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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7365183" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>the idea is milk from grass, with milk from forage, both good, but slightly different. There is little point in chasing yield, for the sake of it, sometimes it's worth it, usually not, 2litres of milk, from 1 kg of conc, is usually 1litre for 1kg conc, but the figure quoted is the 2 for 1. Bulk tank volume, is great headlines, but it's how much stays in your pocket, that's the important one. The litres we want to chase, are from grass/forage, we simply do not know what our cows are capable of, yet. The shorter grazing round, was to try and stop the dairy eating down to the roots, and the longer residual helped keep something in front of them. With the extra acres, and fewer stock, there will be 140 acres, available on farm, for grazing, if needed, forage can come from the extra, and hopefully reduce reseeding and fert, traditionally we have grown forage rape for summer grazing, and it has saved our 'bacon' these past summers, but we shouldn't need to grow 20/30 acres of it, and run short of grass, and buffer feed, it's stupid, most would agree.</p><p> We have put an autumn calving block in, for various reasons, we had to, and they are milking well from a simple diet, but our worst months for grass, are july-august, so that should ease grazing, they can go to the extra, when dried off. One has to calculate for a dry summer, even though the law of averages say unlikely, thought that last year. So, as best we can, we have covered all bases, and if it doesn't work this year, cows go. So kp, we should be able to extend the grazing round, and use less fert, and as long as we can maintain grass quality, the yield should go up. Now, we have to work at maintaining grass quality, a change from chasing quantity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7365183, member: 86168"] the idea is milk from grass, with milk from forage, both good, but slightly different. There is little point in chasing yield, for the sake of it, sometimes it's worth it, usually not, 2litres of milk, from 1 kg of conc, is usually 1litre for 1kg conc, but the figure quoted is the 2 for 1. Bulk tank volume, is great headlines, but it's how much stays in your pocket, that's the important one. The litres we want to chase, are from grass/forage, we simply do not know what our cows are capable of, yet. The shorter grazing round, was to try and stop the dairy eating down to the roots, and the longer residual helped keep something in front of them. With the extra acres, and fewer stock, there will be 140 acres, available on farm, for grazing, if needed, forage can come from the extra, and hopefully reduce reseeding and fert, traditionally we have grown forage rape for summer grazing, and it has saved our 'bacon' these past summers, but we shouldn't need to grow 20/30 acres of it, and run short of grass, and buffer feed, it's stupid, most would agree. We have put an autumn calving block in, for various reasons, we had to, and they are milking well from a simple diet, but our worst months for grass, are july-august, so that should ease grazing, they can go to the extra, when dried off. One has to calculate for a dry summer, even though the law of averages say unlikely, thought that last year. So, as best we can, we have covered all bases, and if it doesn't work this year, cows go. So kp, we should be able to extend the grazing round, and use less fert, and as long as we can maintain grass quality, the yield should go up. Now, we have to work at maintaining grass quality, a change from chasing quantity. [/QUOTE]
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