And makes you feel better knowing that someone else is struggling as well when conditions are less favourable.
Late Spring !!!
- Thread starter maen
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BELOWAVERAGE
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Your probably right, but I've heard it all now, give me something to smile about today.
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- Northern Ireland
Ah yes, the free range dairy thing.
Perhaps some farmers south of Birmingham will have a slightly more humble and sympathetic attitude in future toward those of us further up who don't think restrictive regulations on grazing are something we'd want.
Doubt it though, once it dries up and the sun's splitting the stones the memory will fade. Ours won't though. We'll probably be having a crap summer as per usual.
Perhaps some farmers south of Birmingham will have a slightly more humble and sympathetic attitude in future toward those of us further up who don't think restrictive regulations on grazing are something we'd want.
Doubt it though, once it dries up and the sun's splitting the stones the memory will fade. Ours won't though. We'll probably be having a crap summer as per usual.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
The spring grazer next to me said his magic day was 5th of April last year! Won’t be this year but cows never been in
- Location
- South Molton
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
I put fert on my grazing two weeks ago ,50 units , very few dry days since , smidge of growth but dark green now
Any thoughts on whether it's gone ,or whether it will romp away with some warmth and dry ?
Any thoughts on whether it's gone ,or whether it will romp away with some warmth and dry ?
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
It'll be heading down river to cornwall, @Beef farmer will be siphoning it out before it hits the sea
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
My neighbour got first dibs on my 'by product'
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Depends on what product you used and if you had two dry days after you spread it.
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Liquid
2hours maybe
2hours maybe
Only if he has a flood meadow!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
have no experience of liquid. but if you had said urea and 2 days then i would be more hopeful.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
We do try to avoid heavy rain here, and very waterlogged land of course. But at the same time, we wouldn't grow much if we waited and waited for ideal conditions. Sometimes you have to just pick the best window of a bad bunch and get on with it.
It'll be fine, no experience of liquid either but can't see much leeching. We put 30kg/an/ha on a week ago it's rained fairly steadily since apart from yesterday when it snowed all day. But it won't grow anything sat in the bag and times getting on
- Location
- Northumberland
I always think the results "appear" better after loads of rain, than a dry time. - So never worry too much about the comments from the "It`s down the river " experts
Tell the EA that!
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Very frustrating time for dairy farmers with slow grass growth
Sylution
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
Usually have all fertiliser out. Cows out most years by 1st April. And a lot of spring work done. However this year only 30 acers of grazing has had any fert. Starting to green up now. But travelling on the ground will be limited for a while after all the rain over bank holiday. And no gateways harrowed and mole hills or poached land from wet autumn rolled. Between cold and wet not much has happened in the fields for 6 months. Roll any dry spell!! Just plain fed up. Luckily got silage cover for 4 weeks. Will have to reduce 1st cut fert application now. Because if weather is nice mid May, will be hard not to cut silage whatever the crop!