MOB GRAZING: Growing More Grass Using Electric Fences!

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  • Опубліковано 16 кві 2023
  • Want to grow more grass? Mob grazing is the answer! See how our livestock are rotated frequently between small paddocks with the help of electric fences. In this video I’ll show how we’re making a mob grazing system work for us. Practical tips for implementing mob grazing on your farm, how to set up fencing and water systems, stocking density, rest periods & more!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 31

  • @Muddy-bootsx2
    @Muddy-bootsx2 Місяць тому

    Missing the regular content
    Would be great to see more videos

  • @davidjackson6510
    @davidjackson6510 Рік тому +2

    another great educational video explaining grass recovery stages, always looking forward to your next video

  • @aidanfoord1098
    @aidanfoord1098 Рік тому +3

    Brilliant video, well explained and easy to understand. We are starting our regenerative journey this year with mob grazing and videos like this my restore confidence it’s the right path.

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому +1

      Definitely the right path, the best time to start regenerative farming was 20 years ago. The next best time is today!

  • @DrTaylorMarshall
    @DrTaylorMarshall 3 місяці тому

    Good video but drop the music. Liked.

  • @oliverdaley934
    @oliverdaley934 4 місяці тому

    Great video Billy, with thanks.

  • @HenryK102
    @HenryK102 Рік тому +1

    Great video Billy 👍🏻

  • @bonniefowler5013
    @bonniefowler5013 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video. Very informative. Your videos are fantastic 😊

  • @chrismcdonald6851
    @chrismcdonald6851 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Billy good video to watch and you don't see any videos showing wet ground on any other u tube , well done this is great from a dairy farmer Northumberland

  • @Melidontcare
    @Melidontcare 3 місяці тому

    Thanks Billy ! Cheers

  • @samblenkharn8099
    @samblenkharn8099 Рік тому +1

    Nice to see a no/low glyphosate system. Interesting to see what you can direct-drill without needing a bare tilth as such. Did some seeds/plants take better than others when you drilled them?

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому +1

      It’s come better towards the top of the field where the clay content in the soil is a bit lower. Hard to tell which species have done best yet, we’ll be able to tell over the coming weeks when everything starts growing properly. But hopeful it will all be there.

  • @jonathanhenderson7013
    @jonathanhenderson7013 8 місяців тому

    How many cattle are you running per acre and how many sheep. Do you ever run the sheep. Behind the cattle? By a week or so for example?

  • @practicalsheepman
    @practicalsheepman Рік тому

    You mentioned something about a risk of mastitis grazing ewes on the taller forage. Could you elaborate on that a little.

  • @guthriewhyte4395
    @guthriewhyte4395 Рік тому

    Great video, very informative! The tumble wheels look like a great time saving device! I’m guessing they don’t work as well on sloping ground, or are they ok?

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому

      As long as the poly wire is kept tight they work pretty much any where, on our farm anyway. Would work fine on a decent slope.

  • @davidthurman450
    @davidthurman450 Рік тому +1

    Hi Billy. Do you ever have issues with the water heating in the blue polly pipe on the surface in the summer sun?300m can hold some water. Will you do a bull video? Stages of growth and nutrition etc

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому

      We’d need some sunshine for that! 😆But in all seriousness no, we don’t have issues with water heating. I’ll do a video on some of the cow family’s and which bulls we’re using on what in a few weeks once everything is out. 👍

  • @Tomek745li
    @Tomek745li Рік тому +1

    Hello. I have hereford cattle and try to rotational grazing with them. I have question what kind of hose do you use ? Can say more about water, it is the biggest issue. This year i,m looking for shorter ways to water for cattle.

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому

      We use 25mm MDPE blue pipe mainly. I will cover in the follow up video.

  • @guthriewhyte4395
    @guthriewhyte4395 Рік тому

    Are you worming/using ivermectin on your cattle? Do you have dung beetles? Great farming practices and really interesting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому +1

      No, we don’t treat with anything when they are out grazing. We have a lot of dung beetles! 🪲

  • @davemadeley5005
    @davemadeley5005 Рік тому

    Doesn’t the loose nutritional value of you don’t graze tight? That’s what was taught to me when I was grazing dairy cows and you could notice it in the milk yield if the paddock wasn’t grazed tight the time before

  • @brianregan6041
    @brianregan6041 Рік тому

    What about grass dats too strong do you cut it out?

    • @billylewis6084
      @billylewis6084  Рік тому

      On the cattle pasture there’s no such thing, they’ll just go into massive covers and smash it down! On the sheep grazing yea, we’ll drop a field out and make silage.

  • @MistressOP
    @MistressOP Рік тому

    what's your dung beetle population like?

  • @davidhickenbottom6574
    @davidhickenbottom6574 Рік тому

    Are you pinwheeling around your water point looks beat up. Your doing a lot of things right. Be carefully not to have any bare soil. Cattle are beautiful.