Paula Hynes: Black pudding in Cork and Belgium

Kasey’s dam calved with a lovely heifer calf by Vierra Sting. It’s our second Sting heifer calf this autumn, and we also had a Chocochip heifer calve with a Blondin Classic heifer calf
Paula Hynes: Black pudding in Cork and Belgium

Becky Hynes getting ready for the show ring at YBS in Battice, Belgium.

The weather has taken an autumnal turn with damper days and cooler mornings, and I find myself reaching for the hoodie every morning now as I head out the door for milking.

It makes quite a change from the weather we have had since last March. We were looking for rain through most of the summer to keep grass growing, and now we find ourselves looking for two dry days together so we can get the maize harvested.

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