From SILAGE WAGON to ZERO GRAZER

Richard Pinkerton from Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim started his zero grazing journey with a mounted front mower on a John Deere 7530 and a silage wagon picking up the grass behind. When he seen the benefits of zero grazing he connected the Grass Technology team and ordered a zero grazer, the proper machine for the job.

[@benjaminerne]

Yes

[@propheticguy]

If the cows are not on the grass how do you fertilize it, do you spread the menure back on it?

[@kieranosullivan02]

yeah a lot of money and time burnt for little gain I think

[@popandbob]

@@kieranosullivan02Cows will never spread manure evenly on the field and will add manure to whatever field they are in whether it needs it or not.
Also when grazing, cattle will go for the most desirable parts/grasses first and trample the rest causing lost feed or not complete nutrition whereas zero graze has no trampling waste and ensures cattle eat everything rather than just what is desirable.

[@MrPlusses]

They slurry spread. Better distribution.

[@Tiger-fv3nl]

​@@popandbobyou could accomplish the same thing by simply baling is as silage and storing it. We do it once in the spring and then we are done for the year.

[@popandbob]

@@Tiger-fv3nl If they do it as one and done they are missing out on 2/3rds of the growing seasons growth. Also there are substantial costs to setting up enough silage capacity whereas grass is cheap and easy.

[@Tiger-fv3nl]

I'm not really understanding what the point of this is. Why wouldn't you just cut this hay and bale it as silage? That's what we do it works well. We easily Bale enough in the spring to cover all of our needs throughout the year.