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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 8202610" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>clovers very green, and flowering, companion prg, headed couple of weeks ago, and isn't very green, at all.</p><p>grasses are growing, just not fast enough. The changes we have made,, over the past few years, have basically given us flexibility, or resilience. Couple of yrs ago, l would be panicking by now. We have down sized, but thanks to rising milk price, income is about the same. As said before, aiming to get as far, as we can, in self sufficiency.</p><p>So, main clamp for grass silage is full, sample taken, looks and smells good, analysis will come back, next week, decent stack of hay, smelt really nice, so rep took a sample. Wheat looks A1, barley looks good, even the dd stuff. Maize is away now, 1 field would like a drink. Some more silage to make next week, 22 acres, certainly some more hay to make, and sniffing after a bit more. Summing up, we are on for a good year, what's to worry about ? Cows are heading towards drying off.</p><p> One could say, mission achieved - but that tempts fate. We have learnt a lot from this thread, but perhaps the biggest gain of all, is confidence, confidence to carry on, whilst getting some stick, from neighbours !</p><p></p><p>But l do think dairy cows need a better forage, than some beef cattle, turn them into overstood seeded grass, and milk will drop. But it is relatively easy, to produce quality silage, and cows respond to it. I feel we have halved the work load, which in turn, has allowed us to concentrate on the 'detailed' work, that often never got done, which in turn, produces the goods. Changing back to hols, has produced some more decisions, they are exceeding, expectation, and thinking of reducing further, but increasing yield up, again. Mixed feelings on it, thinking, less cows, same milk, larger acreage to run over, is it regenerative ? Or intensive farming ?</p><p> The other big question, is fert. Is our slow growth, lack of N, or lack of moisture, I rather think its both, we have to learn the correct balance there.</p><p> But, resilience appears to have been learnt, and achieved ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 8202610, member: 86168"] clovers very green, and flowering, companion prg, headed couple of weeks ago, and isn't very green, at all. grasses are growing, just not fast enough. The changes we have made,, over the past few years, have basically given us flexibility, or resilience. Couple of yrs ago, l would be panicking by now. We have down sized, but thanks to rising milk price, income is about the same. As said before, aiming to get as far, as we can, in self sufficiency. So, main clamp for grass silage is full, sample taken, looks and smells good, analysis will come back, next week, decent stack of hay, smelt really nice, so rep took a sample. Wheat looks A1, barley looks good, even the dd stuff. Maize is away now, 1 field would like a drink. Some more silage to make next week, 22 acres, certainly some more hay to make, and sniffing after a bit more. Summing up, we are on for a good year, what's to worry about ? Cows are heading towards drying off. One could say, mission achieved - but that tempts fate. We have learnt a lot from this thread, but perhaps the biggest gain of all, is confidence, confidence to carry on, whilst getting some stick, from neighbours ! But l do think dairy cows need a better forage, than some beef cattle, turn them into overstood seeded grass, and milk will drop. But it is relatively easy, to produce quality silage, and cows respond to it. I feel we have halved the work load, which in turn, has allowed us to concentrate on the 'detailed' work, that often never got done, which in turn, produces the goods. Changing back to hols, has produced some more decisions, they are exceeding, expectation, and thinking of reducing further, but increasing yield up, again. Mixed feelings on it, thinking, less cows, same milk, larger acreage to run over, is it regenerative ? Or intensive farming ? The other big question, is fert. Is our slow growth, lack of N, or lack of moisture, I rather think its both, we have to learn the correct balance there. But, resilience appears to have been learnt, and achieved ? [/QUOTE]
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