Zero Grazing - is it the way Forward for Finishing Cattle?
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- That's Farming paid a visit to the Farm of Shane Reilly in Co Mayo. Shane is currently finishing 80 cattle with the help of a Zero-Grazer. Shane is not providing the cattle with any meal and is finishing the cattle on a pure grass fed diet
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Hello ..am Nicholas from Kenya .. a young man who has a great passion for farming specifically cattle farming .. I am really encouraged by your vedios ..I just wanna be like you man and be doing this amazing job ..God bless
Great system! If I had a farm I would do this but I only work in farming. So many misinformed and unpleasant comments on here from people who do not know what they are talking about. His grass must be good enough quality in order to avoid not supplementing with minerals or a concentrated feed. well done that farmer!
Plus the whole benefit of parasite reduction. They dont have to eat where they poop anymore. Over here it rains all the time and my pasture is just destroyed and turned into a muck hole.
I just have 4 cows, and a tiny bit if land and a zero grazing system is top in my wish list.
If you’re destroying your fields then the cows are either too large of a breed, you have too many in a given paddock, or you aren’t rotating enough.
@@jesserahimzadeh4298 I'm a poor person, with little land and big cows. I inherited land and split between siblings so only have less than an acre.
@@jesserahimzadeh4298 you haven't been to the west of Ireland?😅 I have sheep n they plough some of the ground I have, very few cattle are out over winter it rains a lot here, November to March the ground is saturated. Doesn't matter what breed cattle u kept they would make shit of the ground here
@@s00045732 I believe you but I've seen 300 head of cattle (under 1000lbs each) in a wet field for a short time and there is very little evidence they were there. The key is frequent moves. It takes some improv and observation skills but greatly cuts down on the need for infrastructure and moving grass and manure.
A good rotational grazing setup is far more satisfying
to people imagination only, not to the cows when the weather turns to mud. Listen to what he's saying.
@@coffeehugger ...and that smaller portion of the year they can be moved off the pasture...so not sure what your point is...
@@simonspeedo8122 if you watched this guy talk which I'm guessing you didn't, he talked about nonstop rain and mud, ruin of the greasy pastures. He may have rotational grazing, but that would not fix such a season. But I know you don't have that where you live so that's my point.
@@coffeehugger really not sure why you thought I had not watched it as not suggested anything that indicated that. Your dismissal of rotational grazing is based on you not even sure if he had tried it or not. So undermines yr point really, also you are also way off cue if your suggesting that any farm is excessively too wet to graze in the summer time ,even in a one off wet year there are still periods where provisions can be made to enable cows to graze. This leads onto the other point , which is contradictory, your implying that it can be too wet to graze cows but is ok to run a tractor and a heavy zero grazing machinery set up across the ground...
Have a think about what you are saying here....
@@simonspeedo8122 Simon, if you are able to finish, not just graze, but actually finish 80 beef at 2lb a day gain on 20 acres of forages then you have it all over me. If he was grazing 80 head, would need close to 80 acres. This isn't a cow/calf, not a dairy. He's finishing beef at zero concentrate and LOOK at those animals. He isn't hating on pasture, he's just talking about the end product. If I had the building to feed with this thing, would do it today. But to save the pastures we just use a flail chopper or chopper/ box and feed green chop. This guy's outfit looks way better. To finish beef he has no fences to fiddle with and move all those animals, no weather issues, no flies, no water to hook up. Saves time and labor with great results, if what he is showing us is true.
Wouldn’t be for me like I like cows out to pasture but I can see the benefits
Yeah they think they lose weight if they're out ? Lol seems logical but unnatural I don't know
We all would like that. Its scarcity that makes us make the choices of how we do things. Do you have enough pasture to feed the flock? Its the alternative of getting three cuts of pasture that you can store and feed the flock through the 9-15 months of the year when the weather maybe too crude to and pasture be covered in snow or ice. Farming approaches vary because of constrains so while it might work for you. Limitations guide what we can and able to do. As they say "Gat to what you gat to do"
pasture grazing is good if u get regular rainfzllls and the grass grows well all summer but I have never seen consistent grass growth ever
We have always, always, Alway's finished the live stock on our farm at the end this way since 1804... No matter the animal or the bread that is the way they were finished, we had no other chose of
"Heart." We did so much for them but all they did was give us "Life and Love" how else should you finish them ???
drop a sheet metal (or plastic) vee plow in front of that boom to push the grass in one straight drive-through...should save all that fussing wearing stuff out.
