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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5046888" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>I had always been the boy, and treatments/feet/animal health was something I enjoyed, so it was a BIG shock going to this farm and suddenly I was doing much different work after milking.</p><p>None of that, the boss said I would have to wait a few more months for a mastitis case (and he was right)</p><p></p><p>Strangely, it had a feeling of familiarity working there, as it had the same atmosphere as our sheep farm.</p><p></p><p>Not predictable, but predicted, planned for... that was when I discovered what "holistic" meant.</p><p>'Proactivity'... the next tier above 'farm work'?</p><p></p><p>My next stop was a farm that had been conventionally managed, with a brand new sharemilker on his first contract - with our knowledge combined and put to use it was really confidence-building to get the same things working elsewhere - you do question "is it good luck or good management", or at least I did back then.</p><p></p><p>I would love to say we don't have vet visits - I don't think we have avoidable vet visits though.</p><p>This year alone we have had steer with a bloat that the vet had never seen, a bull with a broken penis and a steer that was full of urine (probably from being castrated wrongly) - all things the vets have said are 'once in a lifetime' experiences. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite83" alt=":meh:" title="Meh :meh:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":meh:" /></p><p></p><p>Given that information you would deduce that HM is actually worse than conventional management as it has put deathrate at nearly 3% for cattle for the season.</p><p></p><p>I can only begin to imagine how difficult it becomes in cropping to adapt HM to that system and then examine it's worth based on results alone, wheat doesn't get mastitis or go off its feet, and it's conception rate or 6 week in-calf-rate is pretty standard across the industry. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling :whistle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":whistle:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5046888, member: 63856"] I had always been the boy, and treatments/feet/animal health was something I enjoyed, so it was a BIG shock going to this farm and suddenly I was doing much different work after milking. None of that, the boss said I would have to wait a few more months for a mastitis case (and he was right) Strangely, it had a feeling of familiarity working there, as it had the same atmosphere as our sheep farm. Not predictable, but predicted, planned for... that was when I discovered what "holistic" meant. 'Proactivity'... the next tier above 'farm work'? My next stop was a farm that had been conventionally managed, with a brand new sharemilker on his first contract - with our knowledge combined and put to use it was really confidence-building to get the same things working elsewhere - you do question "is it good luck or good management", or at least I did back then. I would love to say we don't have vet visits - I don't think we have avoidable vet visits though. This year alone we have had steer with a bloat that the vet had never seen, a bull with a broken penis and a steer that was full of urine (probably from being castrated wrongly) - all things the vets have said are 'once in a lifetime' experiences. :meh: Given that information you would deduce that HM is actually worse than conventional management as it has put deathrate at nearly 3% for cattle for the season. I can only begin to imagine how difficult it becomes in cropping to adapt HM to that system and then examine it's worth based on results alone, wheat doesn't get mastitis or go off its feet, and it's conception rate or 6 week in-calf-rate is pretty standard across the industry. :whistle: [/QUOTE]
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