Karen Tearney
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That’s a great point Kate and I’ve done much deliberating on that matter :-/
What I’ve come to is that, yes, we can use grazing to prolong vegetative growth of annual species to some degree but it all happens pretty quickly in spring and we can only apply this strategy for a limited period of time.
The bottom line is that we want our plants to…
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The trick in our short growing season with annuals is to try to keep the pasture in a vegetative state- that can be a challenge if you don’t have enough livestock.
What do you think about leaving some paddocks to ‘stockpile’ for summer standing feed and focus on the remaining paddocks for quality. By that I mean moving slow enough to ensure…
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One of the most important things we can do for soil and pasture health, which translates to livestock health and productivity, is to avoid overgrazing.
So, what exactly is overgrazing?
Well, it has more to do with how soon we graze a plant than how much of it is grazed.
Plants all need to put on good vegetative growth in order…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new post. a year ago
Talkin' Composting for Farms with Mark TupmanIn this episode Jo & Kate talk to Agroecologist Mark Tupman on all things composting for farms – what the options are, how to make…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new event. a year ago
Better Hay and Silage WorkshopHow good is your hay/silage? Access to quality preserved fodder empowers farmers to maintain productivity during the summer/autumn feed gap and when late breaks, cold…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new post. a year ago
On Farm Composting Information HubHow to make simple, low labour & high-quality compost. This On Farm Composting Information Hub is a legacy product of an On Farm Composting Roadshow…
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No soil air, no soil life.. no soil life, no soil structure .. in the paddocks spread with dam soil that is.
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Lower Blackwood LCDC recently ran a workshop on Monitoring and Recording Data for a Pasture Program. Participants got out in the field and had a go at gathering information on the status of their pasture and soil, to identify where things were going well, or not so well.
A range of different methods were explored to get an indication of how… Read more
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Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions
Next time I move the sheep I’ll have to see how that compares with the graze at beer can height analogy (ie are the lower leaves also yellowing at beer can height, or 10cm) or does it need to be higher)
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