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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5283394" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>I did <em>some</em> work - [ATTACH=full]692742[/ATTACH] drank a few beers and pressed some wool for my mate during a "counselling session."</p><p>He's shearing all his own sheep this year -only 800 left to go now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>Yep. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p>I have seen a chart somewhere of the fibre requirements of cattle through lactation and to be honest - the way ryegrasses are usually "managed" over the growing season is about as far removed from what cattle <em>need</em>, as possible!</p><p>Cattle want more sugar in early lactation, and as their fibre requirements increase, in general terms the supply rapidly decreases, due to topping and silage/hay.</p><p></p><p>(Aftermath is lamb food, cattle need a lot of fibre.)</p><p>IIRC by late late lactation it's around 45% of total intake? Don't quote me it may be 35%.</p><p>But it's much more than lush ryegrass and clover can provide, anyway. Not just fibre but minerals, minerals that lots of diverse root systems help put into the animal.</p><p>Clover and ryegrass feed at the surface, certainly not always very deep, and ryegrass is not really production food, being low in protein compared to most forbs.</p><p></p><p>This is another reason I want to give up topping, to prevent laminitis, especially later on in the year when the rains come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5283394, member: 63856"] I did [I]some[/I] work - [ATTACH=full]692742[/ATTACH] drank a few beers and pressed some wool for my mate during a "counselling session." He's shearing all his own sheep this year -only 800 left to go now. (y) Yep. (y) I have seen a chart somewhere of the fibre requirements of cattle through lactation and to be honest - the way ryegrasses are usually "managed" over the growing season is about as far removed from what cattle [I]need[/I], as possible! Cattle want more sugar in early lactation, and as their fibre requirements increase, in general terms the supply rapidly decreases, due to topping and silage/hay. (Aftermath is lamb food, cattle need a lot of fibre.) IIRC by late late lactation it's around 45% of total intake? Don't quote me it may be 35%. But it's much more than lush ryegrass and clover can provide, anyway. Not just fibre but minerals, minerals that lots of diverse root systems help put into the animal. Clover and ryegrass feed at the surface, certainly not always very deep, and ryegrass is not really production food, being low in protein compared to most forbs. This is another reason I want to give up topping, to prevent laminitis, especially later on in the year when the rains come. [/QUOTE]
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