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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 2563248" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>I've been outwintering sheep on brassicas for nearly 3 decades and I've not fed bales with forage brassicas for many years, as I don't want to compact the fields with machinery. The only time I would consider it, would be to supplement for a forage shortage. Assuming [USER=6]@Clive[/USER] isn't going to be baring the crop right down, they wouldn't touch any bales that were put out anyway. </p><p></p><p>However, forage brassicas wouldn't provide the 'maximum diversity' he says he wants. Just for sheer bulk of quality fodder, which is easy enough for broken mouthed ewes (assuming that's the plan?) to graze efficiently, I would want to use a high proportion of forage brassicas in the mixture. That's assuming there's no OSR close in the rotation, of course.</p><p></p><p>A kilo/ac (or less?) of stubble turnips at £3-4/kg, and don't spray the cereal volunteers out (if you want diversity). Chuck some home saved cereals or beans in from the store if you wish. Job's a cheap/good 'un.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>There appears to be a lot of money made out of unnecessarily fancy cc mixes, IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 2563248, member: 348"] I've been outwintering sheep on brassicas for nearly 3 decades and I've not fed bales with forage brassicas for many years, as I don't want to compact the fields with machinery. The only time I would consider it, would be to supplement for a forage shortage. Assuming [USER=6]@Clive[/USER] isn't going to be baring the crop right down, they wouldn't touch any bales that were put out anyway. However, forage brassicas wouldn't provide the 'maximum diversity' he says he wants. Just for sheer bulk of quality fodder, which is easy enough for broken mouthed ewes (assuming that's the plan?) to graze efficiently, I would want to use a high proportion of forage brassicas in the mixture. That's assuming there's no OSR close in the rotation, of course. A kilo/ac (or less?) of stubble turnips at £3-4/kg, and don't spray the cereal volunteers out (if you want diversity). Chuck some home saved cereals or beans in from the store if you wish. Job's a cheap/good 'un.(y) There appears to be a lot of money made out of unnecessarily fancy cc mixes, IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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