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Anyone done the above course? Or worked with Jamie Elizondo as a consulting client?
Is that not what people have been doing for ever?I haven't done the course but I've seen quite a bit of his stuff. Basically his idea is that you graze down very tight, none of this graze third, trample third, leave a third. This gives maximum harvest efficiency of the grass and the longer recovery period grows roots and humus. He simply shuts off excess grass late spring and feeds it back in the winter, protein supplementation if required. More a system for cattle than sheep, although they can be integrated by grazing the regrowth after about a month.
Not at the stock density he advocates, no. He has his own cattle shut up very tight and moves them four times a day.Is that not what people have been doing for ever?
Has he not got a lot on?Not at the stock density he advocates, no. He has his own cattle shut up very tight and moves them four times a day.
Doesn't need to make silage, cattle are very healthy apparently. Very low-cost system. Basically, moving the cattle IS the work.Has he not got a lot on?
Sounds like a variation on the (very) oft repeated mantra I think we probably know about now!Doesn't need to make silage, cattle are very healthy apparently. Very low-cost system. Basically, moving the cattle IS the work.
That's kind of what I think too. He does give Q+A sessions and suchlike included. I think the thing to do would be to keep the principles in mind and see how you get on.Seems to be a lot of folk making money teaching courses. Not quite sure what you need to know outside of what you just said ?
Makes me often wonder if their system is so profitable .......That's kind of what I think too. He does give Q+A sessions and suchlike included. I think the thing to do would be to keep the principles in mind and see how you get on.
Johan Zietsman's book 'Man, cattle and Veld' is excellent, particularly on cattle breeding for this type of system.
In a way, I don't see how it can fail to be as inputs are so limited. I have some limited experience of keeping cattle in sort of this fashion and they need very little. Cutting down winter feed costs is the real key though and the bloody sheep soon graze thatMakes me often wonder if their system is so profitable .......
Sounds like a hell of a tie, might as well be milking.Doesn't need to make silage, cattle are very healthy apparently. Very low-cost system. Basically, moving the cattle IS the work.
Wonder how it works somewhere wet where most folk have cattle in 6-7 months of winterIn a way, I don't see how it can fail to be as inputs are so limited. I have some limited experience of keeping cattle in sort of this fashion and they need very little. Cutting down winter feed costs is the real key though and the bloody sheep soon graze that
That is my thoughts, on our low lying clay water table can be very high in winter. On the right ground probably worksWonder how it works somewhere wet where most folk have cattle in 6-7 months of winter
Timer wire lifters mean see the stock once per day. Takes about an hour to set up a day's paddocks, apparently.Sounds like a hell of a tie, might as well be milking.