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Best mower for 300ac of stewardship grass
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<blockquote data-quote="Frank-the-Wool" data-source="post: 6751888" data-attributes="member: 699"><p>I am only a simple livestock farmer and do have a batwing topper which if the grass gets away makes a fantastic job of cutting and mulching it. You do need quite a few horse power but I presume as an arable farmer this won't be an issue.</p><p>However what puzzles me is that if you have a Blackgrass problem I would have thought there were much better options than planting some really awful grass mixes which do little or nothing for the wildlife and will only take nutrients out of your soils. You are in an area where there is a good demand for high quality hay or to plant forage crops that could be grazed by sheep. 300 acres is a large enough block to make this work and if you decide to go back into cropping again leaves you more flexibility.</p><p>I guess there are no fences or boundaries but I think you would regret going into one of these schemes, we winter graze some of this stewardship grass and until it naturally replaces with clover and better grass it will almost starve the hardiest sheep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank-the-Wool, post: 6751888, member: 699"] I am only a simple livestock farmer and do have a batwing topper which if the grass gets away makes a fantastic job of cutting and mulching it. You do need quite a few horse power but I presume as an arable farmer this won't be an issue. However what puzzles me is that if you have a Blackgrass problem I would have thought there were much better options than planting some really awful grass mixes which do little or nothing for the wildlife and will only take nutrients out of your soils. You are in an area where there is a good demand for high quality hay or to plant forage crops that could be grazed by sheep. 300 acres is a large enough block to make this work and if you decide to go back into cropping again leaves you more flexibility. I guess there are no fences or boundaries but I think you would regret going into one of these schemes, we winter graze some of this stewardship grass and until it naturally replaces with clover and better grass it will almost starve the hardiest sheep. [/QUOTE]
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