I liked this model so much
makes common sense early tunrout can be trickety i am 700 ft above sea level thanks for your honest input even in dry weather
Beautiful farm
Great video, new fan here. We have a much smaller operation. Cattle look great.
They look like pigs that just crawled out of a wallow. This is what healthy, humanely-raised cattle look like, in case you forgot:
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For high rainfall areas definitely the way to go, pugging destroys paddocks. The only criticism is that Regenerative Agriculture is based around animal impact (in grasslands) so the soil in the cutting paddock may eventually get depleted of the sustaining nutrients because it's not just the manure, but also the urine, and the manure in proper form that maintains the dung beetles that soil needs and so on. If you say 'fertiliser' you aren't on the right page. Because after the recovery stage (turning dirt back into soil) the aim is to not buy any inputs from the Ag-Tech-Business who want to destroy the farmer. Maybe if he has a really good compost-making system. On that paddock the only suggestion would be to lightly seed it with herbs and legumes so the plant roots can support each other.
Very good quality video
Good video
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Looks like a brilliant system i did read dairy cows don't last as long indoors but perfect for fattening cattle
Nice video, I see the benefit but I do wonder about all the extra work assosiated with cutting the grass as opposed to changing a strip wire and the extra hours needed to put out slurry
For small farmers it’s probably ideal
Here is the deal. Yes grazing has many benefits. Cattle graze with 5 mounts. 4 being there feet which stomp grass into the soil which is good for soil but will take away volume of available feed. Zero grazing makes more feed but will require more input back into soil particular carbon. Wonder which is further ahead in a 10 year span including keeping the organic matter in soil the same
Also grazing saves manure nutrition as not so much is lost to volotulation
Sounds like big bro to me. The way of the checken and the pig.
Wowww nice pins and so clean...
Amazing job 👌
Now we know where Jamaicans get their accent from...lol great video!
Lolol. Youre not too far off.
What Accent
I only understood about 50% of what he said.
I love this farming work is too good I like it's
Very interesting, wondering how the cattle’s health holds up in the enclosure
Like all livestock kept indoors, they are constantly getting sick. It's a great way to make veterinarians and drug companies rich, though it won't do the farmer much good.
@@andreafalconiero9089 or the consumer. Id like meat from a healthy animal.
@@andreafalconiero9089that's not really true.
@lol-vz8kd that's not true at all,they are perfectly healthy in closed areas :D
The zero-grazing has to be a extra.
Not a subtitute to grazing in the land.
His only real justification is the ground being cut up when overly wet. Well that is an Ireland/UK problem. Not applicable to the US. Anyhow, cutting grass 2-4 times a day is 1. expensive 2. Completely ties you down every day. 3. Other climates don't have lush grass like that, sometimes ever!!!
@@KB4QAA my opinion: the best milk comes from cows grazing in the field. But you have a point, the UK is wet and have a terrible water system to make the fields dry.
I live in the Netherlands. Similair weather and as you know we farm under the sea water level. But i forgot that we exactly dominate the water. When its wet, we pump it away. If its dry we pump water in.
But the UK, wet is wet thats true
Nice video, cute cattle
Why dont you use a blade on the front of the tractor to push the grass up?
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would love an update on this farmer. How he finds it now. After a very wet year last year. Poor grow early this year and poor beef prices
He would probably have bough in fodder and changed their diet as winter came in. Beef prices rise and fall so some you win and some you loose just like all investments.
You should get a convayor off an old diet feeder and put it on the back of the trailer
Cows grazing add their own manure which means no fertilizer costs, less equipment costs, less fuels costs, less cleanup in the barn only need labor to move the cows in and out for milking but they will learn the routine fast. A mechanical grazier, what next a mechanical grass eating machine to feed the cows pre chewed grass?
Well said.what happened to the slogan compassion in farming.god forgive these farmers
Here’s a bazaar truth: Feed developers have “fermented grass” products. Not only is it already chewed it’s halfway digested!!!
This is only the final step of the cow cycle. Letting cows grazing only allow them to reach around 300kg when the finishing process in an enclosed areas put here weight at around 500 kg. The goal is to reduce their energy waste so they convert as much food as possible into meat and fat. Before in their lives those cows had been grazing for around 2 and a half year. This process takes only around six months. I recommend you the book "Should we eat meat" by vaclav smil. It's not a book about not eating meat but it's a review of the industry using academics paper and latest research and numbers. The book is a bit dry but short and gives a much better comprehension of modern farming.
