Jdunn55
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Did you notice any difference to bulk tank or milk quality? How hard did you graze it back to?Grazed a 4200 over the weekend.
Did you notice any difference to bulk tank or milk quality? How hard did you graze it back to?Grazed a 4200 over the weekend.
Milk dropped about a litre. Grazed to 2200 will now shut up and bale. Only did it to fill a whole which probably wasn’t even there. Normally aim to graze around 3200.Did you notice any difference to bulk tank or milk quality? How hard did you graze it back to?
Why would I buffer ,alot of people need to wake up ,we’re in the middle of may not august .you’re all looking at feeding for a drought rather than looking at what’s in front of youTo be grazing a 2800 cover would need 17 day round. Which leads to buffer feeding very shortly after.
I find my clay needs some worm food else I'm poaching after half inch of rain in the autumn and it sits waterlogged for rest of winter.
Why would I buffer ,alot of people need to wake up ,we’re in the middle of may not august .you’re all looking at feeding for a drought rather than looking at what’s in front of you
Everybody looking at drought conditions for grazing and then cutting silage everywhere
This year is mirroring last year and there was plenty of grub about I’m growing at 70 a day ,last week 70 and probaly going to be 100 next week
Been on roughly 2800 cover since 16 th januaryTo be grazing a 2800 cover would need 17 day round. Which leads to buffer feeding very shortly after.
I find my clay needs some worm food else I'm poaching after half inch of rain in the autumn and it sits waterlogged for rest of winter.
Just leave it , we find rape will germinate on concrete without any bother and there rain in forecastIv made a cock up drilling, and have now broadcast seed over the top of what iv drilled, some small amount of rape has shown first leaves from what was drilled, will I damage it if I rolled what's been broadcast on top or should I now leave we alone and home for the best. View attachment 1036569
Got to buffer if you don't have the acres next to the dairy.Why would I buffer ,alot of people need to wake up ,we’re in the middle of may not august .you’re all looking at feeding for a drought rather than looking at what’s in front of you
Everybody looking at drought conditions for grazing and then cutting silage everywhere
This year is mirroring last year and there was plenty of grub about
70 growth and will be a 100 next week after 2 days steady rain ,plenty of slurry still to be washed in and fert on there
Perfect grazing weather
What stockrate? We've been over 5cows/ha and haven't fed buffer, just use blend to feed the gap, which we find doesn't effect grass utilisation.Got to buffer if you don't have the acres next to the dairy.
That stocking rate will be higher than most on hereWhat stockrate? We've been over 5cows/ha and haven't fed buffer, just use blend to feed the gap, which we find doesn't effect grass utilisation.
His comment was I would need buffer feed if I carried on feeding at 2800 coverGot to buffer if you don't have the acres next to the dairy.
There’s a lot of people are feeding for what they think the conditions are gonna be rather than the conditions what are here and now
So do the weather forecasters.30+ years of grazing management and I do get it right every now and again
Beefy you reckon autumn block can be as profitable as spring?Grazing 3950s or 2800s
2800s don't work here, we graze 3300+ because if the looming drought we built covers to hold more feed on farm, now its rained we need to correct that, plenty of 4000 covers to chop off. If it hadn't rained, those 4000 covers would have still been decent feed for some fat autumns
I don’t think I’ve ever known a time we were below that. But it became too much of a headache trying to get it right on the bad years. Which is why we started off by leaving the gates open to the cubicles & feeders at night which soon led to keeping them in at night. I take my hat off to any grazers on limited acres.That stocking rate will be higher than most on here