You won’t feel like you have to push the cattle so hard if you got some sheep that love those leaves. It will take a lot of pressure off the land so you won’t pug so much.
You don't seem to have discovered the benefits of the Yeoman's plough? Puddled water is screaming *compaction* and this subsoiler when used as a one-of amendment is the most reliable way to tackle the problem. Good friable soil with active life maintaining it shouldn't be pugging because it has slurped up the rain. The layer of 'armour' or humus assisting in maintaining that integrity. Another step even higher is to understand and apply the Keyline system before the amendment. End goal, more fungal-dominance, more grass and/or a higher stocking rate.
Thank you. This is our first season on this farm and it is certainly degraded. We’ve dealt pretty extensively with ponding/compaction. Our first farm spent almost the entire first winter under water. You could walk across the farm stepping on crawdad holes (southerners will understand this). By year 2 we had almost zero standing water due to how we grazed it
Hey man, you channel just came across my feed. May I ask what the approximate dimensions are of the paddocks, how many cattle and how long you leave them in a paddock before you rotate them? Thanks!
Dimensions vary with pasture shape. I’ve been doing 50 x 100 feet lately (roughly 1/8 acre). We give them 4 paddocks and our herd is roughly 65-70,000 lbs. I tend to move them 8:00, 10:30, 1:30, 3:00
@@grazing365 Hey Ben, The number of cattle I have on my small ranch is 3 (bull, cow and 8 mo steer calf-all black angus). So if I were to start rotating that number of cattle in the same manner as you, just as a general guideline, what size paddock do you think I should start with? Thanks in advance!
![6 Reasons to Add Sheep to Your Homestead [especially for first-timers]](/img/n.gif)
Good to see you back, Ben. Enjoying your content.
Thanks!
You won’t feel like you have to push the cattle so hard if you got some sheep that love those leaves. It will take a lot of pressure off the land so you won’t pug so much.
We’ve considered sheep. I think we’ll eventually give it a whirl
My sheep love those buttercups
The cows don’t love em but they eat em
Another great video thanks Ben. What type of grass is that please. I want some. 😁
Perennial rye mostly. We’ve had it on a couple farms
Ben Good content, the video ended while show as the water alley and how it works with the grazing system
I’ll do a video on water soon. Sorry about that!
Looks like curly dock that cow ate. Deep taproot and high in minerals, Edible for humans too.
It was dock
At the right stage dock has more protein than alfalfa. My cows also hit it first when they go to a new paddock
@@grazing365goats L❤VE dock!
😊
You don't seem to have discovered the benefits of the Yeoman's plough? Puddled water is screaming *compaction* and this subsoiler when used as a one-of amendment is the most reliable way to tackle the problem. Good friable soil with active life maintaining it shouldn't be pugging because it has slurped up the rain. The layer of 'armour' or humus assisting in maintaining that integrity. Another step even higher is to understand and apply the Keyline system before the amendment. End goal, more fungal-dominance, more grass and/or a higher stocking rate.
Thank you. This is our first season on this farm and it is certainly degraded. We’ve dealt pretty extensively with ponding/compaction. Our first farm spent almost the entire first winter under water. You could walk across the farm stepping on crawdad holes (southerners will understand this). By year 2 we had almost zero standing water due to how we grazed it
Hey man, you channel just came across my feed. May I ask what the approximate dimensions are of the paddocks, how many cattle and how long you leave them in a paddock before you rotate them? Thanks!
Dimensions vary with pasture shape. I’ve been doing 50 x 100 feet lately (roughly 1/8 acre). We give them 4 paddocks and our herd is roughly 65-70,000 lbs. I tend to move them 8:00, 10:30, 1:30, 3:00
@@grazing365 Seems like you're doing something right. Your cows look happy.
@@grazing365 Hey Ben, The number of cattle I have on my small ranch is 3 (bull, cow and 8 mo steer calf-all black angus). So if I were to start rotating that number of cattle in the same manner as you, just as a general guideline, what size paddock do you think I should start with? Thanks in advance!
@@bonsukan about 3Ft Sq sounds about right
Chocolate is mildly toxic, coffee too. I love the stuff lol
😆
What times of the day you moving your cattle?
Usually 9:00, 11:30,1:00,3:00
It varies but that pretty much it