Signpost: When I start feeding silage, I start with the red clover bales

As the time changes, I think I will have to bring the cows in at night. We can’t complain with this as we are nearly into November

Dermot Walsh: 'I recently administered the salmonella vaccine to all the cows as a preventive measure to ensure their health and wellbeing.' Picture: David Creedon

I walked the farm on October 21. We have a farm cover of 1109kg DM/ha and a cover per LU of 415. Growth is currently at 16kg DM/ha and demand is at 40kg DM/ha. 

Things are pretty good for grass, but when you look into the wedge, I have about six paddocks over 2,000 kg DM/ha, which I am currently grazing. In a week's time, these paddocks will be grazed off, and the next few paddocks will be around the 1,500 to 1,600 mark.