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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7860390" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>I think grass, like cows, peak when you let them and wear out as you wear them out. It's actually really hard to age grass tillers but I'd like to know.</p><p></p><p>Small matter if every pasture gets a fresh round of new plants every year, just like a diary herd it's easier than selling up in the winter and buying new cows every spring <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /> </p><p></p><p>hence "planned grazing" can mean a plan that fails to deliver, unless you're actually putting a succession plan into the grazing plan</p><p></p><p>then it comes back to costings, what does it cost in animal "profit" if they regenerate the paddock, vs what does it cost if "I" regenerate the paddock with machinery and inputs (incl time)</p><p></p><p>this is an individual thing to work out because obviously profit/MS or litre varies on the time of year within a herd etc, however I see in most instances it's far cheaper to let the cows do it, even with higher producing herds and farms with above average profitability, unless there is a valid reason</p><p></p><p>we had a valid reason, it's easier to knock ⅙ of the area out for 5 months than run extra cattle for 5 months, and feck about with temporary electric fences while I'm busy . That will be different other years</p><p></p><p>See what I mean about "practicing" though, the moment you lock something in it changes, and if it doesn't change it's really just you didn't notice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7860390, member: 63856"] I think grass, like cows, peak when you let them and wear out as you wear them out. It's actually really hard to age grass tillers but I'd like to know. Small matter if every pasture gets a fresh round of new plants every year, just like a diary herd it's easier than selling up in the winter and buying new cows every spring 🙂 hence "planned grazing" can mean a plan that fails to deliver, unless you're actually putting a succession plan into the grazing plan then it comes back to costings, what does it cost in animal "profit" if they regenerate the paddock, vs what does it cost if "I" regenerate the paddock with machinery and inputs (incl time) this is an individual thing to work out because obviously profit/MS or litre varies on the time of year within a herd etc, however I see in most instances it's far cheaper to let the cows do it, even with higher producing herds and farms with above average profitability, unless there is a valid reason we had a valid reason, it's easier to knock ⅙ of the area out for 5 months than run extra cattle for 5 months, and feck about with temporary electric fences while I'm busy . That will be different other years See what I mean about "practicing" though, the moment you lock something in it changes, and if it doesn't change it's really just you didn't notice [/QUOTE]
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