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<blockquote data-quote="Jdunn55" data-source="post: 8321030" data-attributes="member: 81760"><p>Thanks everyone interesting replies so far.</p><p></p><p>Regarding grazed grass I'm hoping I'll have it under much better control next year.</p><p>I've either already split or going to split my fields into 2 acre paddocks (excluding 3 big fields at the end of my lane which depending on grass growth get used for silage so will just strip graze them with a backfence).</p><p></p><p>My plan is to give the cows a fresh paddock every milking when grass is growing well (so 4 acres per day)</p><p></p><p>When it's wet in the spring /autumn I would just give them a paddock by day and housed by night.</p><p>When it's dry and grass growth is poor/non-existent I was thinking of then splitting the paddocks into 1 acres with an electric fence and then giving them a fresh break after milking and then buffer feeding when necessary (not ideal I know but if its needed, it's needed). This would mean I can extend the rotation out to 50 days</p><p></p><p>If I go into paddocks at 3200 and bring them down to 1600 that would allow around 1600kgdm per ha or a total of 2500kgdm of grazed grass for the herd which equates to 16-17 kg of dm per cow once I'm up to 150 milking (next year I should be around 120 so will have to split 1 paddock/day down to 1 acre to provide 16kgdm</p><p></p><p>Not sure how that sounds to everyone?</p><p></p><p>What me can you rely on grass being for the season? 12?</p><p></p><p>Edit: if grass is 12me, and they're eating 16kg that would give 192mj - 70 for maintenance = 122 ÷ 5.5mj/litre = 22litres?! Surely that can't be doable?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdunn55, post: 8321030, member: 81760"] Thanks everyone interesting replies so far. Regarding grazed grass I'm hoping I'll have it under much better control next year. I've either already split or going to split my fields into 2 acre paddocks (excluding 3 big fields at the end of my lane which depending on grass growth get used for silage so will just strip graze them with a backfence). My plan is to give the cows a fresh paddock every milking when grass is growing well (so 4 acres per day) When it's wet in the spring /autumn I would just give them a paddock by day and housed by night. When it's dry and grass growth is poor/non-existent I was thinking of then splitting the paddocks into 1 acres with an electric fence and then giving them a fresh break after milking and then buffer feeding when necessary (not ideal I know but if its needed, it's needed). This would mean I can extend the rotation out to 50 days If I go into paddocks at 3200 and bring them down to 1600 that would allow around 1600kgdm per ha or a total of 2500kgdm of grazed grass for the herd which equates to 16-17 kg of dm per cow once I'm up to 150 milking (next year I should be around 120 so will have to split 1 paddock/day down to 1 acre to provide 16kgdm Not sure how that sounds to everyone? What me can you rely on grass being for the season? 12? Edit: if grass is 12me, and they're eating 16kg that would give 192mj - 70 for maintenance = 122 ÷ 5.5mj/litre = 22litres?! Surely that can't be doable? [/QUOTE]
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