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sheep stocking rate

  • 03-02-2013 12:34PM
    #1
    eorna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭


    what stocking rate do sheep farmers here keep per hectare or acre?


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  • #2
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    eorna wrote: »
    what stocking rate do sheep farmers here keep per hectare or acre?

    10/ha, but have to use the mower a lot on a normal year (not this year) to clean off paddocks so could probably go to 12/ha if I wanted to....use about one bag CAN/ac. in Sept and very little more


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