Grazing 2021

I says

Some rain after falling last night and scuttery day here all day. Cattle are out and are content. Moved from first field today. Mob grazing for now.

CloughCasey1

I says wrote: »

Some rain after falling last night and scuttery day here all day. Cattle are out and are content. Moved from first field today. Mob grazing for now.

Have 2 paddocks in an absolute ****e after the weekend.

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Have 2 paddocks in an absolute ****e after the weekend.

I'm on my way with the guttler

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

I'm on my way with the guttler

I'll give it a rub of the grass harrow first ðŸ˜

memorystick

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I'll give it a rub of the grass harrow first ðŸ˜

Is it not too wet? A bit of dust might be a better job.

CloughCasey1

memorystick wrote: »

Is it not too wet? A bit of dust might be a better job.

Ah it is. I was only giving smart arse a dig ; )
2 days of drying and id chance it all the same. Wouldnt mind seeing the nose of the dini turning in the drive after that.

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Ah it is. I was only giving smart arse a dig ; )
2 days of drying and id chance it all the same. Wouldnt mind seeing the nose of the dini turning in the drive after that.

If the price is right

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

If the price is right

Boards rates : )

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Boards rates : )

Ram it

TooOldBoots

Smashing day, you can see the grass coming over the last week, a bit of heat is unreal.
I let the last of the store cattle out, all the cow pairs are out, only the stragglers left to calf and the culls left inside. Great start to the grazing year so far

Dozer1

Left off autumn calvers today after weighing for beep great day to let em off. Rest will be out over the next week

TooOldBoots

Dozer1 wrote: »

Left off autumn calvers today after weighing for beep great day to let em off. Rest will be out over the next week

I let out the spring calvers, I couldn't get them out of the sheds quick enough this year between scour and coughing I never had it as bad. Lucky they all survived, but idk what was the cause if it.
They are a lot healthier outside just as long as the weather holds for some of the calves to strengthen up

lab man

TooOldBoots wrote: »

I let out the spring calvers, I couldn't get them out of the sheds quick enough this year between scour and coughing I never had it as bad. Lucky they all survived, but idk what was the cause if it.
They are a lot healthier outside just as long as the weather holds for some of the calves to strengthen up

Weather not settled yet tide back to looking cat again this week we dunno wat twill do this time though I could hear the ferry again this morning which is about 4 or 5 miles away as crow flies wind gonna go north though that's for sure

memorystick

At slurry today and only had access to one field but it got nearly 4k gallons per acre of watery slurry. Didn’t think it wasn’t as wet underneath. Shure it’ll be there for the second cut! Cattle starting to clean up well.

Kevhog1988

Grass seems to be coming the past week or so. have a paddock closed off for when i start lambing next month (Better late than never), gave it fert last friday so hopefully it drives on now for the next few weeks. We had a terrible time last year with drought and no grass for ewes. They were shook when sheared even though id pumped them with nuts and hay.

I says

Grass has slowed to snails pace here with the cold the last week.

TooOldBoots

I says wrote: »

Grass has slowed to snails pace here with the cold the last week.

Yep no regrowth. Grazing conditions are good, cattle are doing no damage and cleaning the ground but nothing coming after them. I'm gonna use slurry on the bare ground I think it would work better than bag fertilizer in this cold snap

Green farmer

I says wrote: »

Grass has slowed to snails pace here with the cold the last week.

Same thing here. Just stopped dead in its tracks. We're progressing through april now, so sooner or later milder weather has to come and when it does, the place will be transformed overnight.

memorystick

Lads will be looking for rain shortly.

Reggie.

Green farmer wrote: »

Same thing here. Just stopped dead in its tracks. We're progressing through april now, so sooner or later milder weather has to come and when it does, the place will be transformed overnight.

Think after this weekend its to be warmer

Finty Lemon

I plan not to graze the silage ground this year.
It delays first cut too much and every year seems to be June before it's ready. It got light slurry in Feb, 2 bags 0-7-30 and 2 bags urea on it 2 weeks ago.

Cut in 5 weeks time and have aftergrass by June 8th
Will hopefully have enough grass without it- calf to beef

Cavanjack

Finty Lemon wrote: »

I plan not to graze the silage ground this year.
It delays first cut too much and every year seems to be June before it's ready. It got light slurry in Feb, 2 bags 0-7-30 and 2 bags urea on it 2 weeks ago.

Cut in 5 weeks time and have aftergrass by June 8th
Will hopefully have enough grass without it- calf to beef

Quit grazing it early here too. Usually ended up that it wasn’t ate until mid April which was too late to close it to get a decent crop before the end of may.

Bass Reeves

Last of the silage ground grazed off last Monday. All except last 5 acres got Urea a week ago. Slurry spread last Tuesday and Wednesday. Weather depending expect to be cutting last week in May.

whelan2

I normally graze it off. Great quality silage after it has been grazed down fully.

memorystick

whelan2 wrote: »

I normally graze it off. Great quality silage after it has been grazed down fully.

I think it’s a great job. Sheep here all winter and lovely clean ground. Nice leafy silage with very little stem when grazed in March. Can’t see the logic in not grazing it off.

I says

memorystick wrote: »

I think it’s a great job. Sheep here all winter and lovely clean ground. Nice leafy silage with very little stem when grazed in March. Can’t see the logic in not grazing it off.

I’m getting the white vermin next December ground will be perfect, according to experiment

Danzy

My silage block is behind the sheds, one of Which has had a back door cut into it so Sheep can be Left graze over winter.

Bass Reeves

Cattle out 3-4 weeks now. You can really see the way some of the Friesians thrive compared to other animals and even other Friesians. Most cattle have coated or nearly coated. A good few have only the underbelly to clean off.

wrangler

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Cattle out 3-4 weeks now. You can really see the way some of the Friesians thrive compared to other animals and even other Friesians. Most cattle have coated or nearly coated. A good few have only the underbelly to clean off.

Similar here, they've really cleaned off, they're still in the shed though.
Different looking animals...... time of the year I suppose

ABitofsense

Cows nearly finished the 1st rotation here and very little grass ahead of them. The growth has being very bad. Cold spell has really stunned it. I'm going to give a bale or 2 and slow them up & hopefully growth picks up. I was looking at pictures this time last year & the grass difference is crazy.