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<blockquote data-quote="Agriland RSS" data-source="post: 7794952" data-attributes="member: 105608"><p>Written by Michael Geary from Agriland</p><p></p><p>On <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/category/sheep/" target="_blank">sheep </a>farms, thoughts should now be turning to closing ground from now on to ensure grass is available for ewes and their lambs next spring.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While grass growth is reasonably good, farmers should take advantage of this and be thinking of what fields/paddocks to close first over the next two weeks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When thinking about closing up ground for the winter, the first paddocks/fields to be closed should be ones with shelter and be close to the lambing shed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Teagasc say that a <a href="https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/raddling-rams-this-breeding-season-why-it-is-a-must/" target="_blank">ewe’s</a> feed requirement in mid-pregnancy is approximately half of that of a ewe in early lactation producing milk for two lambs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which means the importance of building grass now for next spring is critical rather than continuing to graze the entire farm over the winter months and being left with little to no grass when ewes and their lambs are about to be turned out from the lambing shed next spring.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s important to graze out paddocks to a post-grazing height of 3.5-4.0cm. If this isn’t done, the result will be higher residuals being carried over, which will lead to a lot of dead material building up at the base of the sward.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This build of dead material will, therefore, impact on grass growth and quality next spring – which we want to avoid.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And most importantly, it’s vital not to re-graze closed paddocks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/closing-up-ground-to-ensure-grass-is-available-for-next-spring/" target="_blank">Closing up ground to ensure grass is available for next spring</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk" target="_blank">Agriland.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/closing-up-ground-to-ensure-grass-is-available-for-next-spring/" target="_blank">Continue reading on the Agriland Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agriland RSS, post: 7794952, member: 105608"] Written by Michael Geary from Agriland On [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/category/sheep/']sheep [/URL]farms, thoughts should now be turning to closing ground from now on to ensure grass is available for ewes and their lambs next spring. While grass growth is reasonably good, farmers should take advantage of this and be thinking of what fields/paddocks to close first over the next two weeks. When thinking about closing up ground for the winter, the first paddocks/fields to be closed should be ones with shelter and be close to the lambing shed. Teagasc say that a [URL='https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/raddling-rams-this-breeding-season-why-it-is-a-must/']ewe’s[/URL] feed requirement in mid-pregnancy is approximately half of that of a ewe in early lactation producing milk for two lambs. Which means the importance of building grass now for next spring is critical rather than continuing to graze the entire farm over the winter months and being left with little to no grass when ewes and their lambs are about to be turned out from the lambing shed next spring. It’s important to graze out paddocks to a post-grazing height of 3.5-4.0cm. If this isn’t done, the result will be higher residuals being carried over, which will lead to a lot of dead material building up at the base of the sward. This build of dead material will, therefore, impact on grass growth and quality next spring – which we want to avoid. And most importantly, it’s vital not to re-graze closed paddocks. The post [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/closing-up-ground-to-ensure-grass-is-available-for-next-spring/']Closing up ground to ensure grass is available for next spring[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk']Agriland.co.uk[/URL]. [url="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/closing-up-ground-to-ensure-grass-is-available-for-next-spring/"]Continue reading on the Agriland Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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