Beef grazing 2024

Let out all my stock over the last week, ground soft but holding up.

Back fencing them as they move along, covers are fairly heavy but hopefully I'll get through it without taking bales off.

I am opposite. Prefer to have them full going out so they don’t gorge themselves. No idea why I do that really but try to have a fresh bale in front before if possible.

Happy medium.

I keep mine fairly hungry for a night before.

Just before they go out they get a handful of hay or meal to put a dry foundation in the stomach before they gorge on damp grass.

I'm down to one bale of straw and when that's trampled in, they're getting the door out. Im not going scouring the country for €65 straw bales. The few bales of silage can sit where they are until next winter.

I'm sh1t sick of bedding them anyway and they're better off out even if I've to put them on rough ground and throw them a bag of nuts until the fionán grows up.

The cursed sheep are eating what grass is around at the moment. A bad spring for organics - I only got (imported) slurry out on one farm a few days ago so there is less grass than usual.

Good job bass. Simple way of reseeding

I’m borrowing one of them next week to harrow some poached ground wouldn’t be as bad as yours was was just badly damaged in December last year with the cows. Gona give it fertiliser one pass and roll it. Maybe mole plough it or I can do that in the summer after a cut of hay off it. I will be buying a harrow next year. Wasn’t sure which type to go with. But I’m looking forward to trying the same type as yours next week.

How does it work when there is abit off grass in a field does it pull it up? As I fertilised a meadow on Monday that’s was poached and I didn’t leave some tracks unfortunately was going to roll it next week but maybe I should harrow it first

I suppose that’s where the pin type Harrow would be easier in them kind of conditions. But they are two different types of harrows. I see the advantage in your type in terms of levelling land and getting rid of mole hills. I’m in no hurry to return it as all the pasture ground could do with a run of it this year but I will do them as there grazed. That would be heavy enough Harrow to still level in dry conditions wouldn’t it ?? Would you normally follow up with the roller or do u just Harrow bar when you seed.

Great info lads and that's a good job Bass.

Just a question Limo, when you say molehill do you mean from moles or just lumps from ants or in general.

As far as I knew we don't have moles here but I'm open to correction on that one?

How long after spreading protected urea until grazing?

24 units, good shot of rain since.

12 days ok?

Grand, I thought so but was doubting myself.

Hopefully the grazing kicks off the growth.

Thanks

Similar here, getting tight on grass, but the odds would be stack in our favour at this time of the year. The weather at the moment is a help

Probably a very novice question but I’ve a good bit of urea and can spread on grazing ground after the first round but had to put cattle back into the paddocks quicker than I’d have liked. Maybe two weeks after the last grazing. Will the nitrogen still work after it’s grazed or does it go in the leaf of the grass that has been eaten?

off topic but what weight were your yearlings?

Completely turned for the better especially over the past 3 days. Heat is in the ground now after a bit of sunshine. Grass is starting to bomb

Yes out. Not good your only heading out now. Is land still not trafficable?

Mine are all out, in briefly last week but out again.

Silage ready to go this week, then pressure off for a while I hope.

Spreading 25 units of 29-0-14+S on grazed fields this week so should see grass flying up.

what would be a good ration to fatten cattle at grass?

A dry 3 or 4 way mix with plenty of maize. I use a mix from a local merchant, maize, barley, soya hulls, citrus and a bit of minerals added in. Get great results with it and it’s well priced. Barley and maize make up near 3/4’s of the mix so plenty of power in it.