Grazing Management
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Mark Tupman posted an update in the group
Grazing Management 2 days agoThis interview with Jaime Elizondo goes into quite a few of the grazing principles we have been talking about. Well worth a listen if you find yourself at a loose end during the seasons break 🙂
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-force-of-nature-podcast/id1745009501?i=1000654741736
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
Grazing Management a week agoSweet Vernal Grass
I have several paddocks that are dominated by this – any advice I was there on how to vastly reduce it?
I’m working on my soil, amendments and liming every year.
any particular amendment I need to increase?
in the autumn, should I till it and then seed? Or direct drill into it?
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Hi Will,
liming won’t get rid of it, however it will help with the establishment of improved species like clover and ryegrass. I would suggest improving one paddock at a time. A soil test will be helpful in identifying if phosphorus is available. (Colwell P test in conjunction with PBI). If it is low you will improve your chances of success by…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Grazing Management 5 weeks agoFor grazing land managers in the Augusta Margaret River Shire – we have extended the application deadline for our Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2025 to Wednesday December 18th.
The program is aimed at land managers interested in learning the fundamentals of an ecologically based approach to agriculture. Click through for…
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Regenerative Agriculture In Practice Program (RAPP) 2025 - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Regenerative agriculture is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to farming or land management. There’s also no strict rule book, but the holistic principles
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Mark Tupman started the discussion Ryegrass Recovery in Spring in the forum Grazing Management 6 weeks ago
Hey Folks,
On the topic of “Grazing in Spring in a Mediterranean Environment”, I’ve taken a couple of pics from my green season grazing paddocks to illustrate what adequate recovery of ryegrass, prior to seed set, looks like.
One pic shows some ryegrass going to seed in spring, before it has reached 3 leaf stage. In this case we would…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Grazing Management 7 weeks agoIn case you aren’t a subscriber to our podcast channel, check out our latest podcast on Spring & Summer Grazing with Mark Tupman and south west cattle farmer Eric Dobbe – its a cracker!
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/spring-summer-grazing-in-a-mediterranean-climate/
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Spring Summer Grazing In A Mediterranean Climate - Lower Blackwood LCDC
In this episode we chat to agroecologist Mark Tupman and cattle farmer & Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development Technical Officer
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group
Grazing Management 2 months agoPretty nube question here – what kind of grass is this? I have a lot of it & stock not eating it at this stage.
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sweet vernal grass. Not a highly productive or palatable grass. Common where there is low soil fertility- particularly low phosphorus!
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That’s me alright – low phosphorous and low potassium. Thanks for that Eric
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment in the forum Grazing Management 2 months ago
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Cheers Mark, I will probably move them onto the stockpile feed when they finish in this current paddock at the end of the week .. in the meantime will try for a higher density stocking rate in the cells.
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment in the forum Grazing Management 2 months ago
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My take is that you cant push sheep much harder at this stage Kate. It sounds like your dung scores and condition are good. The fact they are not eating as much of the forage and leaving stem material is less of an issue with annuals as there won’t be much leaf recovery from now on and the residue will provide you with some good soil cover over…
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment in the forum Grazing Management 2 months ago
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Admittedly I have destocked to the point that mob grazing is challenging .. but this is the best I could get in terms of utilisation after a 2 day graze with our sheep – they are not very interested in eating much beyond the top third of the grass with more trampled than eaten. So should I force them by keeping them in the cell for longer or do…
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment in the forum Grazing Management 2 months ago
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I have quite high leaf to stem ratio, even with the longer recovery periods. The cow pats are telling me that I am still a little low on fibre at the moment! This will change as we get towards senescence, but that will be a while off here.
the question about cows vs sheep: I’m not sure on the answer to that, but I do like the way cattle…
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