For the ethical side of this last process, I would insist on the minimization of unnecessary suffering and ask you to put the gains ( more people feed, less land used, concentration of waste allowing their recycling) in contrast to this practice. It's then up to you to judge this step but remember that at the end, you not only need to find an ethical solution but also a realistic one if you decide to change or ban it.
Just say it’s-30 degrees during an extended 8 month winter due to the ecosystem rapidly changing. INDOOR GRAZING is a must’ve AND of course OUTDOOR EXHAUST for the methane gas.
Good arguments for adult veal effectively. How do you deal with the feet problems and lack of exercise. Cleaning must be harder without a loafing field?
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Excellent
As a customer I’d rather buy my meat that has been out in the field rather than being stuck indoors its whole life.
tmgbennett I’d agree but we consumers demand all this from farmers and want to pay them little for their toil. So the farmers adapt to the harsh financial climate that we consumers put them through. We can’t have it every way. It’s either pay top prices for it or accept that they have to produce it in non ideal conditions. One or the other it is a binary choice.
@@jonathanmcaleece9834 thank you!!!!!! So very well said!
I would have never thought of feeding our cattle that way, but it actually looks like a good deal, we can only pasture from April (if we are lucky!) To basically October, but October into November, the grass is mostly gone, done growing for the year and has very little nutrition in it.. as we run a cow/calf oporation, on ground not suited for the equipment to work on, we will pasture... But under different circumstances, I would definitely be looking into this way of providing feed for cattle!!!
A lot less waste=money in the bank!!
Jonathan Mcaleece this is why I get my meat from my local farm shop. And milk as well. I like it because I know where my meat has come from and how it has been reared.
@@tmgbennett good plan... As long as it's all on site, you know.
Lots of shops are not USDA inspected, so in order to sell meat, they have to get it from a USDA inspected facility...
You see it all over Europe farmers sick of it all. How stupid are we general public treating our farmers like second class citizens. If it’s not air pollution it’s water, if it’s not animal cruelty it’s the chemicals they use to produce our food. Everyday I thank farmers for their toil. Let just see how the public would react if all farmers stopped producing our food, in a matter of a few weeks the world would starve then you’d soon see the thankfulness for the farmers. You can’t eat money,fancy houses, nice cars. Food production is the number one thing that’s needed and we just take farmers for granted and frankly treat them like shit. Stuck behind a tractor on the road always makes me think how lucky we are to have them.
Do the cows ever get to move outside of those cages? They need sunshine ☀️ too.
Can't see it working this summer
They look healthy and content.
They sure do.
cows like to go outside. einstein
Question: what about nutrients going into the ground via manure?
And,
What about the soil needing aeration, commonly seen by cattle loafing through?.
Thank you
yes and compaction from heavy equipment. The hooves do so much to add trampled grass to the soil health. This zero grazing is bunk. just an ad for big ag.
It only works best if you are in wet environment
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The whole idea of putting up hay. 1. The green pigment is reduced by drying in the sun. Thus keeping the green out of your steak. 2. To preserve the hay for future use.
On your farm, in what time zones will you feed them fresh grass?
The animals need to be on the pasture, first of all it's healthier for them, second the pasture needs the manure and trampled on to push carbon into the ground and build soil. That would increase production and profits.
It seems to me that this uses a lot more petroleum and machinery than a more rigorous rotational grazing program would. Seems a little self defeating to be watering down slurry to put it on land that is too wet. It is also a lot of fancy housing for beef cattle. Perhaps if the farmer looked at a heritage breed that would give him hardier stock?
Now instead of employing farmhands and allowing stock to get the necessary exercise to prevent muscle atrophy and sores, farmers with limited liquidity can purchase these cumbersome machinations that will probably require a lot of fuel and maintenance, and well as reseeding costs, fertilizer and getting the herd hooked on a continuous supply of antibiotics, as any short-term benefits are outweighed by the long-term accumulation of debt. Sunk costs and whatnot. Guess some big-time agricorp will be only too happy to buy your land real cheap when the time comes.
@@Nembula bet he knows more about what makes product and money in his operation than you do.
