Educator Mark Tupman
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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…
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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
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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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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Mark Tupman posted an update in the group
4 months agoPlant Nutrition 4 months agoTimely.
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Reply to Grazing before leaving for hay
Hi Will,
Yes, you can and should graze it now as this will set the scene for another round of vegetative regrowth.
I would be inclined to get the animals in there with high mob density and take the whole lot down quickly, but more completely. This will make for a more even stand of regrowth. Only partially grazing the area will result in…
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Reply to Biochar - Black Gold?
The addition of biochar to compost can improve the holding capacity, stability, biological status etc… of the finished product. Applying biochar enriched compost to the soil somewhat emulates the process used in the Amazon rainforests to create the rich terra preta soils that persist to this day. This could be a good practice to try in the poor…
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