John Joyce: Why I’m confident my €7 bolus is worth the time and effort

Part of our farm is low in copper and other minerals – and I’ve seen the effects of a deficiency

‘Because I was happy with what the bolus boost has done to the lambs, I tried it with the cattle’ Photo: Getty

John Joyce

The swallows have landed but we still have a lot of animals inside. We are hoping for a mass turnout soon with the improvement in the weather.

Over the last few weeks we hung tough with the late spring and decided to keep the majority of the cattle inside and finish the last of the silage. The silage pit is now coming to an end, so we just made it through the long winter with feed.