What all of you didn;t not understand from the damn title.. is that these caw's are inside the damn shed for finish them off .. that means.. is the last damn stage in preparations before sacrifice them.. You comment about something you have no idea about. It say in the damn Title that this way is FOR FINISHING CATTLE. That is the last stage before they become MEAT for supermarket. Finishing is where the damn Marble stakes come from. So stop with your stupidity will you?
@@gattonpc What difference does it makes whether they're eating grass under a roof or on the pasture? Even when finishing?
Mob grazing for lyfe
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Nice but then you need straw bedding and to clean stalls still. Looks nice yet.
I love seeing the cows out in the field but zero grazing is definitely more efficient. We will never do it on our farm though
It depends on how you define efficiency. Using huge, fossil-fuel powered machines to cut and move grass to grazing animals that are cooped up in barns is not efficient in my book. What's _actually_ efficient is using the solar-powered legs of ruminant animals that allow them to move by _themselves_ to where the *grass* is, and cut it for themselves using the teeth and hooves that have been refined by 100 million years of evolution to do just that. A food production model that turns _mobile_ organisms (animals) into stationary ones, and _sessile_ organisms (plants) into mobile ones is completely ass-backwards, and grossly inefficient by any proper method of cost accounting. This farming method simply isn't accounting for all those costs, which is why from a certain myopic perspective it might seem _efficient_ to you.
@@andreafalconiero9089 by efficiency I meant you are able to keep more cows on smaller areas of grass. Most of the time cows will walk on nearly as much as they actually eat
@@DaveWuzHere Farming is a business, and the efficiency he should be pursuing should be net profit/acre, not cows/acre. Seeking to maximize the wrong thing is a good way to go broke. As is the idea that cows _trampling_ a portion of the grass is somehow a bad thing! That trampling is what feeds and thereby builds healthy soil -- it isn't _waste_ -- it's an _investment_ in healthier and more productive soil. The underground livestock (earthworms, etc.) need to eat as well!
The whole reason this farmer's pasture turns into a mud-pit every time he puts his oversized cattle onto it is because it is constantly being hayed. There's no sod or litterbank built up to support the weight of his animals. The problem he's trying to solve with this stupid feeding system was one he created for himself.
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@@andreafalconiero9089 If you look at agriculture as a business, considering the climate and level of development of agriculture in Ireland, Greg Judys approach is not the way to go from a financial perspective in Ireland.
His system is low stocking rate, low productivity and low costs; and this works fine in the US, where land prices to buy and rent are exponentially cheaper (Ireland has the most expensive agricultural land prices in the world, meaning you cannot just acquire enough land to make a low profit/acre system work) and you have consistent drought as a limiting factor in most of the areas he is consulting on/working with (meaning it is impractical to attempt to maximise the productivity of the land at other times of the year, it would be pointless as you would have to buy in feed mid summer to sustain your animals). On top of all of this, one of the dominant reasons his system works and is profitable in the areas that it is implemented is that it allows the ground to conserve moisture, reducing the impact of droughts; which effectively do not exist here.
You can see this most clearly in the differing dominating grass species used; endophyte infected tall fescue Vs perennial ryegrass. The US system is attempting to gleam as much as can be out of marginal land and a marginal climate (atleast as far as year round grass based grazing systems go). The Irish system is attempting to maximise the productivity of one of the best environments globally to grow grass consistently throughout the year.
@@kwoltekublai3337 Nope, not sustainable.
Humans would waste a lot less food if we were all stuck in our houses and had each meal dropped at our door. But I think we prefer having freedom to move around more than that and have a place to sleep that isn't covered in an inch of mud and sh!t
Seems simple and very good but
How do you on on in winter?
keep up the good work,
Thats a good machine, its because its only One work, It cut the grass then it pass directly to the the truck bin. Just One pass
What about everyday for grass to fed cow
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Farmers have to adapt their operations for weather, soil conditions, markets, and goverment regulations.
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*Duh...Why is he bringing the grass to the cattle?* Doesn't the cattle have legs? Isnt it better to send the cattle to the grass? Dealing with the dung and the smell is even worse... add to it the dung plastered rear of each and every one of those animal. Is dependence on machines making man dumb?
Yeah and the cows poop and pee on the forage making the ground soil more valuable
I totally agree with you. This man is taking extra burden , when the cows could manage themselves in the field.
Cows on concrete! I like Greg Judy. Very efficent and profitable.
