Angus Woods: Plan now to avoid repeating mistakes when the pressure is highest
This is the ideal time to assess your performance under the highest pressure – to ensure you are prepared if we get another nightmare winter
‘Farmers are often portrayed as pessimists who are always complaining, but I think many of us are actually the ultimate optimists’. Photo: Damien Eagers
Sixteen years ago I had a student vet from Sweden working with me for my lambing and calving season.
Towards the end of her stay I asked her what had worried her most about coming to work in Ireland. She had two concerns: the first was that she would have to go to church, and the second was that it would rain all the time!
