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We let the light cattle out by day onto paddocks of both new and permanent grass, again with minimal damage.
Residential Co Monaghan farm makes €1.9m
Are cattle finishers finished?
Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west
Armchair farmers in firing line
Last few landowners are hard to shift
At least the continuous rain has let us catch up on the endless paperwork that is part and parcel of modern farming.
We are hoping for a beef price that at least matches last spring but the price seems to be stuck.
Our mole drains that we put in last year have proven to be a real success with previously wet, impassible spots dry and water running through the gravel-filled moles to an outlet.
Our load of cattle this week made slightly less per kg than the load we sold just before Christmas.
For cereals I have always preferred CAN over the cheaper per unit priced urea.
The amount of money involved to stock up with cattle for beef is so large and the risk of loss so real that it seems a no-brainer that there should be some form of forward price guarantee on offer.
The recent strong winds knocked a few trees, which we will cut up for logs.
Reducing calf pneumonia with vaccination on a Donegal dairy-beef farm In east Donegal, farmer Gareth Peoples explains how a tailored vaccination programme transformed the health and performance of his calves, while reducing stress during this busy period.
