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Recent trip to Netherlands provides a little insight into Cow Building design
Cows Still Grazing 7 months on !.
Seeding Demo with Townson Tractors And Greenmaster Seed Drills
Grazing cows this year has been a dream compared with last year, some herds in this area have been grazing for 7 months plus now, unheard of last year. This week grass has been growing at 55kg/dm/ha (this is a may growth rate).
Saw some fantastic maize trials last week near Chester, many thanks to Ian and the team at Effective Micro Organisms for sorting this, the variety trials and the E28 fertiliser where really eye opening.
We had a great day looking at the merits of renovating pastures with a green master drill (see above), I will keep you posted on how the reseeded fields look in time.
Grass still Growing in the good wether
Grass Growth this week appears to be holding up in the Mid 50’S Same as 10 days ago, so on average milk from grass alone worth approximately 5-6 litres, for high yielders, (some systems will be higher than this ).
Soil temperature’s still 16-18 degrees.
Grazing Grass still steady growth at 50 Kg
Grass growth on the measured grazing platforms still running around 50 Kg/DM/day for the north west (Lanc’s/Cumbria area). predictions are that grazed grass for August is worth Maintenance plus 5-6 litres of milk, so time to start readjusting dairy rations to fit this !.
Grass Growth down by 38%
Grazing grass paddock growth rates are running at approx. 35-40 Kg (July average should be 55-60 kgdm/day).The rain is going to make a difference to this al being well
The rainfall should now signal the time to start looking at reseeding and planning which fields need work on, also now is the time to look at pasture renovation as soils are warm and grass growth is slowing down a little enabling the new grass’s to establish themselves, don’t forget Agscope supplies John Watson and BSH seeds.
Grass Growth Slows down
Current grass growth is running at between 32-64 kg /DM/Ha , in the Lancashire /South Cumbria region, it is slowing down as expected with dry weather and grass curve kicking in. It means that has a graze to graze period of approx. 30 days.
Grass Protein 22-26% , Dry Matter 20% plus, ME 11.5 , means a potential yield from all grazed grass of 16-17 litres.