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<blockquote data-quote="yoki" data-source="post: 9099313" data-attributes="member: 2923"><p>We're pretty low lying here so grass hasn't really stopped growing this winter at all, I moved ewe lambs this morning back on to ground that I took ewes off for scanning on 20th last month and it's greened up nicely.</p><p></p><p>That having been said, carrying grass from one year to the other is never guaranteed, all it takes is a good freeze up in February/early March or even an east wind setting in late March/April and it'll cut any short young grass clean out of the ground. </p><p></p><p>I think the main thing though is the non-sheep grazer mindset which wants the sheep off as early in January as possible, and you always have to be mindful that you're grazing someone else's land and be respectful of that fact. Non of the people we get winter grazing from actually <em>need</em> the money, so getting it is partly them wanting the ground tidied up, and partly an obligeance. </p><p></p><p>Therefore when they want them off, they come off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yoki, post: 9099313, member: 2923"] We're pretty low lying here so grass hasn't really stopped growing this winter at all, I moved ewe lambs this morning back on to ground that I took ewes off for scanning on 20th last month and it's greened up nicely. That having been said, carrying grass from one year to the other is never guaranteed, all it takes is a good freeze up in February/early March or even an east wind setting in late March/April and it'll cut any short young grass clean out of the ground. I think the main thing though is the non-sheep grazer mindset which wants the sheep off as early in January as possible, and you always have to be mindful that you're grazing someone else's land and be respectful of that fact. Non of the people we get winter grazing from actually [I]need[/I] the money, so getting it is partly them wanting the ground tidied up, and partly an obligeance. Therefore when they want them off, they come off. [/QUOTE]
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