stock seemed to do well enough on itBut did it have any feed value? 30 years of take with no give back?
stock seemed to do well enough on itBut did it have any feed value? 30 years of take with no give back?
I think that the answer to that is that at 6 bales to the acre you aren't murdering it, some of my fertilised fields did 25 last seasonstock seemed to do well enough on it
There's not the demand for the PP pasture around oxford, I run a fair bit of ground that as long as I top and weedwipe it then I don't pay anything, but I'm surprised maize ground could be go for anything near £30.The other side, we bought a bunch of cows, last year, up near oxford, his hfrs were on ground costing £10 ac, and some grazed by his milkers, and maize ground £30, we would be extremely lucky to find maize ground under £200, around us.
Haven't used any for 20 years !Some think grass won't grow without it
do you work out the cost -per bale- of the grass?I think that the answer to that is that at 6 bales to the acre you aren't murdering it, some of my fertilised fields did 25 last season
one would think your musings, are replicated by hundreds of thousands, world wide, that's quite a thought, on its own.do you work out the cost -per bale- of the grass?
Fert/seed (inc downtime while seeding)
Do you have to give livestock any mineral supplements?
In the above instance, the grass was costing me about a fiver a bale (in rent).
It kept sucklers very well indeed, and youngstock that had about a kg of hardfeed with it.
The mowing ground at home receives 100/kg per acre compound, occasional lime, and fym/bark compost.
It hasn't been tilled/seeded since WW2
Does 8-9 bales to the acre - off a single cut stood up in mid May.
The granules go on a few weeks before the ground is laid up, so I'd have to apportion a fair chunk of the fert ££ to the sheep, and subsequent use.
However I cut the maths, it strikes me that the extra couple of bales barely covers the fert cost though.
At £600/tonne, I rather suspect next spring we'll be a bit more circumspect with it.
Fodder merchant put fair hay in my yard this year ay £90/tonne.....why bother turning the sheep out here?
The unknown is how much his supplier will need for next year.