I suspect we are not the only farmers in the country with lots of fodder. Unless it turns out to be an extraordinary year, we will have to decide how much first-cut silage we will close up as the temptation will be to save costs and reduce the amount of silage made. We have at last got enough space in the sheds and are freeing up some of the weanlings that were too crowded. All of the old work on slats showed that space per head was important with a standard recommendation of 2.8 to 3.2 square metres or almost 30 square feet for stores and finishing cattle and 2.2 to 2.8 square metres for weanlings.