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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7676119" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>any plan is subject to change, the biggest spanner, in the nicest way, in the works, has been the weather, when it's very wet, we put them on the older pastures, to reduce damage, weather can also cause different growth speeds, so we may have to jump paddocks, to keep grass at 'best' stage, dairy cows are less tolerant than some beef stock ! But our milk from grass, is creeping on up, albeit from a rather low base, from the dry summers, the only forage supplement they have had, is 16 round bales of hay, + 4 or 5 broken wrapped silage bales, when it has been seriously wet, a large improvement, on having to feed nearly right through the previous 3 summers. As always, there are downsides, the most notable, is the flying sh1t out of them, and the speed they consume the grass, the latter pretty good really, but we have been rather negligent on the back fences, still use them, but more like 2 or 3 feeds, and back fence !</p><p> Fertility figures, will be confirmed next week, for the spring block, we wanted 60 for that, reckon it will be nearer 70, in the 8 week target, block. The autumn lot, we will have wheeled and dealed, and got them about right, they have to fill 110 cubicle shed, with a few carry overs, and summer calvers, around 100, which is perfect.</p><p> Rather surprisingly, the autumn calvers from last year, being a bit more Holstein than friesian, have milked extremely well, all summer, even now, approaching drying off, they are matching the better spring ones, we didn't really expect that, and not to sure why, especially as a fair few came from a housed herd.</p><p> Lessons learnt for next year, there needs to be more research done, into grasses that don't have a chronic wish to head, every sunny day, that has been the hardest bit of grass management, so latest heading prg, and lots of other types, with clover, more clover and herbs.</p><p> The cutting only leys, have worked well, whether adding both red and large white clover, would help improve protien, still pondering. With the extra grassland we have, and taking some grazing grass, for silage, might be better to grow the cutting only, for top protien possible, to use as a 'concentrate', to bump up, as needed.</p><p> Having watched the meteoric rise, in both N and protien, prices, we need to reduce reliance on them, with a vengeance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7676119, member: 86168"] any plan is subject to change, the biggest spanner, in the nicest way, in the works, has been the weather, when it's very wet, we put them on the older pastures, to reduce damage, weather can also cause different growth speeds, so we may have to jump paddocks, to keep grass at 'best' stage, dairy cows are less tolerant than some beef stock ! But our milk from grass, is creeping on up, albeit from a rather low base, from the dry summers, the only forage supplement they have had, is 16 round bales of hay, + 4 or 5 broken wrapped silage bales, when it has been seriously wet, a large improvement, on having to feed nearly right through the previous 3 summers. As always, there are downsides, the most notable, is the flying sh1t out of them, and the speed they consume the grass, the latter pretty good really, but we have been rather negligent on the back fences, still use them, but more like 2 or 3 feeds, and back fence ! Fertility figures, will be confirmed next week, for the spring block, we wanted 60 for that, reckon it will be nearer 70, in the 8 week target, block. The autumn lot, we will have wheeled and dealed, and got them about right, they have to fill 110 cubicle shed, with a few carry overs, and summer calvers, around 100, which is perfect. Rather surprisingly, the autumn calvers from last year, being a bit more Holstein than friesian, have milked extremely well, all summer, even now, approaching drying off, they are matching the better spring ones, we didn't really expect that, and not to sure why, especially as a fair few came from a housed herd. Lessons learnt for next year, there needs to be more research done, into grasses that don't have a chronic wish to head, every sunny day, that has been the hardest bit of grass management, so latest heading prg, and lots of other types, with clover, more clover and herbs. The cutting only leys, have worked well, whether adding both red and large white clover, would help improve protien, still pondering. With the extra grassland we have, and taking some grazing grass, for silage, might be better to grow the cutting only, for top protien possible, to use as a 'concentrate', to bump up, as needed. Having watched the meteoric rise, in both N and protien, prices, we need to reduce reliance on them, with a vengeance. [/QUOTE]
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