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A group to explore & discuss a range of approaches to grazing management and the impact of the different strategies on pasture dynamics, growth and production.
Thanks Mark. Goodies’ mix has 1% Diakon Raddish included.
I will look into sourcing other seeds. As these won’t have Rhizobia or Vermicast inoculant, should I add something? I’d have to source a compost slurry as I don’t have any of my own yet (later this year 🤞).
Yes, it is quite hard to source such mixes ready made. We get custom mixes like this one made up for clients in bulk through Nutrien Ag/Bells but the order has to be over 500kg.
The goodies mix makes for a good base and yes, adding some of the other species mentioned and some clover is a good idea.
Thanks for posting this Mark. I saw this slide of the annual mix cover crop at the Warren Ag Show presentation. Where would this type of mix be sourced from? Is it a case of having to purchase all of the seed types individually? I have found one provider of locally grown seeds (Goodies Farm) who coat their seeds in Rhizobia & Vermicast but…
We’re at that time of year where many farmers are thinking about seeding pastures.
One of the hot topics lately has been around the use of multi species cover crops in grazing operations.
The issue is that many of the species used in cover crop mixes are not very graze tolerant and they must be allowed to reach the latter stages of maturity if…
I did a lot of trials with grazing last year while I was doing the Jaime Elizondo total grazing course and I wanted to share an observation re grazing annual species in a Mediterranean environment.
What I noticed is that the animals happily grazed most of the vegetative forage early in the season, but were prone to scours etc. so did better…
So you mean that mid growing season mob should be eating down to past golfball height & not returning until well past beer can height .. assuming mob density is at the right level for an even graze.??
Andrew Angelino would be one fella worth tracking down he’s in Mount Gambier SA on the edge of the limestone trending towards volcanic soils gone from fortnightly N application to growing soil in an organic biological system has come a long way since this article was written years ago but it’s about all I could find.
It is amazing to witness the positive impact one group can have on an industry. Recently we have seen a flood of interest from the Tasmanian and Victorian dairy industries. In fact we have recently conducted two, well-attended four-day Certificate … Continue reading
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