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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 907363" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I try to alternate dragging with a harrow and clipping with flail mower with full width roller in back as soon as my cattle rotate out of a pasture. Dragging (or in the picture below, rolling) the manure piles essentially eliminates the natural avoidance zones next time they graze this pasture. and as important dragging spreads the fertility. In WI I generally go 3-4 weeks between grazing a given pasture depending on weather and growth. We will probably get a good rain or two in that period which will wash this spread manure into the soil as fertilizer.</p><p></p><p>I am always amazed at just how much manure is left in a pasture after high density grazing and also how well it is distributed in the pasture. It needs to be turned from a liability to an asset. Dragging helps that. Alternating with clipping as shown keeps control of some un-grazed weeds like Canada thistle. I try to set the flail at 4-5" high. The benefit of a flail over a rotary is the roller plus it cuts everything into small pieces which seem to disappear compared to a windrow often left by a rotary.</p><p></p><p>Here is a picture I took last year which shows the distribution and spreading of manure after high density grazing pretty well. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_0172_fresh_manure_piles_spread_after_quick_rotation_05_27_11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 907363, member: 7509"] I try to alternate dragging with a harrow and clipping with flail mower with full width roller in back as soon as my cattle rotate out of a pasture. Dragging (or in the picture below, rolling) the manure piles essentially eliminates the natural avoidance zones next time they graze this pasture. and as important dragging spreads the fertility. In WI I generally go 3-4 weeks between grazing a given pasture depending on weather and growth. We will probably get a good rain or two in that period which will wash this spread manure into the soil as fertilizer. I am always amazed at just how much manure is left in a pasture after high density grazing and also how well it is distributed in the pasture. It needs to be turned from a liability to an asset. Dragging helps that. Alternating with clipping as shown keeps control of some un-grazed weeds like Canada thistle. I try to set the flail at 4-5" high. The benefit of a flail over a rotary is the roller plus it cuts everything into small pieces which seem to disappear compared to a windrow often left by a rotary. Here is a picture I took last year which shows the distribution and spreading of manure after high density grazing pretty well. [img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_0172_fresh_manure_piles_spread_after_quick_rotation_05_27_11.jpg[/img] I hope this helps. Jim [/QUOTE]
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