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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Fenwick" data-source="post: 8141426" data-attributes="member: 120460"><p>I thought I might update you lot up north as to the situation over here.</p><p></p><p>Last night it rained here (6mm), after 7 weeks without a drop, and 7 weeks ago we only had 4mm. </p><p>We are offically under drought conditions for the last two weeks.</p><p></p><p>My little stream which runs through the front of the farm has stopped. This is only the second time anyone can remember this happening (going back to about WW2). The last time was in august only 3 years ago. </p><p></p><p>Today, the 17th of May we will hit 30°C. </p><p></p><p>I thought it might be a good warning shot for those just north of me of the times ahead. </p><p></p><p>As I have mentioned before I am geographically a lot closer to many of you than some of you are to each other.</p><p></p><p>In fact it is one of the reasons I still follow this group, as the weather here is far more similar to yours than it is to the rest of france.</p><p></p><p>I have farming freinds down south that have relocated north.</p><p></p><p>We have put so much in place over the last two years to create some resilience for unusual weather patterns. But I am unsure if we are going fast enough.</p><p></p><p>Its a pants time of year to not have water as it is now when we should be building up a feed wedge for this summer.</p><p></p><p>Anyway I am not in panic mode. I have my hollistic plan, and therefore a drought reserve, which gives me some time to react. </p><p></p><p>Thanks to that I have feed options (both stockpile and stored) and cattle prices are high should I want to unload a few; and thanks to my plan I don't have to wait until its too late to start destocking. It is nice to have options.</p><p></p><p>(prefer to have some decent rain though)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenwick, post: 8141426, member: 120460"] I thought I might update you lot up north as to the situation over here. Last night it rained here (6mm), after 7 weeks without a drop, and 7 weeks ago we only had 4mm. We are offically under drought conditions for the last two weeks. My little stream which runs through the front of the farm has stopped. This is only the second time anyone can remember this happening (going back to about WW2). The last time was in august only 3 years ago. Today, the 17th of May we will hit 30°C. I thought it might be a good warning shot for those just north of me of the times ahead. As I have mentioned before I am geographically a lot closer to many of you than some of you are to each other. In fact it is one of the reasons I still follow this group, as the weather here is far more similar to yours than it is to the rest of france. I have farming freinds down south that have relocated north. We have put so much in place over the last two years to create some resilience for unusual weather patterns. But I am unsure if we are going fast enough. Its a pants time of year to not have water as it is now when we should be building up a feed wedge for this summer. Anyway I am not in panic mode. I have my hollistic plan, and therefore a drought reserve, which gives me some time to react. Thanks to that I have feed options (both stockpile and stored) and cattle prices are high should I want to unload a few; and thanks to my plan I don't have to wait until its too late to start destocking. It is nice to have options. (prefer to have some decent rain though) [/QUOTE]
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