Blackwater boy
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125 for the last 7 days. Grass quality is the issue but at least we have plenty of it
125 for the last 7 days. Grass quality is the issue but at least we have plenty of it
Dropped to 65 since Tuesday
Yep lack of moisture, hard to winIs that from lack of moisture? I estimate that we have had 120 here for all of the last 7 days. But that was on the back of rain last saturday night and a heavy dew every night since.
Done a measure there today again. That one was 5 days old. Growth in 50's but thats held back a lot by a lot of silage ground thats still greening upSimilair here . went back to 75. Still had to tale out a paddock for cutting because demand has dropped accordingly. The thundershowers yesterday should help things along,epeciallu aftergrass
Wednesday and Thursday will fix it please GodDare I say it but is anyone getting very tight on grass? I am.....
No. Thunder shower on friday helped big time. Has been a way duller here last few days in west so ground isnt drying out as fast. Rain on wednesday should help things along.could have been real tight only for that rain. A lot of surplus was cut around tje time of first cut and was very little regrowth a while but its recovered since and another week or 10 days and therell be aftergrass(hopefully)Dare I say it but is anyone getting very tight on grass? I am.....
There are lads caught here that were never caught before.
I'd be the cautious type and will only scrape out after feeding extra meal and straw and getting out a few smaller cattle earlier.
I dont think this is the time for finger pointing, it's a case of getting everyone through this and we can catch our breath and start preparing for next winter.
Oh and one final note. The first person next june/July to say its too dry or hot is getting a belt of a steel bar!!!
Dare I say it but is anyone getting very tight on grass? I am.....
Getting tight enough but with drystock it's not as much a problem as dairy, took a lot of surplus out with the first cut so much so that I don't need a second cut but that ground is slow to recover, the rest is cleaning out well so should come back good with a drop of rain though not much forecast other than a spit on Thursday, it was easy mow the lawn yesterday, less than half the usual cut.Dare I say it but is anyone getting very tight on grass? I am.....
Ya I was even saying today I might even have to start feeding silage rather than force them to eat that 8acre fieldWe escaped all those showers over the last 10 days, grazing after grass cut 3 weeks ago, cows flying through it a lot faster than hoped. Cut 2 paddocks 10 days ago that should have been grazed in hindsight. I see a massive fodder crisis next winter on the horizon all across this area.
We escaped all those showers over the last 10 days, grazing after grass cut 3 weeks ago, cows flying through it a lot faster than hoped. Cut 2 paddocks 10 days ago that should have been grazed in hindsight. I see a massive fodder crisis next winter on the horizon all across this area.