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Feed budget
If you find Putting animals into a rotational grazing system requires an understanding of how much feed is in front of the animals, how much feed they need a day OR Unless you know when, how big and how long … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm pattern, Feed, Grazing, Livestock, Management, Time
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Animal tractor
If you find Inter-row weeds are hard to control OR Animals offer benefits but can cause problems — such as in vegetable gardens OR Orchard pests or ground covers get out of control OR There is more work than you … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal handling, Animal welfare, Farm pattern, Feed, Grazing, Livestock, Pasture
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Living haystack
If you find Keeping animals alive on bought fodder means “buying the animal twice” OR Fodder conservation takes time, effort and money OR Fodder conservation contributes to soil acidity while robbing the soil of fertility OR Input costs cut into … Continue reading
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Tagged Drought, Farm pattern, Feed, Fodder conservation, Grazing, Survival
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Strip grazing
If you find Livestock are selective and will graze what they want and leave what they don’t want OR Weeds build up in pastures OR It is important to keep livestock nutrition high, such as in dairying OR It is … Continue reading
Fodder shed
If you find There are times when green feed is short OR A shortfall in green feed at times limits production or profitability OR Seasonal weather and growth patterns leave hungry gaps in the feed year Then, You might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Crop, Eggs, Farm pattern, Feed, Flexibility, Fodder, Grazing, Hydroponic, Livestock, Non-organic, Poultry
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Closed gate
If you find Grazing animals have different objectives to managers of animals OR Animals will roam all over the place picking at the smorgasbord of delicacies and leaving the bits they don’t want, thus allowing those plants to develop into … Continue reading
Fed process
If you find Young animals need a high protein diet to allow them to express their genes fully and develop into productive adults OR Young animals are vulnerable to attacks from internal parasites or other pests OR Young plants need … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptability, Farm pattern, Feed, Immunity, Livestock, Nutrition
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Selective grazing
If you find Selective grazers often overgraze the good stuff (as they see it) and undergraze other plants OR Leaving the least appealing plants to continue growing causes many weed problems in pastures OR Sown or improved pastures often don’t … Continue reading
Rising plane of nutrition
If you find Fertility and fecundity are significant drivers of profitability in many livestock enterprises AND Feed conditions are not always ideal in the lead-up to mating season Then, When animals are on a diet that is steadily improving, it … Continue reading