Carolyn Gale
Producer-
Mob Grazing & Livestock Nutrition
Thanks Eric, that’s what I thought .. & yes the ewes are a bit chubby I know!
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Mob Grazing & Livestock Nutrition
I think she means a second bite of new growth, grazing the stemmy older stuff no problem but happy to be corrected!
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Mob Grazing & Livestock Nutrition
I’ve been mob grazing now since getting the sheep out of the sacrifice paddock in early June. I was also feeding hay until just a couple of days ago, had a small problem with scours with a couple of the mob but now resolved. I have been sizing the grazing cells to fit the mob for an even graze/trample of the whole cell over a max 3 day period.…
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When to start grazing the green?
Certainly has! After my last post I decided to put the mob back into the sacrifice paddock with some oaten hay I bought.. just moved them into the first strip this morning.. much more grass now!😊 Put some hay in a mobile feeder to help with the adjustment.
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Looks like getting those foliars out earlier gave the plants a good head start & stave off RELM, I got some out on a couple of paddocks at the same time as you and no sign of them whereas the other paddocks all have some to varying degrees, only got foliars on them last week – plants looking like they are going to grow through the damage though…
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An update on where we are at with our multispecies paddocks .. germination was excellent, didn’t seem to be any ill effects from sitting in the ground for 6 weeks prior to the break. We have just done a foliar feed across all of the paddocks using the attached recipe plus added some of our Johnson Su compost extract (2kg/ha). The whole job was…
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Hi Will, We have had some red legs in some of the paddocks we seeded to multi species.. in particular they were hammering the legumes & brassicas. Mark Tupman @mark suggested spraying out Magnesium Suplhate at a rate of 5 to 7kg/ha along with some molasses… our soils are quite deficient in magnesium & I think if my understanding is correct,…
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When to start grazing the green?
Ended up just extending the sacrifice paddock a bit and have bought some Oaten Hay to keep the mob going. Means I can give the rest of the paddocks a bit more time…
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When to start grazing the green?
And to you also Eric, hope you get a good dousing! We seeded 10ha with multi species and are also keeping it locked up to go to seed this year. Will have plenty of standing feed for summer/autumn next year 😃. Having a year off lambing.. happy days!
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When to start grazing the green?
Sounds very similar to what’s happening at ours. Got some foliars on some of the paddocks last week but got foiled by the rain so will be pulling out all stops as soon as this front has gone .. with very similar mix to what you are putting on ( except I had to buy the fish hydrosylate & seaweed tonic .. maybe I’ll make my own this spring.
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