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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…
Donna McDonald and Kate Tarrant -
Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
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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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
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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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
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…
Mark Tupman -
Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
Thanks for your input Eric,
I think having well rested pastures up your sleeve ready to go at this time of year is key.
Re the utilisation, do you think the cattle do better than the sheep on high fibre forage?
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Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
Hi Folks,
I’ve just written a piece outlining some of the considerations that come with grazing pastures in spring, and making the transition from the growing to the non growing season. You can either download it or read it below. We would love to hear your input on how you negotiate this time of year in your grazing program.
Grazing…
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Kate Tarrant posted an update in the group
8 weeks agoTrees on Farms 8 weeks agoRowan Reid the Master Tree Grower has just started up his own podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/heartwood-podcast/id1770378517
Also available on Spotify & YouTube.. first one is with David Jenkins from Bridgetown..
podcasts.apple.com
Listen to Rowan Reid's Heartwood Podcast podcast on Apple Podcasts.
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Reply to Which form of foliar calcium to use?
Hi Eric,
We have got the tissue and sap results back from the strips where we applied a combination of micronised high calcium products including gypsum, vibrocalcite, guano and soft rock phosphate.
As suspected, there’s no discernible difference in the Ca levels between the treated and untreated strips 😏
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Mark Tupman posted an update 2 months ago
I’ve been grazing the bottom strip of this vineyard repeatedly and properly over the last few years because it was logistically easy to do so. The older vines in the background didn’t get grazed for a number of reasons.
Look at the difference in the forage.
I wanted to share to illustrate how ruminant animals are a powerful tool for…
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Reply to Which form of foliar calcium to use?
Hey Eric,
Good question.
There are a few good liquid calcium products on the market from companies like cropping solutions and sustainable farming solutions, but they are expensive. Nicole Masters recommends making whitewash with hydrated lime, other farmers are trying micronised products or using strong acids to solubilise the calcium in…
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