i have been brain storming of this concept of coursed tailored to my country and growing climate. i am so glad to have come across someone applying this concept. cant wait to watch how this will add nutricion and life to soil.
I love animal tractors and ive never seen one for cows. How often do you move this per day typically with your stocking density? Do the cows test the tractor at all or push on it at all?
So we move it about 10-12 times a day so it only works well with a dedicated person doing several cages or we can shift and use the hot wire if someone is keeping close watch with a bat latch system or cross wires frequently set.
So no the cage keeps them from eating anything important. Frequently moving the cage and growing cover crops and perennials grasses with deep roots keep compaction completely at bay.
@@CraigForChange, I do hope that you are right because your project is very, very interesting. However, I would ponder replacing the cattle with the goats. My experience tells me that compaction may become a huge issue because they are likely to stay on the same spot for a long time. At least, you should survey this experience with a tool to measure the compaction. Meanwhile, I wish all the best to your project.
So we have a penetrometer we use and we do not leave them long at all. We make sure we keep 15cm of grass at a minimum so that takes care of it. We will add sheep into the mix at some point as well.
that would work really well with hops. also with mini cattle. two high value items. they oddly sell well and mini cattle work really well in solar farms. but it's hard to really use them well other places. but they sell nicely as pets and this is really nice to put them near people and use to people combine with high value crop. like wine or what not. i'd probably not put this on a solar farm though. because moving this around. but for creators that need to be near people ie urban farming would be huge. a lot of time you got stock and you don't know what to do with all those extras to spread them out when they do there paid grazing. and get them use to humans at the same time. clumping bamboo would work nicely as well.
i have been brain storming of this concept of coursed tailored to my country and growing climate. i am so glad to have come across someone applying this concept. cant wait to watch how this will add nutricion and life to soil.
Thats a very brilliant idea. Making and saving the most from that space. And the cows seem to like it in there😀
You should put a solar panel and a creeper motor on the tractor so it creeps forward a certain amount every hr.
Yah it’s a good idea to play with. I hope my field lines are straight enough. :)
Could you share a design for that? I’d like to build it…
I love animal tractors and ive never seen one for cows. How often do you move this per day typically with your stocking density? Do the cows test the tractor at all or push on it at all?
So we move it about 10-12 times a day so it only works well with a dedicated person doing several cages or we can shift and use the hot wire if someone is keeping close watch with a bat latch system or cross wires frequently set.
That's a fantastic idea great job
Thanks! We are definitely excited with what we see so far!
great job
Aren't they eating the plants' leaves? Furthermore, won't compaction become a likely problem?
So no the cage keeps them from eating anything important. Frequently moving the cage and growing cover crops and perennials grasses with deep roots keep compaction completely at bay.
@@CraigForChange, I do hope that you are right because your project is very, very interesting. However, I would ponder replacing the cattle with the goats. My experience tells me that compaction may become a huge issue because they are likely to stay on the same spot for a long time. At least, you should survey this experience with a tool to measure the compaction. Meanwhile, I wish all the best to your project.
So we have a penetrometer we use and we do not leave them long at all. We make sure we keep 15cm of grass at a minimum so that takes care of it. We will add sheep into the mix at some point as well.
that would work really well with hops. also with mini cattle. two high value items. they oddly sell well and mini cattle work really well in solar farms. but it's hard to really use them well other places. but they sell nicely as pets and this is really nice to put them near people and use to people combine with high value crop. like wine or what not. i'd probably not put this on a solar farm though. because moving this around. but for creators that need to be near people ie urban farming would be huge. a lot of time you got stock and you don't know what to do with all those extras to spread them out when they do there paid grazing. and get them use to humans at the same time. clumping bamboo would work nicely as well.
Mesurments of narrow sheep tractor
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