Sheep
- Thread starter delilah
- Start date
good point
but there have always been sheep on the lowlands and in some places (that can just about grow corn) at a higher density than the uplands.
- Location
- Isle of Skye
Surely lowland farms would be better off opportunistically finishing the sheep and lambs from the uplands? rather than having the cost and year round inconvenience of keeping and breeding them?
- Location
- Ceredigion
MeddlersEnough sheep in wales
I fatten lambs and winter sheep for a hill farmer . It works fine without Government sticking their noses in
- Location
- Isle of Skye
I couldn't agree more, The whole industry would be working fine if government hadn't been sticking their noses in for such a long time.
It’s bad enough trying to keep sheep in…..goats!
Open range shooting safaris?
well the theory is that lowland breeding flocks can produce the earlier lamb. works ok as long as the supermarkets dont go and buy in New Zealand ones,
lol.... ha, ha, ....no tbf lots of home grown hogs can pull the early suck lamb trade down as well.
lot of early lambing was stopped because of the way higher costs tho, even lowland .
until they break into hes prizewinning wheat crop at 5am one Sunday morningeverybody just needs too work togetherarable and sheep men can be besties
joking aside it seems funny to me how theres loads of cornfields without even field gates on to the road let alone fencing.
- Location
- Isle of Skye
well the theory is that lowland breeding flocks can produce the earlier lamb. works ok as long as the supermarkets dont go and buy in New Zealand ones,
.... ha, ha, ....no tbf lots of home grown hogs can pull the early suck lamb trade down as well.
lot of early lambing was stopped because of the way higher costs tho, even lowland .
As a peasant hill shepherd it seems so obvious to me what those wealthy lowland farmers should do....
If ground is best for arable farming but sheep are wanted for fertility- the 'golden hoof' or whatever, I'd of thought it best to just have them on and off for short time periods rather than having to waste productive ground on them all year round. After all, for most of the year they're just wandering around testing fences, overgrazing everything and frequently dying...
Wealthy or otherwise , what should lowland farmers do if there land, or a percentage of isn't suitable for anything other than grazing with Sheep ?As a peasant hill shepherd it seems so obvious to me what those wealthy lowland farmers should do....
If ground is best for arable farming but sheep are wanted for fertility- the 'golden hoof' or whatever, I'd of thought it best to just have them on and off for short time periods rather than having to waste productive ground on them all year round. After all, for most of the year they're just wandering around testing fences, overgrazing everything and frequently dying...
We been mixed farmers sheep cattle arable in this part of the World for at least 200yrs so far that we can trace ,
Sheep form an integral part of our farm and long may they do so.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
As a peasant hill shepherd it seems so obvious to me what those wealthy lowland farmers should do....
If ground is best for arable farming but sheep are wanted for fertility- the 'golden hoof' or whatever, I'd of thought it best to just have them on and off for short time periods rather than having to waste productive ground on them all year round. After all, for most of the year they're just wandering around testing fences, overgrazing everything and frequently dying...
I have a fair chunk of parkland here, dating back to the 16th Century, which can't be ploughed, reseeded or even subdivided up much to improve that way. I also have a lot of fields that are listed as 'permanent pasture' in my tenancy agreement, and which states that I have to retain them as pp.
The most I could go to on this lowland farm, is about one third of the farm in cropping. I don't do that high a proportion as lowland sheep pay better.... and I find it mind numbing sitting on a tractor all day.
Most arable farmers want a partition of grass these days Rotated around there land as a way too combat black grass and think they get a wedge of cash off some subsidies somewhere for it too?As a peasant hill shepherd it seems so obvious to me what those wealthy lowland farmers should do....
If ground is best for arable farming but sheep are wanted for fertility- the 'golden hoof' or whatever, I'd of thought it best to just have them on and off for short time periods rather than having to waste productive ground on them all year round. After all, for most of the year they're just wandering around testing fences, overgrazing everything and frequently dying...
- Location
- Ceredigion
Westerwolds is very popular as a short arable break for sheep and won't get the problems you get with Annual Ryegrass
Westerwolds is an annual Ryegrass.
and it does go seed just like any other
and it does go seed just like any other
- Location
- Ceredigion
Yes but if it does it won't last much longer than 12 Months
just like Black grass then
- Location
- Ceredigion
Everything we do has risk , Westerwolds don't have a survival gene built in
- Location
- Isle of Skye
Right you lot. If you lowland guys are going to breed sheep then I'm going to start growing wheat and hops and suchlike and see how you like it.
never mind that, just grow Westerwolds, small sieves in your combine and bobs yer.. not fert so orgainc= 3k plus
Right you lot. If you lowland guys are going to breed sheep then I'm going to start growing wheat and hops and suchlike and see how you like it.
per tonne (retail) bag and courier it out ,no prob as its a lightweight seed ,a tonne of grass seed doesn't weigh much