Grazing HEAR OSR volunteers with cattle

[Lothian]

Morning all,

We have some OSR stubbles fairly greening up and won't be drilling for a few weeks. I was considering putting the cows and calves on for a few weeks to utilise the volunteers. There is a grass margin and I can use a nearby grass field as a runback as well.

Anyone had any issues with this? The rape is HEAR but never seems to cause the pigeons any harm.

 

[PSQ]

Pigeons would never touch HEAR 20 years ago, supposedly because it had a bitter leaf. The variety will be long gone, and it was probably a varietal trait rather than a HEAR issue.