Video Publications
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Grazing with cattle and sheep and slowing pasture growth on Bute.
Ian is grazing the cattle and sheep together for greater grazing pressure. He discusses that he wants to graze the grass down to 1500 [kilograms of Dry Matter…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Permanent pasture responding well to Leader-follower rotation
Cows and Calves follow behind the ewes and lambs at Scholland Farm on Shetland. Increase kg/ha 40%. A top tip for temporary electric fencing too!
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Grazing Dairy Heifers
Previously set stocked, the heifers are now rotationally grazed at Forest Farm which has led to more consistency in their growth rates ready to be bulled at 14-15…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Leader Follower Grazing
Leader-follower grazing is where a priority group graze the best grass and the follower group tidy up behind them. In this video Jamie shows his leader-follower system and…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: GrassCheck – Measuring grass at Oakwood Mill
Giles discusses how and why he measures grass. By using a rising plate meter, he quantifies the grass in kilograms of dry matter per hectare. This is…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Adapting the Grazing platform – a surplus of grass
William discusses the use of dry cows and taking paddocks out for silage to deal with excess grass.
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Pasture quality at Oakwood Mill
Giles shows us his year old reseed with steers grazing and he shows what his grass looks like after three rounds of rotational grazing.
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Adapting grazing in cooler May conditions on Shetland
Grass growth on Scholland Farm has been slow due to cool may conditions. Therefore, the ewe and lamb grazing has been adapted and the cows are grazing shorter…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: An update after some rain
Forest farm was getting quite dry, in this video, William returns to the heifers following 10 mm of much needed rain.
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Scalpsie – the plan for 2020: deferred grazing & adapting for dry weather
Ian gives an overview of Scalspie farm. With unseasonal dry weather this spring, he has had to adapt the plan to keep the stock going.
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