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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Great to hear you're close to moving into the farmhouse now Sam
That bank looks good considering how it was back in September.
That bank looks good considering how it was back in September.
In a couple of weeks isn’t it?Great thread @Samcowman look forward to hearing about the place when I see you next!
Nice to see some sunshine, it's been so dreary down here that I have gone searching the internet for it.In a couple of weeks isn’t it?
Reminds me have an update to do now we have internet, well a dongle it’s a long process getting internet sorted out in the sticks.
last calf was born the other day, a pedigree bull looks decent at this age so fingers crossed he goes on well and can go to work somewhere in the future. The dams calf from last year has just made the cut as a bulling heifer for this year so he should be good enough to register.
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we have had a lot of rain like everyone else. This is the water coming downhill off of one of the tracks. We have a hedge line to put across the bottom of the steepest part of the slope the track is in the try and alleviate this problem a bit.
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More fencing this is splitting a 25 acre pasture field in half to help manage grazing better. Used a couple of clipex eco strainers here and found them easy to put up myself and seem pretty strong I can then run the poly wire off of either side when I have enough time to set the water up properly. That will have to wait until after TB testing. Part 1 is next week with all the youngstock on the main holding and the cows a couple of weeks later. Then the calf holding after that.
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this was today finally the sun is out and it was definitely a shorts day. These autumn R1s are coming towards the end of their first rotation. This permanent pasture field was bale grazed lightly in October. They are on 0.2ha/day for the 60 of them. It could probably do with being taken a bit tighter but without any cows to follow them and I don’t want to make them eat all of the brown grass in the bottom it’s a compromise but they do seem to be doing a decent enough job. A twice a day shift would probably be better for trampling but with ground conditions to get to this one travelling there once a day is enough.
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this wasn’t from today but is a decent fence line photo showing the above field.
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I’d say this level is right for this stock class and this paddock. They are definitely being non selective eating all the docks. And with a decent recovery before next grazing should start to get on top of the docks here.Nice to see some sunshine, it's been so dreary down here that I have gone searching the internet for it.
I reckon you're all over it, Sam, really if you're doing nonselective grazing then what they actually leave in the paddocks is only ever that, at the density you're using to achieve it.
The more we let "that grass height thing" simply be what it is, the more and further we can see
Contrasted with selective grazing, what we leave behind makes a significant difference to what's there when we get back in a few weeks, because in the grand scheme of things, that's tomorrow!
My advice is to let them eat each pasture and each plant to whatever level they think is "right" and see what you need to adjust next time
Docks, said to be high in iodinewe are grazing long grass at the moment, would have been cut, in a couple of weeks, the theory being, the large residual, of 'stemmy' grass, will help protect the soil from to much damage, looks to be working.
Would have kept them in for a few more days, they were loudly complaining about that idea !
funny about them eating docks, ours now will. Presumably there is 'something' in docks, that they need/like. Just wish they had found it years ago.
If I saw all that hay on the ground I would cry, especially if I may be short for winter. Cattle standing on hay is a red line for me.cows are going well on the bale grazing. They are leaving a little bit behind but not enough to be worried about. 1 bale and the little bit of fresh grass a is lasting these 20 a day. There are some denser bales being delivered tomorrow. Still need more grub for the winter but the longer it stays warmish the better at the moment for the feed situation.
I did have the mowers booked for today but with the rain overnight and the forecast the later this week they were cancelled and hopefully get it next week it’s 12 acres of Italian and some annual clover so will be decent stuff when we do get it.
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If I saw all that hay on the ground I would cry, especially if I may be short for winter. Cattle standing on hay is a red line for me.cows are going well on the bale grazing. They are leaving a little bit behind but not enough to be worried about. 1 bale and the little bit of fresh grass a is lasting these 20 a day. There are some denser bales being delivered tomorrow. Still need more grub for the winter but the longer it stays warmish the better at the moment for the feed situation.
I did have the mowers booked for today but with the rain overnight and the forecast the later this week they were cancelled and hopefully get it next week it’s 12 acres of Italian and some annual clover so will be decent stuff when we do get it.
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