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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7543464" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>farming evolves and changes constantly, and 30/40 years back, the latest 'trend' in dairy grazing systems, was to have 21 paddocks, and graze 1 a day, on a 21 day cycle, not hugely different to what we now do, it went 'out' of favour because it was inflexible, spent hours putting up the ht wire for them, then hours more, taking them down ! Pretty certain the next 'trend' was set stocked, 45 acres by night, and 40 by day, that died away, following some very foggy weather, and the time it took, to get them in. We then went back to big paddocks, and strip grazing, much as we do now. So going back to 'evolving' trends, we only had 21 paddocks to take down, so perhaps [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] he had better hope trends don't alter, as he would have 320 to take down !</p><p> Our cows are now out day and night, with only straw available as buffer, would prefer hay, but we aint got much, but having 'altered' our herd back to more friesian holstien, the cows seem perfectly happy grazing, and not just waiting at the gate, they start to move, when they hear us coming, a marked improvement to having to 'get' the xbreds in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7543464, member: 86168"] farming evolves and changes constantly, and 30/40 years back, the latest 'trend' in dairy grazing systems, was to have 21 paddocks, and graze 1 a day, on a 21 day cycle, not hugely different to what we now do, it went 'out' of favour because it was inflexible, spent hours putting up the ht wire for them, then hours more, taking them down ! Pretty certain the next 'trend' was set stocked, 45 acres by night, and 40 by day, that died away, following some very foggy weather, and the time it took, to get them in. We then went back to big paddocks, and strip grazing, much as we do now. So going back to 'evolving' trends, we only had 21 paddocks to take down, so perhaps [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] he had better hope trends don't alter, as he would have 320 to take down ! Our cows are now out day and night, with only straw available as buffer, would prefer hay, but we aint got much, but having 'altered' our herd back to more friesian holstien, the cows seem perfectly happy grazing, and not just waiting at the gate, they start to move, when they hear us coming, a marked improvement to having to 'get' the xbreds in. [/QUOTE]
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