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<blockquote data-quote="Tirglas" data-source="post: 8127253" data-attributes="member: 141817"><p>pros and cons but you will just have to decide what you prefer in your situation. Advice on here is just our own preferences on our farms.</p><p></p><p>a high pre grazing cover will require a longer round length but should over the year grow more grass because the growth will be very fast on big covers. a long round and high AFC buys you time ahead of a drought.But regrowth will be slow initially because the base will be pale and open.</p><p></p><p>Consistently going for a high pre grazing cover can waste your ryegrass potential if your always going past the ideal 3 leaf stage and allowing one leaf to die off ungrazed. Another consideration is trying to manage your grass through the heading period and at high covers you will lose quality quicker. If you like topping it's no worries.</p><p></p><p> if you were on a shorter round with going in at 2500-2800 it would be easier to hit target residual and the initial regrowth should start quicker as the base would be greener. Going in low is a good option if your stocking rate and demand is low because grass quality will be very high </p><p></p><p>on the wetter ground I would try to go in at low covers to give a bigger area per feed and less damage potential as a result.</p><p></p><p>Are you sure that it's the grass that's driving down your fats?</p><p></p><p>But to your question, when it's growing fast going in low at a fast round results in making less bales. if you need surplus grass off the platform for silage or your sure you'll be tight of grass go longer. My vote is the first option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tirglas, post: 8127253, member: 141817"] pros and cons but you will just have to decide what you prefer in your situation. Advice on here is just our own preferences on our farms. a high pre grazing cover will require a longer round length but should over the year grow more grass because the growth will be very fast on big covers. a long round and high AFC buys you time ahead of a drought.But regrowth will be slow initially because the base will be pale and open. Consistently going for a high pre grazing cover can waste your ryegrass potential if your always going past the ideal 3 leaf stage and allowing one leaf to die off ungrazed. Another consideration is trying to manage your grass through the heading period and at high covers you will lose quality quicker. If you like topping it's no worries. if you were on a shorter round with going in at 2500-2800 it would be easier to hit target residual and the initial regrowth should start quicker as the base would be greener. Going in low is a good option if your stocking rate and demand is low because grass quality will be very high on the wetter ground I would try to go in at low covers to give a bigger area per feed and less damage potential as a result. Are you sure that it's the grass that's driving down your fats? But to your question, when it's growing fast going in low at a fast round results in making less bales. if you need surplus grass off the platform for silage or your sure you'll be tight of grass go longer. My vote is the first option. [/QUOTE]
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