A lot of the stock eating that silage will have a short life expectancy.To be fair I do often wonder if the danger from ragwort is over blown. The amount of silage that gets made with ragwort in it must be fairly significant, as early cuts are taken well before the flowering stage, so spotting it to pull is nigh on impossible. I've seen many grass fields that have obviously been silaged showing signs of ragwort regrowth, so the first cut must have had some in it. If ragwort was as toxic to livestock as is commonly thought one would expect far more cases of poisoning than there are.
There is a 500 acre block of hls grass that someone making into hay around here , it’s full of the stuff and the send the lot to wales for feed.To be fair I do often wonder if the danger from ragwort is over blown. The amount of silage that gets made with ragwort in it must be fairly significant, as early cuts are taken well before the flowering stage, so spotting it to pull is nigh on impossible. I've seen many grass fields that have obviously been silaged showing signs of ragwort regrowth, so the first cut must have had some in it. If ragwort was as toxic to livestock as is commonly thought one would expect far more cases of poisoning than there are.
I think Mr Shardlow should go out into a field heavily contaminated with Ragwort, and spend an hour pulling the ragwort with his bare hands and then come speak with us... Twit.
I tend to agree. I have seen a lot of ragwort in silage crops when I used to do a fair bit of contracting but was not flowering.To be fair I do often wonder if the danger from ragwort is over blown. The amount of silage that gets made with ragwort in it must be fairly significant, as early cuts are taken well before the flowering stage, so spotting it to pull is nigh on impossible. I've seen many grass fields that have obviously been silaged showing signs of ragwort regrowth, so the first cut must have had some in it. If ragwort was as toxic to livestock as is commonly thought one would expect far more cases of poisoning than there are.
Wants some sheep in there in the spring. They soon clear it out.Had a lad pulling the feckin stuff all this week, don't really need some expert telling us it's pointless
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Wants some sheep in there in the spring. They soon clear it out.
That’s a fair old cropHad a lad pulling the feckin stuff all this week, don't really need some expert telling us it's pointless
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That’s a fair old crop
Well, something has grown well then....Had a lad pulling the feckin stuff all this week, don't really need some expert telling us it's pointless
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Well, something has grown well then....
2,4D next year
I tend to agree. I have seen a lot of ragwort in silage crops when I used to do a fair bit of contracting but was not flowering.
I did read it takes quite a large amount of ragwort to be eaten regularly for it to be harmful. How true I dont know.
But I think it gets a far worse name than it deserves. I have actually never heard of a definite case of ragwort poisoning in horses. They do seem to find plenty of other things to make them ill
Does it not go dark round your neck the woodsNo chance; eco landlord .
No chance; eco landlord .