Grass supplies were tight until the recent rain, and we decided to wean batches of lambs perhaps a week or two earlier than usual.
Eyrefield Lodge and Stud on 160ac at The Curragh - home to renowned known bloodstock breeder Sir Edmund Loder - is on the private treaty market with a guide price in excess of €4m.
In the annual results of the Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS), the bottom-line story on farm income levels tends to draw most of the attention. However, the NFS contains a wealth of detail beyond this income story.
The output on the average dairy farm has increased by 40pc since 2010, but the costs on farms have also increased, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
Embattled Minister for Agriculture Barry Cowen has said he is 'reflecting' on the future of the farm payment convergence process.
Last week it was the meat industry's turn to face questioning in front of an Oireachtas committee on the Covid response in plants.
I had a hospital appointment last week, my final session of post-operative physiotherapy and my first face-to-face meeting with the physiotherapist since the Covid crisis began.
