4hfarms
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When rotating them through the pastures, I dont have enough cows to drag fields.
I have enough other crap to do. Pun intended.
I have enough other crap to do. Pun intended.
Ditto........great job for teenage grandson. Watch the pies fly.Every place must be different. I can say with absolute certainty that if I don't drag manure piles, every single one is a 2' circle of grass that's wasted. By mid summer some pastures look overgrown AFTER I move the cows to a new one. I'm sure dividing pastures into smaller pieces to better match how many cattle are on them would help tremendously, but my place just isn't set up like that.
I don't think don't think you gain anything by dragging a meadow for cow piles. I feed in the winter on a 10 acre field with ring feeders that has skirts.If you have a lot of hay in those areas I wonder if it wouldn't be just as good to pile it up and let it compost. If you've fed outside a hay ring then you have a layer of carbon and nitrogen which is a pretty good recipe for compost IMO.
I let it compost in place to be honest.If you have a lot of hay in those areas I wonder if it wouldn't be just as good to pile it up and let it compost. If you've fed outside a hay ring then you have a layer of carbon and nitrogen which is a pretty good recipe for compost IMO.
In a "sacrifice" pasture or lot I could definitely still see a benefit to running a drag over it.Every year there is 80 to 120 cows on the 35 acre front field. They are there for 3 months. This last winter it worked out to a little over 3 tons of hay fed per acre. That is a lot of solid cow pies covering the ground. Instead of having a solid 12-18 inch diameter thick spot restricting grass growth I have a bunch of 2-3 inch spots which the grass can grow around.
How wide is it?Now I'm going to have to decide to sell my carted chain harrow or not because I'm not seeing the benefit for my operation.
There is not the classic sacrifice fields here. We don't get enough rain for that impact to occur. It is 5 miles to the post office from my place. In the winter there is about 2,000 cows being fed on the hay fields between here and there. They are mostly gone to the hills now and wont be back until November. This next week those fields will start getting irrigated. They grow hay which will be fed back next winter. Nothing new planted. Just drug to spread the manure and watered.In a "sacrifice" pasture or lot I could definitely still see a benefit to running a drag over it.
It's a Maybridge 20 or 24' one.How wide is it?
If you decide to sell it, please let me know.It's a Maybridge 20 or 24' one.