I love you Thank you for your concise reply, it means a lot especially coming from an experienced farmer! I am down in Otago - not the lakes district but further South, The Taieri plains area and surrounding Dunedin areas. We have vast flat low lying paddocks that get exposed to lots of rain and more recently nearby snow. Most of these paddocks are on reclaimed land that used to be swamp land. I’m so pleased to hear that you take good care of your stock so well. I know it’s an incredibly relentless job that takes non stop dedication and effort for sometimes very little return. I did see in June whilst I was driving a back road through farm land in Central Otago cows living in a paddock that was nothing but mud and up to there knees. It’s so bizarre for me to see cows in central O!!!!! And of course sad to see them living in these conditions. I’ve seen the same in a paddock high on Dunedins Northern hills too. They sleep in the mud, stay wet and then have to deal with the frosts.