Mr Morris said the paddock was the only one on his 210ha Clydevale farm to suffer pugging during the storm three weeks ago, and while he jokes he will not need to work it with a tractor, it will have to be cropped to return it to pasture.
Mr Morris said he had come through the storm better than most, helped by a decision last year to buy whole crop silage, although at the time he had questioned if it was needed.
"I knew I would use it at some stage, but I didn't think it would be last week," he said recently.
His other good fortune was to be an owner-operator which allowed him to employ three full-time staff and a tractor driver who feeds out over winter.
During the storm this structure meant he and his staff could concentrate on stock work while the tractor driver fed the stock.
"It freed everybody up to do stock work. It took off a lot of pressure."
Mr Morris has a goal in spring of achieving the first paddock rotation by October 1, which usually ensured spring is in full swing and a feed bank of pasture is starting to build.
His target now was to build condition on his cows ahead of mating in the next three weeks, something he said would be a big challenge for many farmers given the loss of cow condition.
To achieve that, Mr Morris said he was reverting to advice on feeding cows he was told many years ago.
"I was told not to get overly concerned about immediate cow efficiency. The important thing is to feed them better."
That meant knowing what you were feeding cows, then offer them more than they needed and let them decide.
Mr Morris winters his cows on his farm, and milks about 500 cows off 180ha.