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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7378513" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>it's amazing how feed firms change their minds, reacting to new research, never an apology for getting it wrong, before. Soya/rape, and maize, was a good diet, or so they told us, not long ago, we were being told 19/20 % total protien, in a dairy ration, now it's 16%, and some are saying 14%, that is quite achievable with grass/clover silage, but, there's always a but, the cows need energy, to get i/c, and at turnout, when grass could be 20%, that's what we need to solve, We started growing maize in the early 70's, on uncles farm, which was seriously dry, and it was brilliant, energy, + enormous bulk, 18ft was quite common, we did 1 row at a time, then 2, then contractor, as soon as one was near ! So, maize has been a 'must' have crop, cover the ground with sh1t, away it went. But maize will be legislated out, and that will be farmers fault, it's grown where it shouldn't be, and it's not a bovine natural crop. We keep looking at stopping, but still keep growing some, in our case, h/rye followed by maize, gives us 30 ton/acre, and we have been short of forage to many times. Our thoughts going forward, is to look at buying maize meal in, we want to build food stocks up, first. With the emphasis on better grazing cows, and as we go forward, will probably wean our self's off the maize, by changing our grazing etc, and not chasing litres. Our accountants have basically said they have no high imput, high output, herds making much profit, it's good fun, planning to jump of that wheel, just got to slow it down a bit, first. Y/s do need higher protien to start off with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7378513, member: 86168"] it's amazing how feed firms change their minds, reacting to new research, never an apology for getting it wrong, before. Soya/rape, and maize, was a good diet, or so they told us, not long ago, we were being told 19/20 % total protien, in a dairy ration, now it's 16%, and some are saying 14%, that is quite achievable with grass/clover silage, but, there's always a but, the cows need energy, to get i/c, and at turnout, when grass could be 20%, that's what we need to solve, We started growing maize in the early 70's, on uncles farm, which was seriously dry, and it was brilliant, energy, + enormous bulk, 18ft was quite common, we did 1 row at a time, then 2, then contractor, as soon as one was near ! So, maize has been a 'must' have crop, cover the ground with sh1t, away it went. But maize will be legislated out, and that will be farmers fault, it's grown where it shouldn't be, and it's not a bovine natural crop. We keep looking at stopping, but still keep growing some, in our case, h/rye followed by maize, gives us 30 ton/acre, and we have been short of forage to many times. Our thoughts going forward, is to look at buying maize meal in, we want to build food stocks up, first. With the emphasis on better grazing cows, and as we go forward, will probably wean our self's off the maize, by changing our grazing etc, and not chasing litres. Our accountants have basically said they have no high imput, high output, herds making much profit, it's good fun, planning to jump of that wheel, just got to slow it down a bit, first. Y/s do need higher protien to start off with. [/QUOTE]
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