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TexasBred":2pkgwbt3 said:
Do I buy castings or just buy worms?



Mob graze, pasture rest periods, don't over graze, bale feed on pasture ground in the winter, become a grass farmer. :cboy:

If you feed them they will come :welcome:
 
Richardin52":2hf1sqe3 said:
TexasBred":2hf1sqe3 said:
Do I buy castings or just buy worms?



Mob graze, pasture rest periods, don't over graze, bale feed on pasture ground in the winter, become a grass farmer. :cboy:

If you feed them they will come :welcome:
Do all that....still no worms to speak of. Plenty of dung beetles tho.k :lol:
 
Here is a good article about mature pasture along with an excerpt.
http://www.nuffieldinternational.org/re ... eport_.pdf

The term 'mob grazing' means keeping large numbers of cattle on a small area of land and moving them frequently. The land then enjoys long periods of rest before the cattle return. It is mimicking how huge herds of wandering bison or wildebeest or caribou used to move through an area, trampling and grazing all around them before they departed, literally, for pastures new, leaving the grasses to grow, mature and reproduce once more.
Grass plants have evolved over millions of years under such grazing regimes and it is only during the past few hundred years that we have started using enclosures and fields, exposing the grasses to completely different grazing pressures, involving constant grazing and re-grazing of the immature plants. Grasses and other forage plants are poorly adapted to such treatments and consequently productivity is much reduced.
By emulating the huge herds of yesteryear, mob grazing encourages the grass plants to complete their full lifecycle, improving overall capture of sunlight and hence improving the land's productivity. Additionally, mob grazed cattle trample significant quantities of forage onto the soil surface, feeding the microorganisms and other soil life and increasing the soil organic matter.
 

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