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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 6783887" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>I think you solved your own riddle pretty well.</p><p>'How many meals do you eat in a week?'</p><p></p><p>My neighbour has 2 massive big steers that live on 8 acres (I grazed his place earlier in the year, but he is just incredibly difficult to deal with) and they just about climb the walls when they see our cattle, because ours are always getting new food.</p><p></p><p>His are forgotten about.</p><p>They certainly aren't hungry, but their grass is pretty fugly; they simply aren't under enough pressure to cause the grass to regenerate so effectively the meal they are looking at today was lovingly prepared in October.... they are really just looking at leftovers.</p><p></p><p>I often tell people to look at BBC nature documentaries if they want clues about grazing, the first thing you notice is that the grazers are always on the move - if they stayed in one place for a week then the hyenas would be eating their bones by Tuesday, so for "health reasons" they move as a mob, all the time.</p><p>Health of the land, health of the herd.</p><p></p><p>It's a very tough act to follow!!</p><p></p><p>Anything that stands out is "recycled" which means the lions take care of the late calvers, the early calvers, the lame, the poor-doers etc and this is why those grazers on the plains are the spectacular sight that they are today.</p><p></p><p>So how can we get a slice of this spectacle on our own farmland?</p><p>I think the main thing to do is to stop looking at our grass and look more at our herd behaviour. That's why I advocate people take their pasture plate-meter to the nearest bridge and send it... it's a major distraction.</p><p></p><p>Our role as a manager is to predate our herd, and I have never seen a cheetah in front of a herd counting the leaves on grass plants, or measuring, or looking at a calendar.</p><p>Growing grass is the cow's job, moving cows is our job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 6783887, member: 63856"] I think you solved your own riddle pretty well. 'How many meals do you eat in a week?' My neighbour has 2 massive big steers that live on 8 acres (I grazed his place earlier in the year, but he is just incredibly difficult to deal with) and they just about climb the walls when they see our cattle, because ours are always getting new food. His are forgotten about. They certainly aren't hungry, but their grass is pretty fugly; they simply aren't under enough pressure to cause the grass to regenerate so effectively the meal they are looking at today was lovingly prepared in October.... they are really just looking at leftovers. I often tell people to look at BBC nature documentaries if they want clues about grazing, the first thing you notice is that the grazers are always on the move - if they stayed in one place for a week then the hyenas would be eating their bones by Tuesday, so for "health reasons" they move as a mob, all the time. Health of the land, health of the herd. It's a very tough act to follow!! Anything that stands out is "recycled" which means the lions take care of the late calvers, the early calvers, the lame, the poor-doers etc and this is why those grazers on the plains are the spectacular sight that they are today. So how can we get a slice of this spectacle on our own farmland? I think the main thing to do is to stop looking at our grass and look more at our herd behaviour. That's why I advocate people take their pasture plate-meter to the nearest bridge and send it... it's a major distraction. Our role as a manager is to predate our herd, and I have never seen a cheetah in front of a herd counting the leaves on grass plants, or measuring, or looking at a calendar. Growing grass is the cow's job, moving cows is our job. [/QUOTE]
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