Middle Tier GS4

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands

This paragraph needs to be considered when planning grazing (and rent!):

"The sward will be left to rest for at least 5 weeks between 1 May and 31 July, so that the majority of red clover flowers are open and available for pollinators."

This was the main reason I didn't want to claim GS4 on my herbal leys at my last farm as it wouldn't have fitted a mob grazing rotation. As it happened, the gamekeepers managed to persuade the boss to order that we didn't graze it during the bird nesting season then top/graze it in the autumn before he shot partridges over it :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :banghead: We may as well have claimed the GS4 on it after all!
 

unlacedgecko

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife

This paragraph needs to be considered when planning grazing (and rent!):

"The sward will be left to rest for at least 5 weeks between 1 May and 31 July, so that the majority of red clover flowers are open and available for pollinators."

This was the main reason I didn't want to claim GS4 on my herbal leys at my last farm as it wouldn't have fitted a mob grazing rotation. As it happened, the gamekeepers managed to persuade the boss to order that we didn't graze it during the bird nesting season then top/graze it in the autumn before he shot partridges over it :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :banghead: We may as well have claimed the GS4 on it after all!

Daily moves and a 36 day rotation during that period
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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