Cows starting to settle outside but could badly do with some sunshine on their backs . Production back on other years but every year is different. 30 litres at 4:44 fat 3:28 protein

Cover per cow down to 143 Nuts up to 7kg from 5.5 . Some dry , good grass growing weather would be nice . Production getting close to 2.5kgms

Cows eating some pre mowed grass ,that had a cover of around 1700 . A little strong but okay. Production at 2.34kgms and a few to many repeats but doing our best

Heaters on , mowing silage. It sure is a messed up year

A lot of nuts 6 kg ….. a little silage and what grass I can find is feeding the cows at the moment. Milking well at 2.27 kgms and hopefully a lot of them incalf at this stage.

Feeding back to 4 from 5 kgs of nuts , grass getting back to some degree of normal. Production very good at 2.4kgms .

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Hard to believe we still need a lot more rain in these parts but I’m afraid we are not going to get it . Cows on 6 kgs silage 5 kg nuts and the rest grass . Farm cover around 500 with growth starting to recover . Production going okay staying over 2 kgms

Amazing to think we still haven’t got enough rain in North Kilkenny with growth rates in the thirties for over 5 weeks grass and fodder stocks are poor. Cows are milking well at 2.1 kgms but I decided to put the culls in on once a day milking to try an fatten them up .

With limited amounts of grass and lots of rain on the way it really has the feel of an early winter but that’s no surprise considering I’m feeding silage for 6 weeks at this stage. On the plus side production going nicely for the time of year at around 2 kgms

First night in for the Cows they should hopefully get another 20 grazings out by day. After a tough year it’s been a pretty good October. Production holding well at 1.93 kgms

Eventually got around to restoring the old roadside farm wall .A local stonemason did the front and my 18 year old son did the back. 8 weeks of work and hopefully it will last a lifetime.

All cows are dried off and the holiday season can begin on farm . I found it a difficult farming year made easier by a good backend. Production was back but should still shade over 600 kgms Herd fertility was fine , my intention is to milk a few less cows next year

At least the cow’s can enjoy a Saturday night out . A very welcome bit of normality this spring with cow’s tipping away at around the 2.5 kgms

Unfortunately lost 2 cows today sometimes you do your best but they still find ways to die. Grass coming along nicely on the second round and production going well staying over the 2:65 kgms

Cows starting the second round of the farm tonight. Still getting some silage and 7 kilos of nuts a day in the parlour which they are struggling to eat these days. Production is good ,getting close to 2.8 kgms

Knock knock. A little bit of surplus grass down, sun shining, cows milking well at just over 2.6 kgms. That will do.

Silage pitted on the 23 may … got rain to keep the grass growing… a few more repeats than I would like but acceptable… cows milking very well at 2.55 kgms . All in all so far so good for 2025

Feeding silage but hopefully a short term measure. Breeding season over and production going well at 2.37kgms. A few cases of mastitis in the last few weeks and a climbing cell count

Feeding silage but hopefully a short term measure. Breeding season over and production going well at 2.37kgms. A few cases of mastitis in the last few weeks