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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Agrispeed" data-source="post: 5049988" data-attributes="member: 10619"><p>I've been naughty <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><p>[ATTACH=full]663178[/ATTACH] </p><p>Following on from [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] and his successful arable silage attempt I'm following suit.</p><p></p><p>This is an attempt at maximising productivity with as little cultivations as possible. I quite like using a plough sparingly as its an easy way of getting a reasonably clean seedbed and also 'resetting' any compaction issues. As long as you aren't doing it too often that is. I want to get as much out of as little ploughing as possible, so I'm trying this system this year;</p><p></p><p>This field was spread with muck and destined to be first cut silage but got grazed instead , this is followed with another dose of FYM and ploughed for Oats and vetch (£630/t!), which I will hopefully cut in 10 weeks or so before min-till or direct drill in a brassica or forage rye for grazing dry cows in the spring (potentially creating a stale seedbed first), before going back into grass - probably some fairly nasty IRG or Westerwolds, which I will direct drill something more sustainable but less productive in a year or so. This gives us 3 crops (potentially 4) with one ploughing and potentially just a gentle ripping if its a dry spring next year. This seems like a better option than a grass to grass reseed in terms of output from the minimum cultivations. Is this holistic management?</p><p></p><p>Anyone tried anything similar?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agrispeed, post: 5049988, member: 10619"] I've been naughty :whistle:; [ATTACH=full]663178[/ATTACH] Following on from [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] and his successful arable silage attempt I'm following suit. This is an attempt at maximising productivity with as little cultivations as possible. I quite like using a plough sparingly as its an easy way of getting a reasonably clean seedbed and also 'resetting' any compaction issues. As long as you aren't doing it too often that is. I want to get as much out of as little ploughing as possible, so I'm trying this system this year; This field was spread with muck and destined to be first cut silage but got grazed instead , this is followed with another dose of FYM and ploughed for Oats and vetch (£630/t!), which I will hopefully cut in 10 weeks or so before min-till or direct drill in a brassica or forage rye for grazing dry cows in the spring (potentially creating a stale seedbed first), before going back into grass - probably some fairly nasty IRG or Westerwolds, which I will direct drill something more sustainable but less productive in a year or so. This gives us 3 crops (potentially 4) with one ploughing and potentially just a gentle ripping if its a dry spring next year. This seems like a better option than a grass to grass reseed in terms of output from the minimum cultivations. Is this holistic management? Anyone tried anything similar? [/QUOTE]
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