Stubble turnip rent

[jackrussell101]

Turnips drilled after winter barley, roughly how many sheep would this keep and for how long? Also how much is a typical per head weekly charge? Thank you in advance

 

[Mc115reed]

16 for 16 weeks on a standard crop 65pence a head of the grazer is doing all the electric fencing/ checking them ect

 

[jackrussell101]

16 for 16 weeks on a standard crop 65pence a head of the grazer is doing all the electric fencing/ checking them ect

So 16 sheep would take 16 weeks on a standard 1 acre crop at 65p a week? Apologies sheep novice here...

Or another way of saying it 16 x 16 = 256 sheep would do 20 acres on for 16 weeks?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

100 lambs, 1 acre a week. Decent bulbs, £0.50/head/week, unfenced

 

[Martyn]

We have stock fenced ground and iv agreed 70p per lamb for next winter with two different sheep owners, they check them we grow it

 

[Anymulewilldo]

We have stock fenced ground and iv agreed 70p per lamb for next winter with two different sheep owners, they check them we grow it

Stock fenced, I’d say you’re being very fair at that there’s plenty will offer more than 70p for fenced but wether you can extract the money at the end… that’s the interesting bit

 

[thorpe]

Stock fenced, I’d say you’re being very fair at that there’s plenty will offer more than 70p for fenced but wether you can extract the money at the end… that’s the interesting bit

think richard paid us 50p unfenced and we kept an eye on em, they did do the ground some good , but did they compact it!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

think richard paid us 50p unfenced and we kept an eye on em, they did do the ground some good , but did they compact it!

One place that grow for us follow WB with turnips then into spuds. He always comments how much easier the fields that have had turnips on drill up compared to the ones that haven’t. I don’t know im
just someone with more sheep than sense but I’ll take positives when they’re there

 

[captain useless]

80p for ewes 65 lambs here , fenced we 'look 'at them but do no work with them but we don't have many acres of turnips just about 15 to 20 acres. They came straight from a market and went back to the same market .
Not sure what's happening this yr though cos the auctioneer who they belonged to has moved on to another market

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

This question is always, "How long is a piece of string"?
On free draining ground where the turnips are planted in July and given a little fertilizer then the amount of feed can be significant and will keep more than a 100 a week.
However last winter on clay ground in the wet you can halve it and the lambs didn't do very well either!!
If they can stay until the end of March then it can be worth much more than the end of January.

Setting a sensible headage rate that suits the grower and the sheep keeper helps to keep a good relationship. The costs of fencing and the time taken moving fences needs to be considered especially on small blocks.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Do you find Stubble Turnips graze in March ,depends on sowing date i suppose .we sowed ours on Jully ,by end of March they would only eat the maincrop turnips

 

[Goffer]

Charge £70/ac grown here, they fence and look after .

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Do you find Stubble Turnips graze in March ,depends on sowing date i suppose .we sowed ours on Jully ,by end of March they would only eat the maincrop turnips

Depends on the winter. If it stays mild and they keep growing then by March they get a bit hard and woody if sown early. We seldom have the luxury of having early sown ones!!

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Charge £70/ac grown here, they fence and look after .

Until how late?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Depends on the winter. If it stays mild and they keep growing then by March they get a bit hard and woody if sown early. We seldom have the luxury of having early sown ones!!

Mine defo woody a lot of varrieties cant say any were better ,they seemedto go worse after a hard Jan frost though ,
The Green Globe and Massif Maincrop the were still happilyeating mud april

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

I would agree that if you can plant in July and have moisture then Green Globe and similar are a much better option than Stubble turnips for later feed.

 

[Goffer]

Until how late?

1st week march but negotiate if longer depending on next cropping