Grazing 2025

Ya they are not doing 6-700 grams a day. None of that farm has got fertlizer since August 1st except the field they are gone into. A cut of silage was taken off that around then and it got 1.75 bags of 18-6-12. Is being growing since. I considered taking silage off the heavier fields 4-5 weeks ago but land is low in fertility. It would have cost 20-22/ bale to make, bale and deliver to ther farm where shed is and another 0-80euro an acre to replace lost P&K. As well Autumn silagebis low DM so you are handling a lot if water.

There's no point in letting it standing over the winter and it's important to graze it out even if it effect performance. Every weeks extra grazingnis saving 10+bales acweek at 32 euro a bale. Or about 7 euro a head a week.

After 20 years at cattle if you cannot spot if cattle are thriving or not and the rate they are thriving at then.you might as well give up the game.

No you will not spot a daily difference but the mixture of the cattle in my bunch gives me a good idea what is happening. The friesians are holding there own with the herefords and Charley heifers. The big heavy friesuans would be the first to go backwards. They are on the heavy covers now for two weeks. I grazed off 7 acres of reseeded ground before that.

If friesians stand still they get a growthy look about them this time of year. Young lad will see them in the next 5-7 days after not seeing them for a fortnight he will have a better idea. I have other cattle outside on better pasture and this bunch are not falling behind them.

When ever I see them.they are spread accross the field grazing not huddled under the hedge another good sign. If the thrive had stopped the friesian bullock is the first to show it.

Days are short at present so cattle will graze most of the day. They tend to lie down at night. I be only looking at them once either early in the morning or late in the evening just before dusk. I would not expect them to be lying down either time

Not really, generally mine are in small area of a couple of acres. I always try to spend 15 minutes walking through them. Ya if you have a couple wild sucklers they will be flighty but friesians, Herefords AA etc generally are quite enough