Still strip grazing all cattle here, good grass growth for the last few weeks, I was concerned by grazing the cow's later I'd be reducing the grazing for Youngstock over the winter but it's growing back well. Cow' s with calves are in by night but weather suppose to be turning alot colder this week, though still remaining dry which helps this time of year .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!View attachment 740276 View attachment 740278 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 limxView attachment 740280 as I think I will have better cows than the herefords will be, they never have really caught up.View attachment 740282
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.