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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
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As it happens finished mine tonight whilst not watching daughter swim. Very thought provoking.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
If only some of the UK media would read it before posting their "We must eat less meat" articles
awkward
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- kerry ireland
I do agree .But it's difficult to change the mind set of mine is bigger than yours. It seems profit and health are a low priority and until the writhing is on the wall so to speak nobody gives a dame .Beat me to it
Now is the time to shout the regenerative grazing message in the UK!
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- NSW, Newstralya
The writhing on the wall . . .
I'm guessing that is a mistake
But I love the image of the writhing & gnashing of teeth & the agony when the environmental holocost descends on humanity
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Mixed metaphorsThe writhing on the wall . . .
I'm guessing that is a mistake
But I love the image of the writhing & gnashing of teeth & the agony when the environmental holocost descends on humanity
awkward
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- kerry ireland
A phrase used round these parts I'm guessing to describe a point of no return a point of anarchy.
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- Quebec, Canada
And then saying no one would even give a ‘Dame’ to fix it. Maybe Dame Edna would.She’s big enough and tough enough to handle any job.The writhing on the wall . . .
I'm guessing that is a mistake
But I love the image of the writhing & gnashing of teeth & the agony when the environmental holocost descends on humanity
awkward
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- kerry ireland
I didn't realise we needed proof reading here but anyway .
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- Quebec, Canada
You don’t. We’re just having a laugh.
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- NSW, Newstralya
Haha no you don't
I know what you meant. by the writing on the wall, but I loved the image of "writhing", it just seemed so perfect in that context
ShooTa
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- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
Welp just had a farming connect email with useful advice for the forage needs for the animals over winter.....
No mention of actual grass, only bales and silage/// fml. and 1 mention of outwintering.....
link if anyones interested.
https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/have-you-got-enough-forage-winter
side note are any of the UK folks going to the oxford farming conference?
No mention of actual grass, only bales and silage/// fml. and 1 mention of outwintering.....
link if anyones interested.
https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/have-you-got-enough-forage-winter
side note are any of the UK folks going to the oxford farming conference?
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Sounds like farming in NZ
TBH this effectively sums up what farmer Roy and I have discussed about the regular NZ vs UK thing that happens on TFF alot - we enjoy comparative anarchy??
The animals really don't seem to mind.
awkward
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- kerry ireland
You will have to forgive me . I'm a dull fu cker with a very ironic sense of humer
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Any rain up north yet?
We have had season-changing rainfall here. Still about 60mm shy of last year's rainfall (calendar year) but that has halved due to some decent systems brushing on the wet stuff.
Has it ended your grazing for cattle or how's it all looking?
Here, the grass is turning now. And with the rain it has meant I can tighten up the stock a little, and so I have been - not so much via fencing cells but herding them around on bigger areas.
Doesn't take dairy bulls long to get animal impact happening!
and the poo says it all really - these lads are living the dream, and leaving plenty for the little guys.
Average over the 83 bulls over 18 days is 1.9kg/day.
I weighed my heifers too, just for reference, I think I will eat the herefords maybe and just breed from my 4 shorthorns and Lily the limx
as I think I will have better cows than the herefords will be, they never have really caught up.
Still have 10 on milk and the rest are weaned - and on the silage paddocks living it up.
But the weather is: hot, cold, fine, rainy, hailing, and windy. Back to normal.
We have had season-changing rainfall here. Still about 60mm shy of last year's rainfall (calendar year) but that has halved due to some decent systems brushing on the wet stuff.
Has it ended your grazing for cattle or how's it all looking?
Here, the grass is turning now. And with the rain it has meant I can tighten up the stock a little, and so I have been - not so much via fencing cells but herding them around on bigger areas.
Doesn't take dairy bulls long to get animal impact happening!
Average over the 83 bulls over 18 days is 1.9kg/day.
I weighed my heifers too, just for reference, I think I will eat the herefords maybe and just breed from my 4 shorthorns and Lily the limx
Still have 10 on milk and the rest are weaned - and on the silage paddocks living it up.
But the weather is: hot, cold, fine, rainy, hailing, and windy. Back to normal.
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- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
about the same here only we haven't had hail but it was frosty this morning
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- Owaka, New Zealand
We won't be getting frosted
Bloody handy stuff at times, I was all set to have a go at frost seeding this year but the hard frosts just didn't happen - it was like we alternated between autumn and spring for a long time and sort of missed having much of a winter... "a cool time" and dry as I can remember. Strange days.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
What app is that Pete? It looks like a nice clear display.We won't be getting frosted
Bloody handy stuff at times, I was all set to have a go at frost seeding this year but the hard frosts just didn't happen - it was like we alternated between autumn and spring for a long time and sort of missed having much of a winter... "a cool time" and dry as I can remember. Strange days.