Grazing Management
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Carl Smith started the discussion Regen Dairy Farming in the forum Grazing Management 11 months ago
I grew up on an NZ dairy farm, and have been involved with many aspects of farming in NZ for many years before shifting to WA 4.5 years ago. So I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of Regen Dairy farming, how that looks and are there any farmers doing this in WA.? Many Thanks,
Carl
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Photo is of
high density vs low density (neighbour) last summer and plantain responding to late summer rain.
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Kate, the intention is to match the experience that Mark described earlier regarding utilisation, trampling and manure on stockpiled feed over the non growing season.
This is best achieved with the high density grazing, which is a combination of small area and frequent moves. The main difference between the growing season and non growing will…
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Kate Tarrant replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Redmond, WA. Which is 20min out of Albany.
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Great stuff Eric. Where are you? So good to have working examples underway 🙂
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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That’s awesome Mark to hear someone else’s experience with ‘total grazing’. There wouldn’t be too many around these parts that have heard about it.
I haven’t yet done the course but am thinking about it. I am going into my first summer under this system and so far so good.
Everyone around me is cutting silage and now hay, which is early due…
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Stock density is really important. I have 70 cow, calf pairs and 20 heifers on about a ha/day to achieve the grazing pressure required.
It doesn’t matter if you get the daily area a bit wrong. I’m always learning and adjusting according to pasture biomass availability, composition and time of year. The point is you are not grazing the new…
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Who wouldn’t want some of this when everything is drying out.
Plantain, well and truly recovered as confirmed by the yellowing lower leaves.
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion How to Avoid Overgrazing in the forum Grazing Management a year ago
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Some pics of a stockpiled/sabbath area after a graze. One could argue that there’s wasted feed but the soil microbes don’t think so. I’ll be watching to see what regrowth is like under that mulch. These will be the priority green graze areas next season.
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