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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7290069" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>sounds as though you are 1/2 way sorted ! Going on to grazing, one of the things i had a problem with, the plate metre, ideal grazing height, and residuals. The experts will tell you to graze the grass, at 3 leaf stage, as the 4th leaf comes, the 1st dies, and so it does, and so it does all the way up the plant, new leaf, one dies, those 3 leafs are all the same feed value, whether at root level, or 12 inches up the stem, the big difference, is that uneconomic stem, helps to increase photosynthesis, (its green), which enables it to feed the root structure, which helps the plant to grow a stronger system, easy really, when you've got your head round it, and stopped listening to the 'experts', who want to sell you more fert, which stops root development !</p><p> Conventional farming, is going to change, brexit, and the greens, will dictate that, all the above, is only achieving what they want, we can, by going this route, be the 'leaders of the pack' ! As a personal view, and it will need a few more years to be proven, i think we can get a higher yield, with less imput, and as structure increases, so will yield, on top of that, you are green, holding moisture, absorbing carbon, in fact, to those greens, we are the dream farmers, on the other hand, could be a load of bollux, time will tell, just hope I'm right. Next month, we will be taking over nearly 80 acres of old pasture, which we will not be allowed to plough, looking forward to trying some ideas on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7290069, member: 86168"] sounds as though you are 1/2 way sorted ! Going on to grazing, one of the things i had a problem with, the plate metre, ideal grazing height, and residuals. The experts will tell you to graze the grass, at 3 leaf stage, as the 4th leaf comes, the 1st dies, and so it does, and so it does all the way up the plant, new leaf, one dies, those 3 leafs are all the same feed value, whether at root level, or 12 inches up the stem, the big difference, is that uneconomic stem, helps to increase photosynthesis, (its green), which enables it to feed the root structure, which helps the plant to grow a stronger system, easy really, when you've got your head round it, and stopped listening to the 'experts', who want to sell you more fert, which stops root development ! Conventional farming, is going to change, brexit, and the greens, will dictate that, all the above, is only achieving what they want, we can, by going this route, be the 'leaders of the pack' ! As a personal view, and it will need a few more years to be proven, i think we can get a higher yield, with less imput, and as structure increases, so will yield, on top of that, you are green, holding moisture, absorbing carbon, in fact, to those greens, we are the dream farmers, on the other hand, could be a load of bollux, time will tell, just hope I'm right. Next month, we will be taking over nearly 80 acres of old pasture, which we will not be allowed to plough, looking forward to trying some ideas on that. [/QUOTE]
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