Tomas Körmark yep l know l subscribed his channel
Greg's cows are 1000lbs this man's cows are 2000lbs it's wet in march so that is why he brings the grass into them
Plus Greg Judy works with 100s of acre of land this gentle man only has just over 20 and Ireland can be very wet
@@martineamonnugent8378 Then clearly he's finishing the wrong type of steers (not cows) on his land. He should get some that are half the size.
I would say those cattle look happy. In America we have no shortage of grazing land. In fact, 85% of U.S. grazing land is unsuitable to grow crops. Grazing on these land more than doubles the area used to raise food.
hopefully they still get let out to a separate paddock just dedicated for them to move around, enjoy life lol and have a grazing paddock separate as well.
My dream worked here in this field
a lot easier to manage the resting of the padics too.
I am Montagnard indigenous my sister have cows they raise them in field they eat organic grass.
What is the brand of these machine that cuts and picks up the grass?
made by hand engineering and sold under the Zero Grazer brand
I still feel, they must be let out for grazing
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They will eat a good bit of grass in the field if you do strip grazing
Beautifull video ❤️ thanks
What is the name of these bulls breed
Reading the comments from the parade experts on this =very cringy. If anyone takes the time to actually -heaven forbid-watch the video, the guy is a grazer. He is finishing these 80 head on the machine because the weather is too much up and down and ruining the pasture. 'Finishing' means they, cattle, are at the end. He's trying to pack weight on them for last few weeks. He feeds no grain, which is just what consumers demand. He uses absolute minimum ( 22) of acres to feed this many (80!!) and they gain like crazy, upwards 2lb a day. Think of how efficient that is, absolute amazing, could never do that on any rotation in March/April weather . Stressed cows will not gain that way. LOOK at the animals, no flies, fat and chowing down. He has healthy animals, saves a ton of land, less erosion, and makes a product that is sustainable and positive for consumers. And yet...everyone seems to think turning cows on fly soaked mud, in rain, with fence paddocks, is somehow better. Sad state of brainwashing.
Well said coffeehugger. I know exactly what the man is doing and it makes good sense. I have a retired krone silage wagon and I might be tempted to do a bit of experimental zero grazing next year if the weather hit a bad patch. I could keep the cows in, zero graze, when the weather lifts, let them out again. Weather in Ireland is always dodgy. Greetings from Ireland
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a lot of infrastructure costs. millions of dollars and manure to handle now
Zack Scott but if there on the field when it's only slightly wet cows with plough the hell out of it costing that farmer a lot of money reseeding the field every farmer I personally know being a farmer myself keeps cows or other cattle inside when it's bad weather it's better on the health of the animals just because there so called wild animals doesn't mean they don't need shelter
look up permaculture practices. also, learn proper density. you know what season you're in lower your density move more. it works for a lot of farmers because it takes a lot of understanding a practice. this.. this is just a really bad idea and will probably wreck the water table
He only bought the zero graze grass harvester so probably 60,000Euros? or $60k. No more manure as he finished beef stock inside so the manure is just the same amount. So you are quite wrong!
Firstly euros. Secondly zero grazers of that model start @ 30k€. Slurry spreading expenses are not really even a factor. Neither is the initial cost of the zero grazer if on a relatively large farm. The 3 considerable things with zero grazing are a) fuel cost of driving the machine - I think I read somewhere that the break-even point of zero grazing over grazing is 60% grazing utilisation Vs 90% zero grazing utilisation. b) maintenance costs - will be pretty low but from what I understand these machines can be prone to failure. c) (the biggest) the labour. This guy is cutting 20 acres - imagine the guy cutting 100? (That's still a medium sized farm in Ireland). That's 5 round trips assuming his machinery is identical - and there is a point at which you can't get any bigger. (20)(X)+(X) starts to add up when you get to a bigger scale - that's 105 mins + fuel + repairs for my example. But yeah it has its uses its not the perfect tool tho.
Some people like to work their asses off.
What is the average growth rate per day?
you give beautiful grass, but the animals and the barn are very dirty ...
In my country its about one year for bulls and 2 for heifers
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No because its much more profitable to graze animals on pasture without the need for huge amount of money tied up in machinery. Plus grasslands are adapted to be grazed by animals. Cutting the field does not have the same physiological effect on the plants and the soil biology. Let the animals do the work for you the way nature intended, and no need to burn fossil fuels either.
