Plan ahead now to get autumn calving off to a smooth start

Cows can get very aggressive around calving, so properly working equipment is essential, writes Brian Reidy.
There has been a great saying in Tipperary for many a year, about it never being a bad summer when we had the hay saved and Cork bet. Well, we haven’t had a bad summer, to be fair.Â
Apart from a recent moisture deficit, the farming year has been going pretty well too. The silage and hay are now safely under cover, and Liam McCarthy is back home for the winter.