Paula Hynes: Our farm's secret to fantastic maiden heifers

Housing through summer with a consistent diet transformed their thrive, boosting future herd performance and AI success

The show heifers simply powered ahead as their diet was constant every day.

I really cannot believe Easter is upon us already. The first three months of the year seem to have gone with the click of a finger. Calving is finished, and calf numbers are dwindling on the farm, thankfully, as the work focus switches to working more with the show team. 

At home, the cows are grazing twice a day, and we have been working our way through the first rotation with the herd performing well this year, and fat is currently at 4.30% and protein at 3.58%.