and Cork bet. Well, we haven’t had a bad summer, to be fair. 

Apart from a recent moisture deficit, the farming year has been going pretty well too. The silage and hay are now safely under cover, and Liam McCarthy is back home for the winter.