Feeding the cattle

At our farm, my wife Jane and I run a small herd of beef cattle, mostly the traditional black Aberdeen Angus breed. Over the winter the cattle have a shed, or byre as it's known, that they can shelter in overnight. They are however fed outside each day,  for around six months of the year, with round bales of grass silage. You can see the black plastic that these bales are wrapped in on the front of the tractor. In Orkneys' wet climate silage is the livestock fodder of choice for most farmers, rather than hay.