Does the mob grazing then require a huge acreage or a small herd? Very interesting but if you’re moving cattle twice a day then surely you’d need a large acreage
@@44birdie44 As far I understand it requires less land in theory. The grass should always be in recovery or being 'mobbed' in order to produce the most grass. When the herd is large enough to keep moving onto the next recovered patch before it goes to seed too much -the grass should be recovering at maximum overall rate so that herd size would be larger than the land would support if they were not mob grazing.
Holistic planned grazing and holistic planning is a method whereby you can tailor the grazing to suit your situation and your life. If managed right you could in theory have a mob of 1 or 2 cows in a single field that is not too big, if you can do it in a way where the "paddock" you graze gets the rest it needs before you return. ~30-60 days depending on multiple factors.
@@StrongRobot thanks for that. Having read into the topic above I've reread my original question and realised it's not about acreage or herd size. It's about what you do with what you've got (I think!). I suppose the bit I'm having trouble with is from the outset how do determine that how many cattle your land bank can support with regular moves and not returning for 30+ days. I found Richard Perkons hour long TH-cam video of how they work out their grazing chart quite useful with this. I like spreadsheets and numbers so that helps big time when trying to get that first year right.
Great to see farms like this!
Great work!
Does the mob grazing then require a huge acreage or a small herd? Very interesting but if you’re moving cattle twice a day then surely you’d need a large acreage
The combination is important. For more information on mob grazing go here th-cam.com/video/GSMLmp5a2cw/w-d-xo.html
@@farmingfornature “The grass recovery period on your farm dictates the herd size”. I think that sums it up for me. Thanks for that!
@@44birdie44 As far I understand it requires less land in theory. The grass should always be in recovery or being 'mobbed' in order to produce the most grass. When the herd is large enough to keep moving onto the next recovered patch before it goes to seed too much -the grass should be recovering at maximum overall rate so that herd size would be larger than the land would support if they were not mob grazing.
Holistic planned grazing and holistic planning is a method whereby you can tailor the grazing to suit your situation and your life. If managed right you could in theory have a mob of 1 or 2 cows in a single field that is not too big, if you can do it in a way where the "paddock" you graze gets the rest it needs before you return. ~30-60 days depending on multiple factors.
@@StrongRobot thanks for that. Having read into the topic above I've reread my original question and realised it's not about acreage or herd size. It's about what you do with what you've got (I think!). I suppose the bit I'm having trouble with is from the outset how do determine that how many cattle your land bank can support with regular moves and not returning for 30+ days. I found Richard Perkons hour long TH-cam video of how they work out their grazing chart quite useful with this. I like spreadsheets and numbers so that helps big time when trying to get that first year right.