Rolling

rushvalley

As we are now in March its time to start the field work again. Just wandering do many of ye roll the land?
Is rolling really necessary or is it just causing compaction ?

Here we would roll the whole farm this time of year and roll any fields the cattle poach again during the summer. Would be interested in getting other peoples views on this

Reggie.

rushvalley wrote: »

As we are now in March its time to start the field work again. Just wandering do many of ye roll the land?
Is rolling really necessary or is it just causing compaction ?

Here we would roll the whole farm this time of year and roll any fields the cattle poach again during the summer. Would be interested in getting other peoples views on this

We use a combination of flat roller and ring roller around here

Zr105

We used to roll the whole farm every year, now its only silage ground or else chain harrow and roller on badly poached ground. Duno if there was any difference as regards compaction but didnt miss it on grazing ground....

49801

Stoney ground that could be silaged and would damage a mower will be rolled

Dickie10

wanted to bring this up againn, my brother insists rolling is very good for all grassland and promotes growth by tillering, seeeing as we could do with promotinggrowth on the grazed land as it was already grazed by sheep, would people still recommend rolling and beyound what height of grass should you not roll ie to high of grass

Greengrass1

Dickie10 wrote: »

wanted to bring this up againn, my brother insists rolling is very good for all grassland and promotes growth by tillering, seeeing as we could do with promotinggrowth on the grazed land as it was already grazed by sheep, would people still recommend rolling and beyound what height of grass should you not roll ie to high of grass

Rolling increases compaction which reduces grass growth.
We only roll ground we make marks in with the tractor

dohc turbo2

Dickie10 wrote: »

wanted to bring this up againn, my brother insists rolling is very good for all grassland and promotes growth by tillering, seeeing as we could do with promotinggrowth on the grazed land as it was already grazed by sheep, would people still recommend rolling and beyound what height of grass should you not roll ie to high of grass

I'm open to correction but isn't most of the tillering done early and why having bare paddocks before housing best for the new tillers