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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 1700998" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>A job to work it out for the OP, without knowing what the pp is like too, and what winter feeding is based on.</p><p></p><p>If it helps.....</p><p>I run 500 Highlander ewes (similar feeding requirements to Lleyns I suspect), and 200 pedigree Charollais ewes and around 100 yearling rams (which I reckon need close to double what the Highlanders do for maintenance). If we call that 1000 'Lleyn equivalents', for arguement's sake, I run those on 220ac of pp (mostly old but some reseeds just coming in). All Highlanders are run on no concs and all lambs finished off forage. Half of Charollais ewes are inwintered (lambing early), other half are forage only. All Rams on zero concs.</p><p></p><p>I use about 50 bales of silage for the Charollais ewes lambing inside, everything else is on roots & no bales, so mostly off the grassland from Christmas until mid-March. I don't use a lot of fert (average 75kg N/ha over the grassland) and intend reducing that as get more clover in. I only make 100 or so bales of silage, as it gets away from the grazing rotation (selling surplus) and probably 100 round bales of hay every other year (mostly sold).</p><p></p><p>More reseeds would allow a much higher summer stocking rate, particularly with more rotational grazing, but not an option when a chunk of the farm is old parkland & pp. Still room for an increase as existing grassland output improves through management IMO. We all have to try to use what we have to the best of our abilities.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's your wintering arrangements that limit your overall stocking rate most. A low stocking rate through the summer will lead to poor forage utilisation & poor performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 1700998, member: 348"] A job to work it out for the OP, without knowing what the pp is like too, and what winter feeding is based on. If it helps..... I run 500 Highlander ewes (similar feeding requirements to Lleyns I suspect), and 200 pedigree Charollais ewes and around 100 yearling rams (which I reckon need close to double what the Highlanders do for maintenance). If we call that 1000 'Lleyn equivalents', for arguement's sake, I run those on 220ac of pp (mostly old but some reseeds just coming in). All Highlanders are run on no concs and all lambs finished off forage. Half of Charollais ewes are inwintered (lambing early), other half are forage only. All Rams on zero concs. I use about 50 bales of silage for the Charollais ewes lambing inside, everything else is on roots & no bales, so mostly off the grassland from Christmas until mid-March. I don't use a lot of fert (average 75kg N/ha over the grassland) and intend reducing that as get more clover in. I only make 100 or so bales of silage, as it gets away from the grazing rotation (selling surplus) and probably 100 round bales of hay every other year (mostly sold). More reseeds would allow a much higher summer stocking rate, particularly with more rotational grazing, but not an option when a chunk of the farm is old parkland & pp. Still room for an increase as existing grassland output improves through management IMO. We all have to try to use what we have to the best of our abilities. It's your wintering arrangements that limit your overall stocking rate most. A low stocking rate through the summer will lead to poor forage utilisation & poor performance. [/QUOTE]
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