Groundswell Grass Fed Day 28th June

[SilliamWhale]

Why do you think that?

Hasn't he got some very steep slopes and less accessible land from what I've seen? Just a lot more work for possibly less reward compared to more fertile land.

 

[Old Tip]

We average around 850mm (just googled) farm would be over shale so dry quickly
Not sure mob grazing would work here , currently paddocks looking on how to help correct soils and to get minerals available to stock through alternative swarth planting

We are round the 2m mark for average rainfall but have had 3m in a year over the last few years, was thinking more rotational grazing style rather than true mob stocking looking at 7/8 paddocks on a min 30 day rotation at high growth and 60 day in winter. think from other threads you are on a similar sort of plan, just worried about poaching at high numbers in small paddocks

 

[Old Tip]

@SilliamWhale and @Bill the Bass yes i have some very unsuitable land, was just thinking of doing some experiments on the better land using the current boundaries with some additional field spliting. Already don't use much fert and want to cut down more plus have healthier stock, been set stocking for years mainly as its difficult to move between different blocks of land and secondly to try and discourage campers etc. Def going to try a couple of batches this tear and see how it goes.

 

[scholland]

Sounds like a plan @scholland @hillman, really intrested in the pasture day, but very doubtfull i would be able to make it.

While your on, what sort of rainfall do you two guys get, not much info out there for mob grazing on wet land like ours, guess you will get a fair rainfall @hillman

We get 1200mm Google says but might be bit less than that here as we're beside a hill which shifts some of it.
Won't be rotational grazing in the wettest winter months as stock will be in or on the links. How to use it to improve pasture and grass utilisation. Hopefully reduce fert too.

 

[Groundswell_girl]

Jumping in here on behalf of @martian to tell y'all that the Grass-Fed Day schedule is on the website (see attached).

You can see we have a pretty impressive array of speakers from all around the globe, as well as demos from Kiwi-Tech (fencing), Wox Agri Services, JC Machinery and Simtech T-Sem. Have a look at the website (www.groundswellag.com ) for full information. Hope you can all make it

 

[IEM]

Looking forward to this tomorrow!

 

[Groundswell_girl]

For those who made it to the Grass-Fed day, hope you have enjoyed it so far. A great turnout and a non-stop array of great speakers.

For those heading over tomorrow, tickets are available on the door. Bring cash please, just in case the card machine packs up

See you tomorrow!