Drought for cows

[Devon lad]

Recon I've had half an inch tops

 

[Yale]

Recon I've had half an inch tops

They say it's a lot on the end of your nose....

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I hope you're right .Certainly needed the rain here. Cows going into covers of 2000! The joys of having a small grazing block and nearly six cows per ha . Glad for the fourth cut bales I made last year. This is the first year I've come out of winter with silage left over.

I'm the same on the silage front, I've never really had any left over before but have tons this year. My cows have been going into covers of near 4000 that should have been silaged, I should be able to skip the rest now and put them in something more sensible.

 

[Devon lad]

32mm up to this morning

 

[Beef farmer]

32mm up to this morning

Some double figure temp now, and spring flush would be back on.

 

[dinderleat]

We had all of 3mm hope we get some more today. Glad we are strip grazing certainly helping keep a good wedge in front of the cows

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I'm not going out to measure it again because it's just started pi$$ing down again but this is a pint glass I put out yesterday morning. There's a good 2 inches in there but the sides are slightly tapered.

 

[More to life]

I'm not going out to measure it again because it's just started pi$$ing down again but this is a pint glass I put out yesterday morning. There's a good 2 inches in there but the sides are slightly tapered.
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You can go off people show off

 

[Beef farmer]

Best part of 40mm here in the last 36 hours, reserect this thread in 2 weeks time.

 

[Devon lad]

Best part of 40mm here in the last 36 hours, reserect this thread in 2 weeks time.

We'll be moaning about too much grass then

 

[Beef farmer]

We'll be moaning about too much grass then

@ 9 cows/ha I think I'll be okay.

 

[The Ruminant]

Very little rain here. My milkers are on a dry land farm - Hertfordshire - and the grass isn't growing. Last night's "rain" barely damped down the dust and the showers forecast for today haven't materialised.

The ten day forecast isn't showing any rain either, until a week on Wednesday (so plenty of time for this to be wrong too!)

 

[Cows 'n grass]

@ 9 cows/ha I think I'll be okay.

Quite ambitious, only need a continuous growth rate of 150 odd to see you through summer then. What's your target stocking rate when things settle down?

We were lucky with over 50mm by the time it stopped at lunch, scary how firm the ground still is though.

 

[Beef farmer]

135 would see me to dry, cows need to be kept tight, they haven't much milk to produce. Will get down to 4, with no need to take silage off the block. June/July is the least growth months, and I shall be dry. Once calved the zero grazer will be used a lot. So silage ground will be avalible for that.

 

[Grazer]

We've had 36mm in whole of April!

 

[Beef farmer]

We had 2 until yesterday.

 

[Grazer]

Ah. I'll shut up then!

It's not like I don't have options. I can move cows to a unit with plenty grass, but 5ppl lower price, or bring a batch back in at night and feed silage that I have left over.

Not sure I can bring myself to have cows in a shed in sunny weather though. . .

 

[Milkcow365]

Ah. I'll shut up then!

It's not like I don't have options. I can move cows to a unit with plenty grass, but 5ppl lower price, or bring a batch back in at night and feed silage that I have left over.

Not sure I can bring myself to have cows in a shed in sunny weather though. . .

When you cutting I'm thinking end of the week

 

[Maxxum-man]

Always a good sign [emoji106]

 

[Grazer]

Tempted. Would like a bit more bulk, but if it's not getting rain, and so growing, and the weathers so good, maybe just aswell to bank some just now.