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Holistic Farming
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 6680272" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>this is really interesting, as we are looking this way, I have grown r clover, and Lucerne as straight crops, for dairy, the biggest problem being, as we grow maize as well, it is to much grazing removed, and our focus went to maize. We are all being told that multi cut silage, is the way forward, and you can easily produce top quality silage, but its very costly, and you really need small pits, like the dutch, which most farms don't have. We have been looking at all sorts of ways to reduce our costs, last year, we grew hybrid rye, cut a large crop, approaching 20 ton/acre, followed by maize, which did well, and analysed well. We have 19 acres rye in the ground, but failed to get another 9 acres in. We have decided not to grow maize, as our spring calving herd, doesn't warrant the cost, and peas/barely undersown will go behind it. I have always been very quick, to plough and reseed. We have bought a vaderstat drill, this year, with the aim of overseeding, when leys look thin. And pp or very long leys, if correctly managed, can be highly productive, and we will go as far as we can, to max litres from forage. and grow rape, to outwinter the cows, </p><p>that's our plans, not to sure if its holistic, but it would seem we are heading that way, and I allways listen to other peoples views, and would welcome comments.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 6680272, member: 86168"] this is really interesting, as we are looking this way, I have grown r clover, and Lucerne as straight crops, for dairy, the biggest problem being, as we grow maize as well, it is to much grazing removed, and our focus went to maize. We are all being told that multi cut silage, is the way forward, and you can easily produce top quality silage, but its very costly, and you really need small pits, like the dutch, which most farms don't have. We have been looking at all sorts of ways to reduce our costs, last year, we grew hybrid rye, cut a large crop, approaching 20 ton/acre, followed by maize, which did well, and analysed well. We have 19 acres rye in the ground, but failed to get another 9 acres in. We have decided not to grow maize, as our spring calving herd, doesn't warrant the cost, and peas/barely undersown will go behind it. I have always been very quick, to plough and reseed. We have bought a vaderstat drill, this year, with the aim of overseeding, when leys look thin. And pp or very long leys, if correctly managed, can be highly productive, and we will go as far as we can, to max litres from forage. and grow rape, to outwinter the cows, that's our plans, not to sure if its holistic, but it would seem we are heading that way, and I allways listen to other peoples views, and would welcome comments. [/QUOTE]
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