Topic: Beef Cattle
Rotational Grazing Vlogs – Adapting the grazing management to stretch grass supply
Grass growth at 50kg dry matter per hectare per day and farm average cover at 1900 kg dry matter per hectare indicates that…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlogs: Growing fodder beet for pregnant ewes on Shetland
An expensive crop to grow, but Jamie discusses the value of fodder beet for ewe feed in the winter. He has experimented with…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Moving steers through rotationally grazed paddocks and clover after rain
Giles Henry at Oakwood Mill, Scottish Borders Thankful for June rainfall, Giles shows us the yearling steers during their paddock shifts and gives…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Adapting to slow grass growth and pre-mowing with dairy cows
The farm has received some much-welcomed rain so is greening up well. William has had to adapt the grazing management quite a lot…
Read More >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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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