TooOldBoots wrote: » A lot of Calendar farmers about. The last 2 weeks have been smashing, cattle out, feed bill reduced, all healthier outside. Lads here talking about cattle in till May!! thats a 6 month winter. ffs if thats the type of farming then they are either overstocked or would be better off trying some other trade
TooOldBoots wrote: » A lot of Calendar farmers about. The last 2 weeks have been smashing, cattle out, feed bill reduced, all healthier outside. Lads here talking about cattle in till May!! thats a 6 month winter. ffs if thats the type of farming then they are either overstocked or would be better off trying some other trade[/QUOTE. Land around here is just too soft and wet to let cattle out yet. Nobody wants to have cattle in for six months but many farmers don't have any choice. It's nothing to do with being overstocked either.
tanko wrote: » Surely it's up to them to keep the deer fenced in properly. If they can't be bothered doing this i suppose there isn't much you can do about it.
endainoz wrote: » Have a heifer, cow and calf out, will let out a couple more calved ones after the rain next week. Weather outlook is decent from a long term point of view. This "fools spring" craic is a terribly pessimistic view on things too. I prefer to look on the positive side of things. Have decent sheltered fields though so that makes it easier of course.
DBK1 wrote: » Just got a picture from a friend of mine in Kerry and he has a fusion in baling silage today!
whelan2 wrote: » I'm assuming that's what couldn't be baled last backend.
Reggie. wrote: » Thats messing
I says wrote: » In for another fortnight at least. I’m in no panic grass only coming now. I want them to eat the bales in a part of the yard I’m going putting up a shed. No doubt it’ll be the 1st of may by the time they’ve the bales ate. I got cattle out around this time before but I find if we get any sort of cold nights in late March or early April it stalls regrowth. I’ll sit it out as was said early a fools spring.
Bass Reeves wrote: » Two year old bullocks about 4-500 kgs. Forecast is 6mm of rain both Wednesday and Thursday and 100m Friday and Saturday. .
Dunedin wrote: » You must have serious dry land to let out cattle with 100mm rain forecast
Bass Reeves wrote: » Too much grass is as bad as too little. Have good covers on 18-20 of the 25 acres of silage ground. Must graze it off before April. Left another 26 off today I have nearly 40 out now. Two year old bullocks about 4-500 kgs. Forecast is 6mm of rain both Wednesday and Thursday and 10m Friday and Saturday. I opened up the gates between the pens 3 weeks ago and cattle not as lively as normally going out. In very good condition considering that they were on silage only for the winter. Will bring 6-8 to the field around the house later in the week and let the rest off as well. It was the 26th of March last year at turn out.
I says wrote: » The last few years when I let them out this early I work from the ends in by strip grazing and meet in the middle. Grass in coming but I’m in no rush another fortnight will be grand. I never graze the silage ground in the spring I find if I do the cattle don’t thrive on the silage( my own observation).
whelan2 wrote: » How's the grazing going now? There's a gale blowing here atm and rain
DBK1 wrote: » It was third or maybe 4th cut that should have been cut last September but weather didn’t allow. Far too heavy for grazing now and a lot of it probably dying off after the winter. I think he done the right thing, at least when he fertilises it now he’ll have good quality silage around the middle of May. If all this rain comes during the week it could be another few weeks before it’s be dry enough again to get into so at least it’s out of the way now.
