Keeping the herd fed in summer 2022
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Hi everyone, at long last I have a video out for your viewing pleasure 🤣🤣
In this video that I filmed in July I talk about how we have managed to feed the herd through the dry summer.
Hope you enjoy watching and thank you for watching.
If you want to contact me please email me a cotlandfarmer@gmail.com
Great to see a spring calving herd in Pembrokeshire, its the best system for that county,dont listen to the tarmac farmer guy's.
Nice to see someone farming properly not just letting their cows room the farm A lot of RUclipsrs could learn from you
Turnips look well 👍
Good to see you back the cows are looking well and it been bloody dry keep up the good work 👍👍
Good to see you back really interesting to see how well the stubble turnips have done 👌🏻👍🏻
What a genius move! Be nice if you uploaded a little more often Gareth?
Thanks Robert, I hope to upload more regularly. 👍
Good to see you again keep up the great work
Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴
Well that was a great decision to put green crop in 👍you could have warned the rest of us😂love the drone footage 😁
Thanks 👍
If only we could predict the weather. 👍
Looks like a good crop of turnips 👌
Question . Do the cows eat the turnips out of the ground , or just graze off the tops ?
They eat the whole thing, took them a few days to start eating the bulbs but once they got the taste for the bulbs they were munching flat out.
@@Cotlandfarmer Thank you for the reply .
What kind of grass is this ?
Stubble turnips are part of the brassica family. It's a fast growing "catch crop" good to grow bulk quickly for dairy cows and good for fattening lambs and beef cattle. 👍
@@Cotlandfarmer thank you for the information
What was the plant date and the first graze date
Planted early in April and started grazing at the end of June. Usually need 11 to 12 weeks after planting to start of grazing. 👍
Brilliant idea, I've run out of grass last 2 years, been feeding straw for 3 weeks but cows have lost condition so I'm feeding silage now. Only did 1st cut and a bit 2nd cut. Grim winter ahead, need to change something going forward if N stays so expensive.
The turnips have been a big help this summer but I am short of dry cow fodder for the winter. Need a few loads of hay I think.
@@Cotlandfarmer or Oat straw and pour on Molasses, they will clean the floor. I've had 3 loads delivered for £80.
Definitely gonna give your idea a go next spring in a field that's due to come out of grass and into WB. Either cut or graze mid May then direct drill ST. Graze mid August??
If u sow in may and its dry and no rain they might not grow??