Not long got back from the Livestock back onto arable land conference and during the drive back across the East Midlands, my mind was firstly "thank God I don't have to negotiate the A14 roadworks, more than once every two years!"
Then it was pondering some of the topics from the speakers, and especially the (planned) move to a less N heavy grazing mix here. Probably using clovers and ryegrass as a GP mix for grazing and conservation, and also using a stewardship scheme to put in herbal grazing leys. again with N fixers.
Many years ago, when I still had hair on my head, we used to have a fair number of young stock, and I can remember putting a bunch of 6-7month old cattle onto a block of grassland with some clover in it in April/May time... Low and behold, 2 or 3 got bloat and required Vet intervention! In my defence, I was young then, although my Uncle should have known better.
So are there any similiar issues with Sheep grazing?
Also, are there any additions to mixtures that could be included to counteract bloating in cattle?
Then it was pondering some of the topics from the speakers, and especially the (planned) move to a less N heavy grazing mix here. Probably using clovers and ryegrass as a GP mix for grazing and conservation, and also using a stewardship scheme to put in herbal grazing leys. again with N fixers.
Many years ago, when I still had hair on my head, we used to have a fair number of young stock, and I can remember putting a bunch of 6-7month old cattle onto a block of grassland with some clover in it in April/May time... Low and behold, 2 or 3 got bloat and required Vet intervention! In my defence, I was young then, although my Uncle should have known better.
So are there any similiar issues with Sheep grazing?
Also, are there any additions to mixtures that could be included to counteract bloating in cattle?
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