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high grass cover

  • 26-08-2015 8:17pm
    #1
    weatherbyfoxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭


    Have a 20 acre block with 15cms of thin grass cover..i dont really want to cut it as have enough fodder as is....mainly ewes here with some dry cattle so no cows to strip graze it either..any reccomdations


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    Greengrass1
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    weatherbyfoxer wrote: »
    Have a 20 acre block with 15cms of thin grass cover..i dont really want to cut it as have enough fodder as is....mainly ewes here with some dry cattle so no cows to strip graze it either..any reccomdations

    Could you give it to a neighbour to graze or take silage


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    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    weatherbyfoxer wrote: »
    Have a 20 acre block with 15cms of thin grass cover..i dont really want to cut it as have enough fodder as is....mainly ewes here with some dry cattle so no cows to strip graze it either..any reccomdations

    I have grazed stuff that was much longer than 15cm. they ate it out aswell. just use a strip wire?


  • #4
    IH784man
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    weatherbyfoxer wrote: »
    Have a 20 acre block with 15cms of thin grass cover..i dont really want to cut it as have enough fodder as is....mainly ewes here with some dry cattle so no cows to strip graze it either..any reccomdations

    Could you bale it and sell it in winter,there's loads of people talking about how there might be a shortage in silage this year around the country.


  • #5
    weatherbyfoxer
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    Would sooner graze it tbh,but if i had it in oct/nov id be far happier as it would keep the ewes going till housing and give the sheep paddocks an early break...would nearly leave it for flushing the ewes going to ram on 1st of october?...or would it be gone too far?


  • #6
    White Clover
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    weatherbyfoxer wrote: »
    Would sooner graze it tbh,but if i had it in oct/nov id be far happier as it would keep the ewes going till housing and give the sheep paddocks an early break...would nearly leave it for flushing the ewes going to ram on 1st of october?...or would it be gone too far?

    If you could get a neighbour or someone to take bales off of it and spread a couple of bags of 18's to the acre after, you would have nicer grass for flushing. 'Twud be gone way too strong if you leave it.


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