Where's the one that was wandering
How would lads rate the grazing season in general? I must say we learned more positive lessons this year than other.
Best investment by a long shot was a couple of hundred metres of polywire and about 40 plastic stakes. Ended up with the farm all divided up in paddocks of no more than 2 acres, utilization was superb at all times no doubt helped by the weather.
One of the other best decisions was cutting nearly 20% of the grazing area on June bank holiday weekend as strong paddocks. Really tidied up the farm. We were sorry we didnt take out more and lesson learned! Honestly say we won't cut anymore dedicated second cut silage here again.
Never did so little damage in the backend and the farm is eaten reasonably clean too.
Biggest downer was the late turnout. Usually we'd have yearlings out on March 17th and sometimes in late February. I'd have to check my diary here but it was April 25th or so this year :tdown:
If we had some rain in June/July and a drier March , I'd take this year again any time from the grazing side.