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Grass OR muck for grain yield??
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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7058530" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>We have a mixed farm here. Crops are definitely better after a grass ley provided you have fed the grass ley when taking silage or hay off it. Grassland that’s given heavy crops of forage without replenishment of lime, potash and phosphate can become extremely poor. Muck also helps a lot.</p><p>It’s a lot of work and overhead though, running different enterprises. It was so simple and easy when it was just combinables. Never underestimate the amount of machinery livestock farming seems to need nowadays. It requires more kit than the arable, either owned or hired which makes me sceptical about folks cracking on about a return to dog and stick farming as a means of cutting expenses. If I was going lean and mean I’d direct drill cereals and leave the straw chopper switched on all the time. The livestock would go. A nice idea but a lot of work for marginally greater return if any. Maybe you do get another half ton per acre in the arable but you work for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7058530, member: 2119"] We have a mixed farm here. Crops are definitely better after a grass ley provided you have fed the grass ley when taking silage or hay off it. Grassland that’s given heavy crops of forage without replenishment of lime, potash and phosphate can become extremely poor. Muck also helps a lot. It’s a lot of work and overhead though, running different enterprises. It was so simple and easy when it was just combinables. Never underestimate the amount of machinery livestock farming seems to need nowadays. It requires more kit than the arable, either owned or hired which makes me sceptical about folks cracking on about a return to dog and stick farming as a means of cutting expenses. If I was going lean and mean I’d direct drill cereals and leave the straw chopper switched on all the time. The livestock would go. A nice idea but a lot of work for marginally greater return if any. Maybe you do get another half ton per acre in the arable but you work for it. [/QUOTE]
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