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Organic Rotation Ideas for Finishing Suckler Calves
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<blockquote data-quote="StormInATeaCup" data-source="post: 7751831" data-attributes="member: 162795"><p>Thanks everyone, I was trying to give the red clover a 5 year break because of worries about clover rot & stem eelworm. If either did become a problem then you would need to stop growing red clover & some other legumes for 8+ years which would obviously be a disaster for an organic system. </p><p></p><p>If there isn't much risk however then I'd like to grow more red clover like below:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Red Clover Mix</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Red Clover Mix </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Red Clover Mix </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Winter Wheat followed by Stubble Turnips/ Hybrid Rape-Kale </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spring Barley & Peas (undersown with red clover)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Red Clover Mix </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Red Clover Mix </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Winter Wheat followed by Stubble Turnips/ Hybrid Rape-Kale </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spring Barley & Peas (undersown with red clover)</li> </ol><p></p><p>Noted that Rape-Kale might be better for weed suppression - I'll look more into it. </p><p></p><p>Any suggestions to avoid compaction for outwintered animals or would it be best to just avoid winter forage crops in this case?</p><p></p><p>We'd look to combine all the cereals & peas to include in the ration as would have more than enough silage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StormInATeaCup, post: 7751831, member: 162795"] Thanks everyone, I was trying to give the red clover a 5 year break because of worries about clover rot & stem eelworm. If either did become a problem then you would need to stop growing red clover & some other legumes for 8+ years which would obviously be a disaster for an organic system. If there isn't much risk however then I'd like to grow more red clover like below: [LIST=1] [*]Red Clover Mix [*]Red Clover Mix [*]Red Clover Mix [*]Winter Wheat followed by Stubble Turnips/ Hybrid Rape-Kale [*]Spring Barley & Peas (undersown with red clover) [*]Red Clover Mix [*]Red Clover Mix [*]Winter Wheat followed by Stubble Turnips/ Hybrid Rape-Kale [*]Spring Barley & Peas (undersown with red clover) [/LIST] Noted that Rape-Kale might be better for weed suppression - I'll look more into it. Any suggestions to avoid compaction for outwintered animals or would it be best to just avoid winter forage crops in this case? We'd look to combine all the cereals & peas to include in the ration as would have more than enough silage. [/QUOTE]
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