I did this type of grazing over 10 years ago for years. It works amazing! I would suggest adding chickens to your operation to follow the cattle. They will add even more fertilizer, scratch up any hay residue, and reduce parasites while you make your farm way more profitable.
@@robinsonjohn4975 we have chickens in the corral and handling areas. I’m not sold on running 100s of chickens behind the cattle. I am sold on chickens on manure piles and in stationary areas, just not on the rotational system.
Really appreciate the experience and honest answers. Sometimes, all that seems to be said in presentations are the virtues of holistic farming but without facts, experiences, and numbers.So really appreciated this presentation. 😊
Unrolling the hay in areas is a great way to spread out the fertility, give smaller/lower status animals a place at the "table", and create places for animals to lay down. Unrolling can be just unrolling downhill or using a machine/vehicle to unroll the bale.
Can someone give me opinion if I am doing this right. I have 10 cows and I am seeding for this spring . I have a lot of bare ground. I am going to seed the 1 acre at a time and spread hay to feed the cows to trample in the seeds. I would feed them there for 3 to 4 days and then move them to the next acre. Any suggestions. Thanks
I have seen the results of bale grazing on my land and many others.The location of the bales I have seen always brings too high concentration of urine, manure, a thick wad of uneaten hay and trampled pasture areas that are roughly 10x the size of the bale. It results in no growth for a couple of years as well as compacted weedy soil. This isnt the right way to feed IMO.
You are right about bale feeding in the same locations-as is conventionally done--it creates horrible muck pits of mud and waste and compaction/pocking. Perhaps moving them around every single time helps. I've seen nothing I like as much as bale unrolling. I don't have hay moving equipment, but can unroll them.
I did this type of grazing over 10 years ago for years. It works amazing! I would suggest adding chickens to your operation to follow the cattle. They will add even more fertilizer, scratch up any hay residue, and reduce parasites while you make your farm way more profitable.
@@robinsonjohn4975 we have chickens in the corral and handling areas. I’m not sold on running 100s of chickens behind the cattle. I am sold on chickens on manure piles and in stationary areas, just not on the rotational system.
Really appreciate the experience and honest answers. Sometimes, all that seems to be said in presentations are the virtues of holistic farming but without facts, experiences, and numbers.So really appreciated this presentation. 😊
Good job guys. Very good presentation.
Unrolling the hay in areas is a great way to spread out the fertility, give smaller/lower status animals a place at the "table", and create places for animals to lay down. Unrolling can be just unrolling downhill or using a machine/vehicle to unroll the bale.
So many great ideas!
Thanks very much! Very informative
Can someone give me opinion if I am doing this right. I have 10 cows and I am seeding for this spring . I have a lot of bare ground. I am going to seed the 1 acre at a time and spread hay to feed the cows to trample in the seeds. I would feed them there for 3 to 4 days and then move them to the next acre. Any suggestions. Thanks
It should work, not sure about the exact number of days tho.
How is it going? The number of days should vary by conditions. Unrolled hay will add to your seeds. The seedbank will also.
Ian Mitchell Ines told me to put bales and hay out in the sage brush and the cows will do the rest.
I have seen the results of bale grazing on my land and many others.The location of the bales I have seen always brings too high concentration of urine, manure, a thick wad of uneaten hay and trampled pasture areas that are roughly 10x the size of the bale. It results in no growth for a couple of years as well as compacted weedy soil. This isnt the right way to feed IMO.
Definitely need to put it in lower fertility areas.
You are right about bale feeding in the same locations-as is conventionally done--it creates horrible muck pits of mud and waste and compaction/pocking. Perhaps moving them around every single time helps. I've seen nothing I like as much as bale unrolling. I don't have hay moving equipment, but can unroll them.