How much grass have you?

stanflt

awaywithyou wrote: »

Stanflt, do you spread slurry on the grazing ground all year round??? what rate are you putting it out at? and when will that paddock be grazed again?

this is the third application of slurry this year-
first in january after cows grazed
second in may after 1st topping and again now after 2nd topping

4000- 3000- 2500 of very watery slurry

red bull

Its a brutal year, I thought a sulphur deficency only shows up in a dry year

snowman707

whelan1 wrote: »

the farm is actually wetter now than it was in the spring:cool:

that's the reason for poor regrowth IMO roots are waterlogged

stanflt wrote: »

this is the third application of slurry this year-
first in january after cows grazed
second in may after 1st topping and again now after 2nd topping

4000- 3000- 2500 of very watery slurry

+1
you can't have enough water in the slurry,

we wouldn't go as heavy as you rates, but the fields would have been very tightly grazed out with sheep a couple of times a year & fairly rich as a result



Grass wise we are ok (just about) milk yields slipped a bit 10 days ago but are back up last 2 collections, however solids and in particular P (last test 3.28) have taken a serious dip

grange mac

After 4 weeks, finally ground was dry enough yesterday to reseed it, done 8 acresand left the final two as has two patches and decided rather than wait another month 8/10 acres was better than 0.
As for water...a joke in west cork!!!
recon there will be a shortage of round bales this year, sold the grass off the field yesterday also to the contractor, he put out slurry & pallet can on the 10 acres.

my 20 bullocks still have 20 acres of a grass bank ahead of them & that is before the reseeded comes on stream.

whelan1

just brought in dry cows:o

bob charles

conditions so so here, have a good few animals back indoors where they will now stay, animals outdoors are getting a buffer feed of around 6/7kilos of DM to keep grass supply some way in front of them, grass contamination is a serious problem this year. Was in one field last week and at least 10% of the grass was heavily contaminated with soil and ungrazeable

keep going

picking up silage tomorrow off silage ground i had to graze the last time i was short in early may,then ill be able to graze the other half of that ground that was cut 4 weeks ago and was closed for second cut:(.at the same time its going to buy some valuable time for me and its better than feeding silage and its good stuff.this year is taking every trick in the book just to keep cows fed besides theres big quanity of silage but the qaulity is awful