Grazing Red Clover

[Joe]

Anyone have much experience grazing red clover with lambs, and do and don’t to look out for? Have 8 acres here and fit to mow again and thinking might graze it as dont need the bales, so thinking of grazing

 

[Estate fencing.]

Best grazing you can get imo, had 8 acres one year and we finished 100’s of lambs on it, would take 50 to market and replace them with and 50 every week. Never had any problems on it.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Best grazing you can get imo, had 8 acres one year and we finished 100’s of lambs on it, would take 50 to market and replace them with and 50 every week. Never had any problems on it.

Did you graze the whole lot or paddock graze?

 

[Estate fencing.]

Did you graze the whole lot or paddock graze?

Just turned them
Into the lot.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

As post 2
Better still if it has some chicory in it

 

[davidroberts30]

crack on! just don't let them graze it too hard and damage the crown of the clover

 

[sticky]

I had a look a my 8 acres this morning and it’s way passed it’s best because I haven’t been able to travel on the ground and so I’m just going to open the gate and let the store lambs in.

 

[tinsheet]

I had a look a my 8 acres this morning and it’s way passed it’s best because I haven’t been able to travel on the ground and so I’m just going to open the gate and let the store lambs in.View attachment 1133308View attachment 1133309View attachment 1133310

Just think of all that nitrogen that's been fixed!!
Let mine do that after 1st cut,
still came back at 18% protein!

 

[neilo]

I had a look a my 8 acres this morning and it’s way passed it’s best because I haven’t been able to travel on the ground and so I’m just going to open the gate and let the store lambs in.View attachment 1133308View attachment 1133309View attachment 1133310

I went to open the gate to mine about 10 days ago. It wasn't quite as far on as that (but was flowering) and was well above my knee. I bottled it, fetched the mower and had another 5 bales/ac of rocket fuel.

I did graze it last year, when it was as far on as yours. They tried a good bit down, but still did the lambs well when we had little else.

 

[neilo]

Turned lambs into the second field of red clover yesterday, DD'ed in early June with plantain, ryegrass and a bit of rape as a nurse.
Gone mad the last week or so, as has the fat hen...

Another field the same was grazed a fortnight ago, then cleaned up with a topper at 8". Coming back strong already.

 

[sticky]

I want it down asap so I can have some regrowth to graze again

 

[som farmer]

Just think of all that nitrogen that's been fixed!!
Let mine do that after 1st cut,
still came back at 18% protein!

sons been looking at the all legume option, cut only after sept, been told the protein level doesn't drop much.

 

[Radio]

Best if you could split field in 2 with electric fence , then field will be grazed better. Don’t go to low as said above as you don’t want to damage crown. Also comes back quicker. Our reseed this year was quite weedy so mowed after grazing, wonderful how it’s grown back.

 

[tinsheet]

sons been looking at the all legume option, cut only after sept, been told the protein level doesn't drop much.

Interesting to know, everydays a school day.

 

[som farmer]

Interesting to know, everydays a school day.

gone from a 'no sub' point of view, to a 'might not be so bad' point of view, on these 'subs'.

the guv brings them in, and some of the new ones, are not so stupid, there are ways to include some sensibly, whether that is the guv's aim, is a completely different thing.

we are quick to 'write off' a lot of the 'options', but some have proved to be quite sensible, NVZ when it came in, classic example, cut N use, still here, and saved money !

 

[Radnor Lad]

I cut this yesterday for baling tommorow. What sort of feed value would this have. Won’t be the driest due to the current weather window