Bulk grazing options

[Beef farmer]

So......were all in a bit of a pickle with the weather.

I want to plant something 20th September, to graze in feb,march and April. Then the same paddocks be put back into kale/turnips for aug pick. Then back into a reseed.

So what to plant in September,
Turnips?
Kale?
Westerwold?
Forage rye?

It will be used to aid on off grazing as soon as needed in feb, and trashing the paddock wont be a worry.

 

[Great In Grass]

Are you following grass, Stubble Turnips & Hybrid Kale (too late for Kale) would be a good break. Getting late in February though to make the best use of them though.

Forage Rye with an inclusion of Westerwolds would be ideal. I can see Forage Rye selling out very quickly by the amount of recent orders.

 

[Beef farmer]

Forage rye seed rates and cost per kg please @Great In Grass and why add westerwolds?

 

[Beef farmer]

@Great In Grass how late can this forage rye be grazed?

 

[Great In Grass]

Forage rye seed rates and cost per kg please @Great In Grass and why add westerwolds?

Westerwolds will extend the grazing period. If you get it in in good time you could have a graze off it late Oct early Nov, actually a graze would do it good as it doesn't want to enter the winter to proud.

 

[Great In Grass]

@Great In Grass how late can this forage rye be grazed?

It'll take you up to the end of April & into May depends on how quickly you go through it.

 

[Great In Grass]

My mistake I mean IRG nor Westerwolds, seems I've been selling Westerwolds all day & I can't get them out of my mind, sorry.

 

[dinderleat]

We’ve gone with irg mix aber eve and aber echo hopefully get it in next week.
It should do the same planted in September

 

[sidjon]

We're looking at grazing winter oats if I can get it in quick, dam site cheaper than Rye.

 

[Big_D]

We're looking at grazing winter oats if I can get it in quick, dam site cheaper than Rye.

My first thought was a winter cereal but was worried I'd be laughed at but you're there to back me up! Would there be a prospect of regrowth if it was backfenced? Then wholecrop in July, then stubble turnips.......

 

[sidjon]

My first thought was a winter cereal but was worried I'd be laughed at but you're there to back me up! Would there be a prospect of regrowth if it was backfenced? Then wholecrop in July, then stubble turnips.......

Always did it until 20 years ago when we stopped grown corn.

 

[Scholsey]

My mistake I mean IRG nor Westerwolds, seems I've been selling Westerwolds all day & I can't get them out of my mind, sorry.

Why IRG and not westerwolds?

 

[PREES]

@Great In Grass - if we put westerworlds in now and take a cut of silage (we live in hope) would we be able to get an early grazing off it next spring?

 

[dinderleat]

We're looking at grazing winter oats if I can get it in quick, dam site cheaper than Rye.

Had a price for rye £650tn so we’ve gone with oats for our greening cover crop, I was hoping to get a cut before the 15th of October wether I’m allowed to do that I don’t know.

 

[dinderleat]

Why IRG and not westerwolds?

Irg will grow at lower temperatures so more likely get an early cut next spring plus you should get a cut this autumn.
Plus it should last a couple of years if you want to leave it down
I maybe wrong but @Great In Grass should put me right

 

[Scholsey]

Irg will grow at lower temperatures so more likely get an early cut next spring plus you should get a cut this autumn.
Plus it should last a couple of years if you want to leave it down
I maybe wrong but @Great In Grass should put me right

That’s ok then, that confirms my thoughts, Dad wanted to plant westerwolds but I ordered and drilled IRG but told him it was westerwold. Was driest seed bed I have ever seen when drilled on Wednesday but 14mm of rain and still raining should hopefully set them off.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Can you graze rye and still get a good cut

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Has anyone got an analysis of this forage rye? Fresh or clamped.

All I can find is blurb about how well it yields. Which indicates a lower freed value.

 

[KennyO]

If you were wanting rapid growth what about a spring cereal mixed with IRG? Spring oats would grow quick. Graze off then left with grass.

Never done this later than June but just a thought.

 

[bigw]

We have stopped using westerwolds as we tend to find it can get very strong and run to head quickly. Our grass seed guy was saying weeks ago that there has been a huge amount of westerwolds sown this year and that seed was liable to be in short supply.