Early drilling for grazing.

[Chae1]

Putting in more winter crops this year and tempted to drill early, get some forward growth then graze it down with store lambs.

Crops would be wheat after Osr. Winter barley after spring barley and rye after spring barley. Osr after winter barley.

Interested in people's thoughts if it's a good idea or not? Any particular crops to avoid grazing?

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Putting in more winter crops this year and tempted to drill early, get some forward growth then graze it down with store lambs.

Crops would be wheat after Osr. Winter barley after spring barley and rye after spring barley. Osr after winter barley.

Interested in people's thoughts if it's a good idea or not? Any particular crops to avoid grazing?

Bydv risk in cereals?

 

[robs1]

My grandfather grazed corn many years with sheep, think it was pretty common then

 

[yellow belly]

Bydv risk in cereals?

Scotland Bydv ?

cold winters

suitably free draining land

was grazing autumn sown crops in your area used by previous generation as used on wolds in the south of England

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Scotland Bydv ?

cold winters

suitably free draining land

was grazing autumn sown crops in your area used by previous generation as used on wolds in the south of England

Is it warm enough along the coast for aphids / virus up there?

 

[Iben]

The sheep will eat the aphids at the same time. So no worries.

 

[paul&mandy]

We graze barley, wheat and oats with lambs. Just can't tempt anyone else to let us graze there's as there agronomists then can't sell them a load more chemicals then..

 

[B'o'B]

It was definitely popular from what I’ve read pre 1960ish. TAG had a note about an on farm comparison of grazed/ungrazed with quite dramatic reduction in need for fungicide on the grazed part.
I weren’t daft in the old days!

 

[DrWazzock]

We’ve grazed winter wheat with hoggets and the wheat has gone on to do very well indeed. If you have light soils that don’t poach then it’s a goer.

 

[Will Blackburn]

I’m going to drill some wheat this month for grazing if my annual clover fails to establish.

 

[robs1]

It was definitely popular from what I’ve read pre 1960ish. TAG had a note about an on farm comparison of grazed/ungrazed with quite dramatic reduction in need for fungicide on the grazed part.
I weren’t daft in the old days!

Best yields round here prior to 2019 was 1984 when frosts burnt every field down to the dirt until mid April, no disease and no weeds, just wish we had someone who would provide some sheep here

 

[Hesstondriver]

something sticks in my mind about where the growing point is at or above the soil surface and thus dictating how low / hard you can graze ? i think oat's point is higher than wheat ?

 

[HarryB97]

Works well but the main issue with drilling earlier to get extra growth is the potential for much larger weed problems as pre ems will be going on drier soil, earlier and in warmer temps as well as spraying off ground much earlier.

 

[glasshouse]

Bydv risk in cereals?

In Aberdeenshire,do they like snow?

 

[glasshouse]

I woulfnt graze winter barley as you may get too much meadow grass

 

[Jerry]

Crack on.

 

[Chae1]

I was advised not to bother with pre ems as there feet disturbing the soil will stop it working properly.

Wheat after osr I'm hoping for plenty volunteers for them to eat.

 

[2wheels]

Putting in more winter crops this year and tempted to drill early, get some forward growth then graze it down with store lambs.

Crops would be wheat after Osr. Winter barley after spring barley and rye after spring barley. Osr after winter barley.

Interested in people's thoughts if it's a good idea or not? Any particular crops to avoid grazing?

i think ian wilson, manager of tulloch farms tried some last year.

 

[Chae1]

i think ian wilson, manager of tulloch farms tried some last year.

One of my friends is in the same agronomy group and that's part of what sparked my interest in it.

 

[CPF]

Two threads one in livestock & forage (2016) grazing winter wheat
And one in cropping
This is what I posted