once the first round is finished there,s nothing else for it only put silage back inExcellent grazing conditions around here but recovery is literally non existent, a bit of softness is needed.
Hopefully not, all silage ground grazed and the best part of a fortnight to complete the rest of the first round, can't see much of a silage crop by the 20th may though.once the first round is finished there,s nothing else for it only put silage back in
There is a lot of silage left around the country though, I see a lot of full pits on my travels around here at least.once the first round is finished there,s nothing else for it only put silage back in
well to have it, i,d rather be this way than a foot of grass and it too wet to graze itThere is a lot of silage left around the country though, I see a lot of full pits on my travels around here at least.
Not the end of the world to have to feed a bit this year I'd think
Absolutely. Cattle are happy out in the cold and stock are looking real well too i think. We have a bunch of yearlings that were on cover crop for the winter and onto grass the past week and I'm very happy with them.well to have it, i,d rather be this way than a foot of grass and it too wet to graze it
There isn’t a bit left around this side but what’s new I supposeThere is a lot of silage left around the country though, I see a lot of full pits on my travels around here at least.
Not the end of the world to have to feed a bit this year I'd think
Cows still in at night here
Remember a saying from collage/discussion group days of " grass grows grass" no sorry pal fertiliser/slurry will. Have about three days left on 1st round here. All silage ground grazed, all ground fertilised most got slurry. I am in the wetter ground now so think will spread some sul can as it never got any slurry to kick it on again. I held on to cull cows that were milking well to help get through the 1st round quicker these are heading to the mart now. Grass is tipping away nowA question for ye, are you grazing too much ground in March and not enough in February? If you want grass for the second round in early April, then that ground needs to have been grazed and either fertilised or slurried afterwards in February. No point expecting regrowth on paddocks grazed in March for early April 2nd round, it just won't happen regardless of weather.
Yes, my uncle was complaining to me on Sunday evening about how harsh the weather was (he has a very dry exposed farm) and how poor grass growth was. I queried with him what fertiliser he had spread and when. The answer was no fertiliser had been spread yet and slurry only spread on two fields which had been grazed and, surprise surprise, were growing well again and would be ready to graze again next week.Remember a saying from collage/discussion group days of " grass grows grass" no sorry pal fertiliser/slurry will. Have about three days left on 1st round here. All silage ground grazed, all ground fertilised most got slurry. I am in the wetter ground now so think will spread some sul can as it never got any slurry to kick it on again. I held on to cull cows that were milking well to help get through the 1st round quicker these are heading to the mart now. Grass is tipping away now
That happened me this year, usually get close to the 30% grazed before the end of February, only 15% this year. The early grazed paddocks are up to 1100 but I still have 20% to get a first graze so I'll be over and back between first and second round for a week or 10 days.A question for ye, are you grazing too much ground in March and not enough in February? If you want grass for the second round in early April, then that ground needs to have been grazed and either fertilised or slurried afterwards in February. No point expecting regrowth on paddocks grazed in March for early April 2nd round, it just won't happen regardless of weather.
Exactly correct, and aren't you lucky that you will still have some of the first round for the few days in April. The problem is where you don't get enough grazed in February and then you race around the farm in March and then you are left with nothing all of a shot on April 1st. That seems to have happened to a few around me anyways.That happened me this year, usually get close to the 30% grazed before the end of February, only 15% this year. The early grazed paddocks are up to 1100 but I still have 20% to get a first graze so I'll be over and back between first and second round for a week or 10 days.
I think many haven't realised that 60 days 20kgs a day is needed to get to a 1200 cover at the start of April. A neighbour leaves off yearling heifers at the start of Feb to get ground coming back in April for the second round.
We're lucky here that all the land is in one block so we can access it all without having to even cross a road. There's a lad a few miles from me on bog that has the cows out every day since the start of February and most of those days were twice a day grazing. He's spent big on soil fertility and roadways for access to the whole home section and he's growing some 14t+ of grass a year.Ai man was here today he said the lads who were out early are back feeding silage. He was on a farm yesterday and cows were all standing at the gap bawling to get in