Set a side grass, what to do ?

[mghley]

Friend has taken on 15 acres of cr-p grassland, not cropped last year. This year it is just a mess of weeds with a lot of docks and big lot of ragwort.
Wants to clear ground, possibly put in a fodder crop for a break and then reseed but what to do with what’s there ???????

 

[glasshouse]

Friend has taken on 15 acres of cr-p grassland, not cropped last year. This year it is just a mess of weeds with a lot of docks and big lot of ragwort.
Wants to clear ground, possibly put in a fodder crop for a break and then reseed but what to do with what’s there ???????

Plough it in

 

[mghley]

Plough it in

Real heavy ground. Not the sort you’d want to plough in a hurry.

 

[glasshouse]

Real heavy ground. Not the sort you’d want to plough in a hurry.

Roundup and matches

 

[mghley]

Roundup and matches

Did think of mowing and baling, but bad ragwort and what to do with bales ??

 

[davidroberts30]

Did think of mowing and baling, but bad ragwort and what to do with bales ??

Matches

 

[Still Farming]

Did think of mowing and baling, but bad ragwort and what to do with bales ??

Biomass

 

[teslacoils]

Roundup. Chop it up with discs the day after. You'll be surprised how little is there after a week of heat.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Friend has taken on 15 acres of cr-p grassland, not cropped last year. This year it is just a mess of weeds with a lot of docks and big lot of ragwort.
Wants to clear ground, possibly put in a fodder crop for a break and then reseed but what to do with what’s there ???????

Eat it to the floor with dry sheep. Then bale graze it with cows in the early autumn (assuming it's dry enough).

 

[Flatlander]

Good shot of round up the leave until it’s got hold the disc the top couple of inches to get soil and crap mixed together. With the sun heat and some rain it will soon disappear.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Put it through a mob of ewes

 

[som farmer]

or goats

if you like them

 

[Dry Rot]

I have a similar question. Sorry to hijack the thread but I think it is relevant. It is a college question for the experts to answer.

If land is let for grazing with the sheep until the end of the summer, and no sheep arrive, what is the legal position? A substantial deposit has been paid up front but part remains unpaid. If the grass is simply left so the tenant gets no benefit. It will die off leaving a mess and the land won't benefit from being grazed. The land owner cannot cut it for hay or graze it with cattle as that is trespass. The tenant cannot do that either because it is breach of contract, the agreement says grazing with sheep. What is the solution?

 

[glasshouse]

I have a similar question. Sorry to hijack the thread but I think it is relevant. It is a college question for the experts to answer.

If land is let for grazing with the sheep until the end of the summer, and no sheep arrive, what is the legal position? A substantial deposit has been paid up front but part remains unpaid. If the grass is simply left so the tenant gets no benefit. It will die off leaving a mess and the land won't benefit from being grazed. The land owner cannot cut it for hay or graze it with cattle as that is trespass. The tenant cannot do that either because it is breach of contract, the agreement says grazing with sheep. What is the solution?

Phone the guy and sort it out
Maybe he is ill or dead

 

[puppet]

I have a similar question. Sorry to hijack the thread but I think it is relevant. It is a college question for the experts to answer.

If land is let for grazing with the sheep until the end of the summer, and no sheep arrive, what is the legal position? A substantial deposit has been paid up front but part remains unpaid. If the grass is simply left so the tenant gets no benefit. It will die off leaving a mess and the land won't benefit from being grazed. The land owner cannot cut it for hay or graze it with cattle as that is trespass. The tenant cannot do that either because it is breach of contract, the agreement says grazing with sheep. What is the solution?

Work out how many weeks the deposit covered and after that tell them it will need grazed down by other stock. If they still want it then pay the balance now. Tidy it up with cattle later.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Not sure about Ragwort Sprays but you need to burn it off with roundup then either put corn on it or Westerwolds Ryegrass so you then have options to spray out the weeds
If you put brasicas in there are no sprays and unless you graze it quick you will end up with more weeds
You can overseed the when you have most of the weeds beat , ploughing will just bring more up

If it's green enough to spray with roundup so that then you will have to mow bale and dump
If not you will have to mow and wait till it greens up
If you do go brasicas then put a ley in next spring but no legumes so you can spray

 

[Spudley]

Sheep are reasonably resistant to ragwort

 

[Dry Rot]

Phone the guy and sort it out
Maybe he is ill or dead

Or maybe just let him pay for it but get no benefit and graze it off after October when the period of the let has finished as foggage? I believe that was not unusual in the past. But an interesting examination question.