"This group came in the day after this picture was taken three weeks ago. Cslves are now all weaned. Heavier ones sre inside on ration and silage/straw. Lighter ones are on out farm eating reseeds." - James Flaherty, Kerry
Waterlogging on Tom Bolger's reseed near Borris in Carlow
"Weanlings are doing as much damage as the cows now" - Sean Hayes, Clare
Ricky Milligan (Kildare) is in the process of converting a cubicle shed to a loose house for weanlings with separate feed passage.
Given deteriorating ground conditions, all of Nigel O'Kane's cows and calves are housed in Galway. He is weaning using QuietWean nose tags
Michael McDonald's Aubrac bull is running with 30 maiden heifers in Kilkenny
Michael McDonald serving a TUT (Charolais) cow with a SI4147 (Simmental) straw in Kilkenny
Martin O'Hare's (Louth) 2016-born heifers at grass last month. They are currently indoors on 6kg of ration and close to slaughter.
Kieran Noonan's calves are creeping ahead of cows in North Cork
"The one I was looking for" - Ken Gill's (Offaly) last calf of calving '17 goes to grass
The last groups of John McSweeney's calves are being weaned in Cork
In Meath, Joe Healy is supplementing sucklers with hay during wet weather to prevent grass tetany.
Joe Healy has erected fllodlights as a safety measure in his yard in Co Meath
Harry Lalor is using tall fence posts to encourage calves to graze ahead of cows and facilitate creep feeding.
Most of Glen McDermott's stock are inside in Sligo
Near Bailieborough in Cavan, Gareth McCormack's cows and calves have been indoors since last Wednesday
This picture was taken five days after Garreth McCormack was forced to house stock in Cavan.
Dwayne Stanley's autumn batch of dairy-bred calves have arrived on farm for rearing near Thurles in Tipperary
Near Gorey in Wexford, Cathal Breen's steers are in for fattening
Cathal Breen is feeding hay to cows as a tetany-prevention measure in Wexford
Cathal Breen's 2017-born dairy-bred calves in Wexford
Kieran Noonan is in the process of completing a shed extension near Charleville in Cork
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