jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Banning the plough has meant I grazed a new ley 6 weeks after sowing in NovemberAll farms are different. I am well aware of that. But it does seem odd that you have land that won’t carry cattle late Feb/March which sooooo suit in calf Autumn milkers yet dries out as soon as it see’s a summer breeze.
our visit from natural England has really made me think whether if we can find a successful way of getting new seeds in with out ploughing whether a plough should ever come onto the platform again. So my question is yes in the short term you are growing more DM by cropping/ ploughing as much land as you do but will/is there a price to pay.? Is the plough reducing the water holding capacity of your land ?
And will take cows again in the spring at the same time as the rest of the platform