- Location
- North West
Hi,
I thought I would try to pick some of your brains out there. At the end of the month (Feb) I'm taking on an approx 70 acre farm that has been left for around 3 years without any stock or anything on for that matter. The amount of docks, creeping buttercup, thistles and ragwort on the land is ridiculous! As is the thatch that is under it all! Fencing is nearly none existent with mostly being 2 or 3 strand of barb and a lot of rotten posts so some electric fencing has been implemented but more is needed.
I would love eventually to put in some high cover herbal leys or just some general species rich leys take on rotation grazing or potentially holistic grazing. current owned stock due to being a young farmer and starting from scratch myself is 4 heifers (to be Ai'd this June) and 30 sheep in lamb scanned at 193% (after all empty were taken out) and currently 7 ewe lambs to come into the flock next year.
My question would be.... Where would you all start?! like I said, only just starting out solo so I don't have a massive budget however any tips/tricks and ways of looking at it would me amazing and massively appreciated!
Thanks all
I thought I would try to pick some of your brains out there. At the end of the month (Feb) I'm taking on an approx 70 acre farm that has been left for around 3 years without any stock or anything on for that matter. The amount of docks, creeping buttercup, thistles and ragwort on the land is ridiculous! As is the thatch that is under it all! Fencing is nearly none existent with mostly being 2 or 3 strand of barb and a lot of rotten posts so some electric fencing has been implemented but more is needed.
I would love eventually to put in some high cover herbal leys or just some general species rich leys take on rotation grazing or potentially holistic grazing. current owned stock due to being a young farmer and starting from scratch myself is 4 heifers (to be Ai'd this June) and 30 sheep in lamb scanned at 193% (after all empty were taken out) and currently 7 ewe lambs to come into the flock next year.
My question would be.... Where would you all start?! like I said, only just starting out solo so I don't have a massive budget however any tips/tricks and ways of looking at it would me amazing and massively appreciated!
Thanks all