Been offer some feilds of rape that a chap drill and has failed only about half to a 3rd has grown. He wants what's left grazed off before he drills wheat in the feild would it be safe to graze inlamb ewes on this. There is also volunteer barley which had been sprayed off and gone yellow? Thanks
Grazing inlamb ewes on osr
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Skintagain
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I have taken that wrath before for barley. Thickest crop chap had ever had.
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- Cheshire
We got a major bollocking one year for opening the wrong gate on keep. The following winter and ever since he actively puts 150 small lambs on his barley for a bit. That’s all going for wholecrop
Skintagain
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He still hates sheep and won’t admit it. Freak of a chap like
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- Fife
Your ewes will do like hell on it.
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Grazing combinables is something which will become more and more popular as chems are removed.
I've a mate who grazes all his cereals. No herbicide, reduced fungicide, no growth regulator and yields increase by 1/4-1/2t per ha.
There are reports of Romans grazing wheat fields, so there's nothing new under the sun.
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- Cheshire
Great grandad used too graze the parishes corn fields as he was the only one with sheep. Was in demand back then! As you say, nothing new and modern about it!!
It's safe enough to graze with inlamb ewe then no risk of abortion or any other nasties??
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- Montgomeryshire
We used to have an old fella (now long gone) back home that would graze all the cornfields in the parish too…. whether you liked it or not.
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- West Wales
Never had them break in but I graze a neighbours forward barley for him in the winter, quick flash to take off any disease. Fine line between over grazing and perfect job though so they need checking daily if small fields
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- Cheshire
I can’t remember what the term was but they used those woven hurdles too block up all the gaps in the laid hedges. I remember him talking about them when I was little. One of his favourite stories was he came back from his milk round and all his ewes had gone. He searched all over his farm and the neighbours that day. Just as he started milking that night the boy from 3 farms over called in too say his dad had sent the workmen too bring the sheep this morning while it’s hard. He would send them back when they had eaten the wheat off.We used to have an old fella (now long gone) back home that would graze all the cornfields in the parish too…. whether you liked it or not.
glasshouse
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What did he charge?
glasshouse
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- lothians
I had sheep on wheat , then f and m lockdown happened
Disaster
Disaster
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- Cheshire
All free I believe. Never heard tell of money changing hands?
glasshouse
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- lothians
Nowadays they want money as well as a yield increase
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- Montgomeryshire
Do you think the OSR increased the numbers of lambs in your ewes after tupping?
Or do you mean you tupped them on there and they flushed well?
glasshouse
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Oilseed rape that is two feet tall now will not yield that well in my view.
Best crops are always pigeon ravaged on the verge of plough up
Best crops are always pigeon ravaged on the verge of plough up
His family are still probably doing it.We used to have an old fella (now long gone) back home that would graze all the cornfields in the parish too…. whether you liked it or not.