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Please for the device that the tractor is attached to, how do I get it or how much it costs
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Yeah great
Beats finishing with corn. Corn finishes a cow by killing it. I'd like to see one butchered so we can see the amount and quality of marbling.
MoreTimeThanMoney grain with corn finishing is probably the only beef you’ve eaten and love.
Yup. Finishing with grass like the video probably doesn't taste as good, but there'd be less gmo corn and environmental havoc that comes with it. Hell, there'd probably be fewer fat people too.
MoreTimeThanMoney I’ve ran several taste tests of my own and flavor is wildly inconsistent (all grass-fed). Depending on breed of cattle and type of grass forage, the meat can taste and smell fishy. That’s not something anyone can sell commercially.
I bought a couple pure bred red devons which have larger guts for processing an all grass diet. The flavor was terrible.
Black Angus cattle was bred to process feed with pasture grasses and If your from the USA, your mind is programmed to prefer the flavor of grain finished cattle.
Consumers think if meat comes from an all grass fed farm, it’s ultra premium but that’s just marketing.
@@zfilmmaker Bison is tasty too. Fishy beef would be unusual. If the methylmercury level is low, it would be a good canning replacement for pacific caught tuna. Commercially selling fishy beef would be impossible. They can't even sell fish that's not ready to eat in a can or on a plate. For me, I'd better eat the shark that's in my freezer before it's too late.
@@zfilmmaker rubbish, grass feed has a better taste all round and is making a come back here in Australia . Grain feed is not natural for cows only better for the farmer ie more run per acre. I know i have just sold my cattle farm due to age.
Look at all that overhead. Barns, tractors, chemical fertilizers, locking those cattle away instead of letting them be cattle. Start leasing some land and mob grazing. If the cattle are wrecking your pasture when it rains your cattle are to big, your not moving them enough or you're not leaving enough vegetation on the ground probably all three. Why mow when you've got a barn full of ambulatory lawn mowers right there. Just waste on top of waste.
It depends of the country you are farming. For example in Canada you will have strong winters and here in the Netherlands we have way too much rain. In Both countries the grass wont grow because of the temperature. I agree if you said: give the animals the option to move outside whenever its possible
Mike Powell every single beef farmer would love to do mob grazing and rotational grazing, but guess what it doesn’t work for everyone. No way he could run 80 head grazing 22 acres. Moving cattle every day giving them one acre to graze wouldn’t give enough time for regrowth. Greg Judy and some of the others have awesome advice on grazing and yes smaller frame animals are the way to go but some of you guys don’t understand what it’s like to get winters with 4+ feet of snow and what “wet” soil is. This guy has heavy heavy clay ground and no matter how small of a cow he put on pasture it would still tear it up. Probably not ground around him to lease for pasture either or he would have to build new fences around them which isn’t cheap when posts are $4 a piece. All the manure he gets goes right back onto his fields so no fertilizer costs
no wonder.... High output... based on high input, still figuring out if the nutritional value changes between this and rotational grazing . .. you have to spend energy in order to make energy unless you are a plant, lets pray we dont exhaust the energy sources we have before we found a new form of packed "safe" energy like oil.
Excellently stated. This method of rearing cattle is so completely wrongheaded in so many ways that it's hard to know where to start with listing all the problems. Industrial ag completely run amok.
This system makes sense cause cows are picky eaters. EG. They cut 1 acre the cows eat from the whole acre
Not sustainable, not natural, not regenerative. Good hard working people but too much metal and fuel.
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yes????how do this work wen land is flooded
What kind of grass do you plant in your farm or ranch
Good luck on the day there's an equipment breakdown. You have to move manure too. Your operation is heavily risked on machinery-- and debt?
He would have to move muck anyway so no difference. He probably has another tractor and the machine is quite simple so not bad to repair if it did break. As for debt, well most businesses carry some debt. So long as his stock are happy eating fresh grass and he earns enough to pay his way then debt is not an issue.
