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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5867774" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>[ATTACH=full]756120[/ATTACH] ...so.</p><p></p><p>We're getting through the summer now, still not the rainfall we'd <em>hoped for</em>, but we don't rely too much on hope this year.</p><p>12mm overnight, and 38mm last weekend, 90mm 6 weeks ago.. we are still holding on OK although the covers are dropping back from very high to what most would think are more acceptable.[ATTACH=full]756122[/ATTACH]</p><p>In short, we're now overgrazing, so I'm changing the grazing a little (easy to do) to minimise utilisation.</p><p>Square cells are great for utilisation, so I'm moving away from that to longer, narrower strips, get them moving up and down more to force the trample of harder, more persistent grasses and give the thistles a hiding too.</p><p>This has meant the individual animal growth has suffered a little - but the per hectare is about the same or better.</p><p></p><p>Still about one hectare per day or under, but I've gone to twice-daily moves just to enhance the impact. We've gone from more mobs to fewer mobs, and due to sell some surplus stock to areas with more rainfall (everywhere else, typically).</p><p>I think we'll sell a line of calves for about double what they owe us, a couple of hereford heifers that don't really spin my wheels, and last years steers can also go.</p><p>Bulls gaining 1.8-1.9kg per day.</p><p></p><p>But, the 6 paddocks we took silage from are bouncing back, albeit slowly, and we are only a couple of days shy of where the plan said we'd be, so I'm pretty happy with how it's going (my grazing plan had assumed slightly faster regrowth rates, but that's by the by).</p><p></p><p>We were due to graze this on the 14th and they went in on the evening of the 12th.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5867774, member: 63856"] [ATTACH=full]756120[/ATTACH] ...so. We're getting through the summer now, still not the rainfall we'd [I]hoped for[/I], but we don't rely too much on hope this year. 12mm overnight, and 38mm last weekend, 90mm 6 weeks ago.. we are still holding on OK although the covers are dropping back from very high to what most would think are more acceptable.[ATTACH=full]756122[/ATTACH] In short, we're now overgrazing, so I'm changing the grazing a little (easy to do) to minimise utilisation. Square cells are great for utilisation, so I'm moving away from that to longer, narrower strips, get them moving up and down more to force the trample of harder, more persistent grasses and give the thistles a hiding too. This has meant the individual animal growth has suffered a little - but the per hectare is about the same or better. Still about one hectare per day or under, but I've gone to twice-daily moves just to enhance the impact. We've gone from more mobs to fewer mobs, and due to sell some surplus stock to areas with more rainfall (everywhere else, typically). I think we'll sell a line of calves for about double what they owe us, a couple of hereford heifers that don't really spin my wheels, and last years steers can also go. Bulls gaining 1.8-1.9kg per day. But, the 6 paddocks we took silage from are bouncing back, albeit slowly, and we are only a couple of days shy of where the plan said we'd be, so I'm pretty happy with how it's going (my grazing plan had assumed slightly faster regrowth rates, but that's by the by). We were due to graze this on the 14th and they went in on the evening of the 12th. [/QUOTE]
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