Very educational. Coming from a dairy background and now just running beef on pretty easy country I always wondered why sheep farmers maintained such low covers
Thanks! I have the Hoggets in two mobs currently in a bit of rotation (the Inlamb Hgts will be set stocked shortly) then the 97 R2 steers will be taken off crop and spread out with Ewes. Cows will be tightened up as I have done in other paddocks to hold down feed. But yes I could do a full video of all of this but makes it a lot of video and harder to show. I will struggle to hold feed with the current stock I have so I might have to let a couple of paddocks go to hold the rest of the farm. The current store stock prices are too high and propped up by meat companies and big finishes competing for procurement and obligations to fill contracts.
When you talk about your paddocks being a certain Ha size, is that taken off a survey style calculation? If you look at a paddock with rolling hill, or gully in it, it will be a fraction bigger than if it were a flat paddock. In this situation, do you allow more area, and hence more stock units per Ha, or do you just let them have the extra volume of feed?How do you measure stock units required as your lambs grow...ie a 3 wk old lamb vs a 10 wk old lamb?
That’s true, I guess I just take the surveyed size or even on any online map shows you the same ha size as the maps drawn up when my Grandfather was running the place. Often things like those details are overlooked and you only realise it after getting good results in paddocks for consecutive years so you end up adjusting accordingly. I don’t generally account for the lambs and probably need to look into the different amount of intake between a twin and single it’s all info that’s accessible but easily forgotten but good to get these questions so I look into it. Cheers
Thanks young man,its good to see you using the science we put together 30 years ago.
Good luck and well done.
Yip amazing how some things haven’t changed, you guys were onto something 👍. Cheers!
Very good explanation. Well done
Thanks!
Great video very interesting 👌
Cheers Gary!
Thank you for interesting video !!! From 🇳🇴🤝🧌
Cheers Robert!
That is very useful knowledge, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Cheers
Very interesting! I always wondered why the grass on fields for Sheep was so short, now I know.
Best of luck with the lambing this season!
Thanks, glad it was interesting!
Great video again mate, cheers
Thanks mate!
Very educational. Coming from a dairy background and now just running beef on pretty easy country I always wondered why sheep farmers maintained such low covers
Well explained with
grass growth and stock daily intakes.
Wondering what's on other 100+ hectares?
Thanks!
I have the Hoggets in two mobs currently in a bit of rotation (the Inlamb Hgts will be set stocked shortly) then the 97 R2 steers will be taken off crop and spread out with Ewes. Cows will be tightened up as I have done in other paddocks to hold down feed.
But yes I could do a full video of all of this but makes it a lot of video and harder to show. I will struggle to hold feed with the current stock I have so I might have to let a couple of paddocks go to hold the rest of the farm. The current store stock prices are too high and propped up by meat companies and big finishes competing for procurement and obligations to fill contracts.
Could you do a dog video on your working farm please
I plan to Luke, I’ve been meaning todo one for months now. Hopefully soon. Cheers, Will
How long do you stay set stocked for? Do you mob the sheep up after a certain time in the season? Great videos I like the editing Style well done.
We stay set stocked until weaning, which will be late December or early January.
Thanks I try to keep them as interesting as I can
When you talk about your paddocks being a certain Ha size, is that taken off a survey style calculation?
If you look at a paddock with rolling hill, or gully in it, it will be a fraction bigger than if it were a flat paddock. In this situation, do you allow more area, and hence more stock units per Ha, or do you just let them have the extra volume of feed?How do you measure stock units required as your lambs grow...ie a 3 wk old lamb vs a 10 wk old lamb?
That’s true, I guess I just take the surveyed size or even on any online map shows you the same ha size as the maps drawn up when my Grandfather was running the place. Often things like those details are overlooked and you only realise it after getting good results in paddocks for consecutive years so you end up adjusting accordingly.
I don’t generally account for the lambs and probably need to look into the different amount of intake between a twin and single it’s all info that’s accessible but easily forgotten but good to get these questions so I look into it. Cheers
I’m a hobby farmer, so really good to get all these little bits of information. Keep up the great work.