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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7320065" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>been looking into herbs, which we have started using, chap making very high quality haylage, for race horses, he was holding up a ryegrass stem, 2ft long, with 3 nice long green leaf's, which, in theory. means you have your high value food, the leaf's, plus 18/24 ins green stem, allowing photosynthesis for root development.</p><p> We are told we have to graze grass at it's most valuable stage, ie, the first 3 leaf's, which takes it down to ground level, leaving the roots to fend for themselves, and the use of N doesn't encourage roots to head towards KP in NZ. But how much value, is in the 3 green leaf's, at ground level, as opposed to the ones further up the stem ? If it is less, does the extra root potentially achieved, make up for that reduction, in longer ley life ? We have been in a rain shadow for the last 3 summers, and leys have just died off, in those 3 yrs, some have had 2 full reseeds, and overseeded, that is not sustainable, and reduces our ability to make enough conserved for the dairy. Our soil pans readily, and is something we are hot on, but in our 'holes' dug this year checking the poorer leys, has also shown root depth, shallow. This then creates the question, is the root shallow, because of panning, or over grazing or the use of N, one would presume some of each. The difficulty is getting off the wheel, as we are dairy, we need silage, to feed the cows over winter. We are out wintering i/c hfrs and dry cows on kale, that must return a lot to the soil, with roots, stalks and cow sh1t. We need x amount of income, to cover our costs and living, simply to reduce stocking rate, is not really a solution, although we have picked up extra acres. It is a conundrum that i can't quite solve, we have got to get off that wheel, but in a way that we don't lose to much income. This coming grazing season, now we have taken steps to cope with another dry one, will probably be an 'ideal' one, such is life !</p><p> All things aside, we have taken many positive ideas, and actioned them, which have proved to be very beneficial to look at, time will prove yes/no. The brain is full of good ideas, but we cannot do everything at once, we have to be choosy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7320065, member: 86168"] been looking into herbs, which we have started using, chap making very high quality haylage, for race horses, he was holding up a ryegrass stem, 2ft long, with 3 nice long green leaf's, which, in theory. means you have your high value food, the leaf's, plus 18/24 ins green stem, allowing photosynthesis for root development. We are told we have to graze grass at it's most valuable stage, ie, the first 3 leaf's, which takes it down to ground level, leaving the roots to fend for themselves, and the use of N doesn't encourage roots to head towards KP in NZ. But how much value, is in the 3 green leaf's, at ground level, as opposed to the ones further up the stem ? If it is less, does the extra root potentially achieved, make up for that reduction, in longer ley life ? We have been in a rain shadow for the last 3 summers, and leys have just died off, in those 3 yrs, some have had 2 full reseeds, and overseeded, that is not sustainable, and reduces our ability to make enough conserved for the dairy. Our soil pans readily, and is something we are hot on, but in our 'holes' dug this year checking the poorer leys, has also shown root depth, shallow. This then creates the question, is the root shallow, because of panning, or over grazing or the use of N, one would presume some of each. The difficulty is getting off the wheel, as we are dairy, we need silage, to feed the cows over winter. We are out wintering i/c hfrs and dry cows on kale, that must return a lot to the soil, with roots, stalks and cow sh1t. We need x amount of income, to cover our costs and living, simply to reduce stocking rate, is not really a solution, although we have picked up extra acres. It is a conundrum that i can't quite solve, we have got to get off that wheel, but in a way that we don't lose to much income. This coming grazing season, now we have taken steps to cope with another dry one, will probably be an 'ideal' one, such is life ! All things aside, we have taken many positive ideas, and actioned them, which have proved to be very beneficial to look at, time will prove yes/no. The brain is full of good ideas, but we cannot do everything at once, we have to be choosy. [/QUOTE]
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