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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 9279286" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>our remaining cows are grazing a field, where the plantain has self seeded, and is the dominant plant, 80%, in big patches. Eating it right down, to tight really, but leaving a big residual, where the grass is, tells me they like it, milk has gone up a tad, so that knocks the claim, there's no milk in it.</p><p></p><p>interesting article in one of the farming comics this week, promoting the idea of feeding longer grass to the milkers ...................<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /> Always been told, farming is like a wheel, what goes round, comes round.</p><p></p><p>this is a funny spring, the weather is more like march. Our fields have taken a lot of heavy rain, and could well have suffered surface compaction, we are thinking maize ground will benefit from the dreaded plough. All the maize ground, except the underwater bit, will have a cut of silage first, either short term IRG, or w/wolds after maize, as cover crop, picking up £60ac sub.</p><p></p><p>the silage kit, could do some damage, heavy kit, tender ground, remains to be seen. Heavy cuts of grass though, 1st cut will see us this year.</p><p></p><p>sampled fresh grass, 21% protein, 13 ME 12.5% sugars, and ZERO nitrates, pretty hot stuff, but has also proved, cover crops over winter, really do scavenge N P K. We have spread a low application of urea, things looked very backwards not long ago, especially the w/wolds, that need to be cut, asap, before maize. Grazing grass, and older silage grass, all over the place, and have probably benefitted from that low dose of urea.</p><p></p><p>its a good job each year produces a different set of requirements, keeps the fun in it, would be boring other wise. There will be some big changes this year, more herbal leys, low production banks, will go into wild bird winter feed options, £300+ac sub on that. Son has been trawling through all the options, l haven't got the patience now, l blame the pain killers ! But fairs fair, with management options, close to £40k, there's plenty of money there to claim, for not a lot of effort.</p><p></p><p>the absolute stupidity of the greening policy, throughout UK and EU, mean production will fall, leading to greater imports, from where the whole 'carbon thing' means diddily squat.</p><p></p><p>but, lower production, means higher prices. But not at all sure how the guv's ability to import product, will fall foul of world events, we live in dangerous times. I give SFI policies 3 yrs, before they panic about food 'security'.</p><p></p><p>KP, thinking all that long dead grass, might just short out your leccy fence <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 9279286, member: 86168"] our remaining cows are grazing a field, where the plantain has self seeded, and is the dominant plant, 80%, in big patches. Eating it right down, to tight really, but leaving a big residual, where the grass is, tells me they like it, milk has gone up a tad, so that knocks the claim, there's no milk in it. interesting article in one of the farming comics this week, promoting the idea of feeding longer grass to the milkers ...................:banghead::banghead::banghead: Always been told, farming is like a wheel, what goes round, comes round. this is a funny spring, the weather is more like march. Our fields have taken a lot of heavy rain, and could well have suffered surface compaction, we are thinking maize ground will benefit from the dreaded plough. All the maize ground, except the underwater bit, will have a cut of silage first, either short term IRG, or w/wolds after maize, as cover crop, picking up £60ac sub. the silage kit, could do some damage, heavy kit, tender ground, remains to be seen. Heavy cuts of grass though, 1st cut will see us this year. sampled fresh grass, 21% protein, 13 ME 12.5% sugars, and ZERO nitrates, pretty hot stuff, but has also proved, cover crops over winter, really do scavenge N P K. We have spread a low application of urea, things looked very backwards not long ago, especially the w/wolds, that need to be cut, asap, before maize. Grazing grass, and older silage grass, all over the place, and have probably benefitted from that low dose of urea. its a good job each year produces a different set of requirements, keeps the fun in it, would be boring other wise. There will be some big changes this year, more herbal leys, low production banks, will go into wild bird winter feed options, £300+ac sub on that. Son has been trawling through all the options, l haven't got the patience now, l blame the pain killers ! But fairs fair, with management options, close to £40k, there's plenty of money there to claim, for not a lot of effort. the absolute stupidity of the greening policy, throughout UK and EU, mean production will fall, leading to greater imports, from where the whole 'carbon thing' means diddily squat. but, lower production, means higher prices. But not at all sure how the guv's ability to import product, will fall foul of world events, we live in dangerous times. I give SFI policies 3 yrs, before they panic about food 'security'. KP, thinking all that long dead grass, might just short out your leccy fence :rolleyes:;) [/QUOTE]
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