Rotational Grazing Using Gallagher Tumblewheels
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2016
- Martin Van Popta, manager at Harvest Haven, explains why Gallagher Tumblewheel electric fencing for rotational grazing is so efficient, economical, and a pleasure to use as a one-man operation.
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Nice technological approach for fence moving!
Just started using them yesterday, ingenious system !
Just earned my subscription Martin. Looking forward to more great videos like this.
-Nick
Amazing. I would love to figure out how to do this in a small field with horses. I love those Gallagher Tumblewheels great idea.
great idea.
Thats workin' smart.
7 years later; how well did these things hold up? Looking to purchase about 50 of them to try out some strip grazing on one tract, but the investment is certainly definitely hefty compared to step-in posts.
Do they make a size for sheep? How high is the wire above the ground?
This is real common in New Zealand to have a fence behind stock during crops in winter to protect soil structure and regrowth in pastures
So long as there is better grazing in front of the cattle, the need for back-fencing is pretty much non-existent. They won't go back to already-grazed, befouled and trampled grass when they have fresh grass where they are at.grass
So as long as you open up the next row of grass before the current row is exhausted, the ruminant will always move forward and never back.
Can you use polybraid with tumblewheel?
Can you provide a link to the Gallagher tumbleweed?
am.gallagher.com/us/product/3116/tumblewheel
I'v a little gripe with this system iv a lot of trees on my farm that the cattle like to sit under when it's hot and I am not takeing the trees out what then?
How are the ends of the lines connected to the cross fence?
If I understand your question correctly, I used aligator clips. I've also trenched in water lines since this video and cross fenced the strips into shorter fatter, sections, while moving the water with the cows.
I have read that longer thinner sections are better since it forces the cattle to step on everything, and you even said as much. Did you discover anything to convince you that the shorter, fatter sections are better?
And have you started moving your mob more often since this video?
Do you still use these?
Yes, we do!
So nothing behind or boxing them in? Will this work for hogs? How do you keep them from wondering off?
Cattle (well trained, sane cattle, at least) don't run off when they have enough to eat. That fence is just a guideline for them, they could get through it any time they wanted. But they don't, because they just want to graze and drink water. That's all they need or want in life.
Hogs are another story, they're way smarter and more curious than cows. There are people who successfully fence them in with portable electric netting, but it's very different looking netting from this single wire setup. And it takes a lot more work to train them (meaning: convince them not to try and outsmart you).
But it all depends on your context. If you have a client base that pays a serious premium for pasture raised pork, the economics can still make sense.
deinse82 thank you❤️👌🏾
@@deinse82 Cattle as with hogs sheep goats deer horses, don't go through these fences because of the electricity in the wires, not because they just don't want to go through the wires. The fence is not a 'guideline' it is a very effective perimeter restraint. Hogs will stay behind electric fences very well with just two wires. One wire 150-200mm off the ground and another about 400-500mm depending on the stature of your animals.
@@johnclearwater7110 so it seems this product wouldn’t work with hogs if you can only use one wire?
See Greg Judy and Allan Savory.
Can't wait to finish my perimeter fence and get livestock so all those gophers will moooove on down the road
Flat land use only, not Texas hill country
your fields seem a bit overgrazed, though
They certainly do. He might want to start moving them a lot sooner. Its more work, but once he realizes there is little need to back-fence the cattle, so long as the perimeter of the field is properly fenced, it doesn't take as much time to move them.
Over-grazed? You can see that 2/3 of the grass is still there, on the area he's leaving behind. It's trampled, that's all. Which is the correct way to graze, that vegetation will recover in a matter of weeks.
@@deinse82 Here 2:40. If you don't see it, you need an ophthalmologist. Don't mean it negative, just telling - it is obvious.
Just pause and look on the right side 3:20 and tell me where you see 2/3. Don't forget to pause
@@aregst I wouldn't want to see deinse in charge of stock as their comments show no understanding of this fencing product, pasture quality or animal behaviour.