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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Fenwick" data-source="post: 6552806" data-attributes="member: 120460"><p>Quick update as to the 'hollistic management practices' we have put in place.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is no obvious difference in the condition of either the cow herd or the meat heifers. Despite grazing some pretty tall grass.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pasture looks visibily better when it is allowed to rest. I am convinced that we had an increase in sward production.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A number of pasture species were visible this year that were not previously. I think they were already there but this time they got noticed because they had the time to flower/seed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Manure spread is far more even.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It has made it much easier to calculate how much forage we have ahead of us.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is <strong>a lot</strong> more work involved (a lot of this is due to poor equipment and infrastructure). - Some of this time has been recovered by reducing the number of groups mixing steers cows and bulls together. </li> </ul><p></p><p>Despite all this we still ran out of grass for the cow herd on the 20th of august and had to use winter stocks. To be fair it has been the worst drought sin 1976 We've had 30mm of rain the last 3 months and two heat waves of 37C+. We still haven't had decent rain and we may not get much grass in the autumn push.</p><p></p><p>We have enough stocks for the winter because we baled a triticale/pea mix in June. Those using forage maize are generally faring much worse. If we had been using only grass we would have been stuffed. Rationally grazed or not.</p><p></p><p>Sowing drought resistant species such as plantain has really helped. We have put chicory in as well for next year.</p><p></p><p>The heifers which are on better soil and a longer rotation have not needed supplementary feed.</p><p>We have planed an extra 20 days grazing in the summer rotation for the cows next year. </p><p>I think we have not been leaving enough residual. So we may have to factor this in to the rotation times for next season.</p><p></p><p>It has been a big change for us this year, and all in all I'm pretty happy.</p><p>Next year we have big plans, many ideas coming from this thread, which is all very exciting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenwick, post: 6552806, member: 120460"] Quick update as to the 'hollistic management practices' we have put in place. [LIST] [*]There is no obvious difference in the condition of either the cow herd or the meat heifers. Despite grazing some pretty tall grass. [*]Pasture looks visibily better when it is allowed to rest. I am convinced that we had an increase in sward production. [*]A number of pasture species were visible this year that were not previously. I think they were already there but this time they got noticed because they had the time to flower/seed. [*]Manure spread is far more even. [*]It has made it much easier to calculate how much forage we have ahead of us. [*]There is [B]a lot[/B] more work involved (a lot of this is due to poor equipment and infrastructure). - Some of this time has been recovered by reducing the number of groups mixing steers cows and bulls together. [/LIST] Despite all this we still ran out of grass for the cow herd on the 20th of august and had to use winter stocks. To be fair it has been the worst drought sin 1976 We've had 30mm of rain the last 3 months and two heat waves of 37C+. We still haven't had decent rain and we may not get much grass in the autumn push. We have enough stocks for the winter because we baled a triticale/pea mix in June. Those using forage maize are generally faring much worse. If we had been using only grass we would have been stuffed. Rationally grazed or not. Sowing drought resistant species such as plantain has really helped. We have put chicory in as well for next year. The heifers which are on better soil and a longer rotation have not needed supplementary feed. We have planed an extra 20 days grazing in the summer rotation for the cows next year. I think we have not been leaving enough residual. So we may have to factor this in to the rotation times for next season. It has been a big change for us this year, and all in all I'm pretty happy. Next year we have big plans, many ideas coming from this thread, which is all very exciting. [/QUOTE]
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