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While in transit to a cow having difficulty calving, I was idly listening to the radio, and the Elton John song The Circle of Life came on.

It’s not every day a middle school class invention is declared street legal by the Governor but that’s exactly what happened at the Executive Mansion on Wednesday.

Vet Eamon OConnell: Calves are by far the most vulnerable animals when turned out at this time of year Also, don’t be afraid to keep the cows indoors for a night if conditions are particularly bad. There seems to be a fear of bringing cows back in, as if it is a failure of some kind in the eyes of neighbours or rival farmers. You don’t have to tell anyone — if the neighbours don’t know and you didn’t post it on social media, did it even happen? Suckler cows don’t have it as good a...