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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7579615" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>l sometimes wonder if we fully appreciate our beautiful country side, we live in, you may, or may not, see some views from here, one day, if l succeed in following [USER=71668]@Farmer Roy[/USER] instructions !</p><p>Good friends of ours came for dinner today, left the ladies yapping, and went for a drive around. He couldn't believe the amount of grass we have on farm, compared to the last few years, nor can we really. I have always said this farm could seriously grow grass, and the dearth was water related, that has been proved with a vengeance, thankfully.</p><p> Things are never simple, learnt to cope with little, now we have to learn the opposite, grass ahead of the cows, is really high quality cutting grass, everything has caught up 'together', and friend was rather shocked at what was left behind them. For us, it is a seriously welcome change, l think we would have been forced to sell the dairy, if this summer was another dry one.</p><p> Where has our journey of grass management taken us, now the urgency has gone, we could sit back, and just say, 'back to normal', and go back to the 'old' normal, here, things have subtly changed, different grasses are used, dual purpose leys are 'out', the value of clover, and herbs to a degree, has been hammered home, just seen a substantial amount of w clover blend, has quietly arrived, so that point is well realised ! Ploughing will never become the normal route to reseeding, in fact, only to be used when it's the only option. Traditionally, l have loved IRG, and short term leys, we used to get tremendous yields from them, but now realise that for the last 10/15 years, they haven't really been that good, now their use will be targeted, over seeding ? or specific silage ley, perhaps festololiums will completely replace them, but whether cut, or graze, longer lasting leys are the aim.</p><p> It's very easy to drift back, and take an easy route, change forces change, and not only climate change is coming, political change is as well, the political change could be quite erratic and stupid, or illogical. So perhaps the biggest lesson we have learn't, is look after your soil, it's our bank, if we can improve it, if needed, we could 'live' off it in a bad year, if it's knacked, we cant. We need to work more in tune, with nature, rather than against it, we need to get off the hamster wheel, and enjoy farming again, perhaps the 'fun' we have had playing, and learning new ways, is one of the 'best' things. The one thing that cannot change, is the increasingly important fact, we have to produce highest quality food, we possibly can, to thrive, and this different approach, may well hold the key to that.</p><p> Two long tirades from me, in 1 day, might get banned ! It's a funny thing, that an old friend, going round the farm, can start you having to explain, or notice, things, that we now deem normal, and made me realise just how much we have altered our farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7579615, member: 86168"] l sometimes wonder if we fully appreciate our beautiful country side, we live in, you may, or may not, see some views from here, one day, if l succeed in following [USER=71668]@Farmer Roy[/USER] instructions ! Good friends of ours came for dinner today, left the ladies yapping, and went for a drive around. He couldn't believe the amount of grass we have on farm, compared to the last few years, nor can we really. I have always said this farm could seriously grow grass, and the dearth was water related, that has been proved with a vengeance, thankfully. Things are never simple, learnt to cope with little, now we have to learn the opposite, grass ahead of the cows, is really high quality cutting grass, everything has caught up 'together', and friend was rather shocked at what was left behind them. For us, it is a seriously welcome change, l think we would have been forced to sell the dairy, if this summer was another dry one. Where has our journey of grass management taken us, now the urgency has gone, we could sit back, and just say, 'back to normal', and go back to the 'old' normal, here, things have subtly changed, different grasses are used, dual purpose leys are 'out', the value of clover, and herbs to a degree, has been hammered home, just seen a substantial amount of w clover blend, has quietly arrived, so that point is well realised ! Ploughing will never become the normal route to reseeding, in fact, only to be used when it's the only option. Traditionally, l have loved IRG, and short term leys, we used to get tremendous yields from them, but now realise that for the last 10/15 years, they haven't really been that good, now their use will be targeted, over seeding ? or specific silage ley, perhaps festololiums will completely replace them, but whether cut, or graze, longer lasting leys are the aim. It's very easy to drift back, and take an easy route, change forces change, and not only climate change is coming, political change is as well, the political change could be quite erratic and stupid, or illogical. So perhaps the biggest lesson we have learn't, is look after your soil, it's our bank, if we can improve it, if needed, we could 'live' off it in a bad year, if it's knacked, we cant. We need to work more in tune, with nature, rather than against it, we need to get off the hamster wheel, and enjoy farming again, perhaps the 'fun' we have had playing, and learning new ways, is one of the 'best' things. The one thing that cannot change, is the increasingly important fact, we have to produce highest quality food, we possibly can, to thrive, and this different approach, may well hold the key to that. Two long tirades from me, in 1 day, might get banned ! It's a funny thing, that an old friend, going round the farm, can start you having to explain, or notice, things, that we now deem normal, and made me realise just how much we have altered our farm. [/QUOTE]
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