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What to do when time is the scarcest commodity? (1p sheep enterprise)
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5759270" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>I know it seems counterproductive to suggest from a time POV, but you have two opposing things going on re biodiversity - ie pasture that is too diverse to be managed by animals that have no diversity.</p><p></p><p>Is it feasible to add maybe even a couple of calves to your mob? Just to act as topping machines over the summer, quit them when you're done with them (forget the money aspect for now).</p><p></p><p>The thing is, if you push sheep together then competition occurs, that is natural behaviour. But if a sheeps worst enemy is another sheep, her best mate maybe an ex-dairy cow: you get different effects with different size chisels. </p><p></p><p>So maybe that is something you can do to improve your pasture quality while you are at work?</p><p>We have more of a bull-beef grassfed ranch type of operation, hence the sheep are living better off the bulls, and the bulls are eating better because of the sheep.. you need more tools, in my opinion at least. </p><p>Hopefully tb monitoring and yarding can be avoided if you keep younger or shortterm cattle, as I used to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5759270, member: 63856"] I know it seems counterproductive to suggest from a time POV, but you have two opposing things going on re biodiversity - ie pasture that is too diverse to be managed by animals that have no diversity. Is it feasible to add maybe even a couple of calves to your mob? Just to act as topping machines over the summer, quit them when you're done with them (forget the money aspect for now). The thing is, if you push sheep together then competition occurs, that is natural behaviour. But if a sheeps worst enemy is another sheep, her best mate maybe an ex-dairy cow: you get different effects with different size chisels. So maybe that is something you can do to improve your pasture quality while you are at work? We have more of a bull-beef grassfed ranch type of operation, hence the sheep are living better off the bulls, and the bulls are eating better because of the sheep.. you need more tools, in my opinion at least. Hopefully tb monitoring and yarding can be avoided if you keep younger or shortterm cattle, as I used to do. [/QUOTE]
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