You should be checking your herd condition, water etc every day anyway so very little additional cost to move them. Plus while doing this you are assessing your pasture which is the most important thing you can do as a grazier. Ideally you are moving your animals to maximise productivity of the pasture as well as the animals. You can’t do that unless you are out there in the paddock every day or two.
re: your question about "The Stockman Grass Farmer". I agree that it's a great publication. After about 2 years of reading for me, similar to you, it was no longer that useful for me. I would whole heartedly encourage anyone who is new to farming or different grazing techniques to subsctibe for at least one year if not two. I learned A LOT of great things from that publication. This is a great lecture btw. Many grazing myths are dispelled in a rational, methodical and scientific manner here.
Why worry about cost on rotating the livestock??? If it’s your job or passion and retired early like I did . I rotate my cattle to keep worms down. Then I rotate sheep in where the cattle was . Then I rotate my chickens . It only takes an hour for all that
You should be checking your herd condition, water etc every day anyway so very little additional cost to move them. Plus while doing this you are assessing your pasture which is the most important thing you can do as a grazier. Ideally you are moving your animals to maximise productivity of the pasture as well as the animals. You can’t do that unless you are out there in the paddock every day or two.
I check my herd and guardian dogs daily, so the 15 minutes moving daily is no big deal.
re: your question about "The Stockman Grass Farmer". I agree that it's a great publication. After about 2 years of reading for me, similar to you, it was no longer that useful for me. I would whole heartedly encourage anyone who is new to farming or different grazing techniques to subsctibe for at least one year if not two. I learned A LOT of great things from that publication. This is a great lecture btw. Many grazing myths are dispelled in a rational, methodical and scientific manner here.
Why worry about cost on rotating the livestock???
If it’s your job or passion and retired early like I did .
I rotate my cattle to keep worms down. Then I rotate sheep in where the cattle was . Then I rotate my chickens .
It only takes an hour for all that