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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7937221" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Even on grazing ground, you need to replace the nutrient offtake, or you will be steadily depleting reserves. This place was set stocked for years before I arrived, with no fert inputs at all on the grassland. P&K indices were 0 or 1, across the board, pH was 5.1-5.4 and grass was all old twitch and buttercups. That won't grow or finish stock. </p><p></p><p>Now, after liming & feeding it some, and reseeding where I can, I can grow lambs as well on some fields as well as they do on ad-lib pellets in a shed. Unfortunately I don't have enough of those acres though, and still have plenty of sh*te that I can't improve.</p><p></p><p>Even with a tripling of fert costs, grazed grass is still a fraction of the cost per kg of DM of bought in concentrates, which are also climbing in cost of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7937221, member: 348"] Even on grazing ground, you need to replace the nutrient offtake, or you will be steadily depleting reserves. This place was set stocked for years before I arrived, with no fert inputs at all on the grassland. P&K indices were 0 or 1, across the board, pH was 5.1-5.4 and grass was all old twitch and buttercups. That won't grow or finish stock. Now, after liming & feeding it some, and reseeding where I can, I can grow lambs as well on some fields as well as they do on ad-lib pellets in a shed. Unfortunately I don't have enough of those acres though, and still have plenty of sh*te that I can't improve. Even with a tripling of fert costs, grazed grass is still a fraction of the cost per kg of DM of bought in concentrates, which are also climbing in cost of course. [/QUOTE]
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