kverneland es 80
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Growth of 65 again last week
Growth of 65 again last week
What kind of tonnes have the grass gods that were taking out strong paddocks back in April grown to date? They are gone quiet on twitter these days.
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There probably feeding them back now.
Are your grass covers not crazy high and clean outs poor with a 28 day rotation? 20 days here currently on 3kgs of feed.Imo a long rotation between grazings is a winner especially this year .I am on about 28+ days of rotation and just gone into 3rd round of grazing .I had to pre mow some paddocks at end of 1st rotation but grass quality is holding up well .I am high stocked at over 4lu/hectare .I will skip onto a shorter rotation of 25 days if growth takes off but i am in dread of soil moisture deficit .Cows are milking well for me at 25l ,p back to 3.3 though 1 kg meal .If i was any shorter rotation so far this year i would be running around mad with fertiliser and probably caught for grass on top of this!!!The real saving though is in less meal being fed to cows.I think it is crazy lads on 18 day rotation trying to push milk and with milk at 30 cent base ,they are only buying the milk
Seems like a very good plan to hold moisture in the ground.Imo a long rotation between grazings is a winner especially this year .I am on about 28+ days of rotation and just gone into 3rd round of grazing .I had to pre mow some paddocks at end of 1st rotation but grass quality is holding up well .I am high stocked at over 4lu/hectare .I will skip onto a shorter rotation of 25 days if growth takes off but i am in dread of soil moisture deficit .Cows are milking well for me at 25l ,p back to 3.3 though 1 kg meal .If i was any shorter rotation so far this year i would be running around mad with fertiliser and probably caught for grass on top of this!!!The real saving though is in less meal being fed to cows.I think it is crazy lads on 18 day rotation trying to push milk and with milk at 30 cent base ,they are only buying the milk
Lovely kidn rain out tonight. Very welcome, will give everything a lift for a few days.65 72is the best we have done nights are too cold and there is no kindness in the weather demand is 62 inc 2 kg meal
I wouldn't be measuring grass but anybody would notice the drop off in growth, anything grazed tight is struggling to recover, the rest is heading out.Back down to 65 for the last 5 days here, it was over 100 before that. Grass has lost all colour again, cold rain and a cold wind is the problem. 12 degrees is all it was today as was 9 at one stage.
growth of 68 down from 78