@japan0phile1He probably does see a reduction in feed costs because he isn't feeding concentrates which can be very expensive per ton (100+ euros per ton). All he needs to do now is divide the costs of his harvester, grass crop costs by a terms, say five years. I have not included tractor, labour and diesel since these are operating costs anyway. TB in cattle is a risk for all farmers irrespective of country and only meat producing cattle and young stock under six weeks are exempt from testing. Breeding and milk production stock have to be tested. Some areas in any country are more prone to it than others, for example, Herefordshire in England is a high risk area whereas part of North Yorkshire and Cumbria are low risk. The TB test is conclusive, there either is a reaction to the test or there isn't three days later. If the vet is good at their job, there is no mistake and all tested livestock ID's are checked as per the official livestock register for that holding. It takes about a day to do 200 head of stock subject to handling systems and age of stock.
To be fair there is always a chance an animal may not react. That being said, the test has been used successfully for decades and is EU approved and used around the world. The test is generally conclusive because it is the most reliable test otherwise it would not be approved by the EU and beyond. We can argue all day long. At the end of the day, farmers generally do their best for their livestock but some do not. Grass fed to cattle inside is good system for dairy and beef stock. I am happy to work with farmers that look after stock and have refused to work with farmers who do not observe good welfare standards. Keeping cattle out all winter in the UK and Ireland is a very bad idea because it is no good for the animals or land, end of story.
Fair comment. A better system could be implemented and infection prevention should be one of the first things to consider. I will say that farmers could do a lot more to prevent birds entering buildings and messing in food (Larger numbers of Starlings and pigeons in particular are a major problem) which would reduce health issue in cattle and better pest control to stop badgers entering premises (one of the main contributors along with already infected stock) spreading TB (Again, vaccination of wildlife would help and it can be done) and stopping foxes too. I do not believe in the wholesale destruction of badgers or foxes is the way forward. Pest's need controlling not destroying because they do serve a purpose in nature. It's a tricky one and the farmer is at the sharp end of the stick.
@@nosferatu8789 you must be buying your animal feed in the 1980's, prices nearer 330 euro a ton nowadays.
This is a very cruel practice. We've all seen how cows react when they're let out after being housed for the winter. They jump with joy, literally. But this practice does stop poaching of the land which could be mitigated by improving the drainage; yes it costs but so does buying machinery to support zero grazing.
cows need to roam fields give them some freedom
why? do his look unhappy?....lmao
I agree, this cattle never see sun....
Good
Whats the name of that machine and where can I find it?
With the amount of money spent on equipment and facilities, why not just buy more pasture? Looks like a sad existence for the animals.
Do you live outdoors? What makes you think cattle want to?
Steve Slade cattle as they are now haven’t existed for 10000 years, so no. Also, how do you explain that cattle in barns can be hard to convince to leave, even in relatively mild weather.
Steve Slade Mate I am a Kiwi! I also run my own beef cattle finishing operation, it’s been a fair chunk of my time tutoring other farmers.
What was domesticated 10,000 years ago was not the cattle we have now, it was a different species called an aurochs. Our cattle are as similar to aurochs as a corgi is to a wolf.
Minimising wastage of pasture and making sure all of the feed goes to growth and not to thermoregulation is not “babying” them, it’s economics.
In New Zealand, the vast majority of our cattle are outside 365, but we have better weather and no subsidies so our land is cheaper. In the Deep South, an increasing number of dairy farmers are building barns, and it may become economic for beef cattle too if land prices keep rising.
My original point though, was that it’s a nonsense to assume cattle would prefer to be outside in the pissing rain and snow, if they had a choice.
@@davidskiffington7039 That's a strange question, David. We are not bovine and cows are not human. And even though we do live indoors, it's not in a space the size of a closet. Our calf, goats, and sheep often don't like to be under their shelter, even in rain. I think it's because they prefer to be able to see all around them for safety.
@@davidskiffington7039 You wrote: _"Also, how do you explain that cattle in barns can be hard to convince to leave, even in relatively mild weather."_
Absolutely! Why would cattle ever want to go out into the sunshine, roaming around and eating fresh grass, when they have the opportunity to remain packed like sardines in a stinking barn covered with their own feces? The idea is ludicrous! I don't know what's wrong with _these_ cows, though:
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what type of grass they plant
Sir best dairy farm management
Wow...
You would get more grass if you didn't cut it so short over grazing the fields grass grows the fastest in the teenage stage if you let your cows out and they take the first bite of the old grass that is awesome you just restarted the growth cycle for that grass it's when that cow comes back to that same grass after it just took a bit and turns it into baby grass if your a baby you have less engy less solar panel to standmite the energy into groth cool system I feel with some playing around with grass schedule you could get even more grass happy days!