Grazing 2022

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119772749#Comment_119772749

Grass is only water standing up now, we're finding the grass isn't feeding as much as the grass measuring would forecast. Sheep are flyng through the paddocks

Mooooo

Grass ahead of youngstock alright if weather holds. Calves fine incalf heifers prob too heavy if weather doesn't improve in the next week. Could keep cows out till mid Nov by day again if things slow down rain wise if not it will be nov 1st

Siamsa Sessions

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119773687#Comment_119773687

Same as that here. Plenty grass but it’s only flowing thru them. Started giving the calves straw outside for a bit of soakage/fibre to help keep them right. Cattle gone in now for the duration. Higher stocking rate here this year is a different beast to manage!

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119773982#Comment_119773982

Most other years you'd fly it at a similar stocking rate but this year has been a bitch, we usually put in the ewes on 1st dec, this year we'll struggle to keep them out until the rams come out on 12th Nov. We ordered cobs for them yesterday to stretch the grass.

Lambs are allgone here now..... but for that we'd be feeding them too

_Brian

Horrific weather here this morning again... Grazing for another 10-14 days if the weather would just ease off a bit..

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119774160#Comment_119774160

Same here, lots of grass but ground is getting softer.

fulldnod

We are missing alot of heavy rain here, like July/aug/sept, grass is still growing well, had 18deg the other day, milked in a t-shirt, giving the cows silage during milking, hopefully they will be out Day and night until mid Nov

funkey_monkey

Got this year's calves in now they were doing nothing outside. Put in a few heifers too, so just the cows to bring in when there is a break in the weather to get them in dry.

Would have liked to keep them out longer but they are tramping the ground and skittering.

memorystick

Ground getting spongy at this stage. Only 12 left out and they have to graze a bit of kale. Some growth for the end of the year.

Siamsa Sessions

Weanlings still out here. They've a few more acres to go before going onto fodder rape.

Loads of grass everywhere since last round of grazing. You'd be hoping the weather might be someway dry in Feb to get them out early.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119852362#Comment_119852362

Fair play you must have great ground. Ground was getting spongy with us a month ago! Have you much Kale to graze?

memorystick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119852775#Comment_119852775

About 5 acres. I might leave it for the sheep. It's smothered with barley so not much on it. Sowed late also.

davidk1394

Cows out by day here. I'll be finished grazing in the next few days. I have the weanlings still out grazing stubble for someone.