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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 489191" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>Our grass is actually a mixture of rye, cocksfoot with lots of dogstail and weeds like yarrow and plantain and some white clover. We probably should re sow, but have been here 30 years and have only fertilised and once when we had a drought direct drilled some newer varities of ryegrass and cocksfoot.</p><p></p><p>Actually most judges do comment if the animal is too fat, but there again they like to see some condition! The emphasis over here is for 'lean beef' so judges look for the animals ability to meet the market and its breeding potential. In calves they are not looking for fat but the mothers ability to rear a good calf.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll look out some typical grass photos. We are lucky in that it doesn't get as extreme from season to season as you get in USA. Last year our area had 979mls of rain, sorry can't quickly convert but must be around 3 ft. Our longest drought period was 19 days! Just had floods and torrential rain here on 15th Jan, bridge washed away,and paddocks flooded. We got over 8 inches in 24 hours. The photos of the calves were taken 4 days later.</p><p></p><p>This is the dam with the heifer calf soon after she was born in August. This is our winter-cows out on grass with hay or silage supplement only.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/XaltandCayenne231age3days.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/DSC02790.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The dam of the bull calf just before she calved in July.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/Yarrow121withClover212.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>This is another calf we are training for the same show, on her dam. She is not as well muscled as the #230, but still a good heifer.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/B184.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>This is a heifer calf we showed last January, standing in our typical mixed pasture, and at a show in November 07 in the yearling class-straight off grass!</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/AussieFancydress.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>This was a novelty class-the handler had to be dressed to represent the country of the breeds origin!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 489191, member: 6511"] Our grass is actually a mixture of rye, cocksfoot with lots of dogstail and weeds like yarrow and plantain and some white clover. We probably should re sow, but have been here 30 years and have only fertilised and once when we had a drought direct drilled some newer varities of ryegrass and cocksfoot. Actually most judges do comment if the animal is too fat, but there again they like to see some condition! The emphasis over here is for 'lean beef' so judges look for the animals ability to meet the market and its breeding potential. In calves they are not looking for fat but the mothers ability to rear a good calf. I'll look out some typical grass photos. We are lucky in that it doesn't get as extreme from season to season as you get in USA. Last year our area had 979mls of rain, sorry can't quickly convert but must be around 3 ft. Our longest drought period was 19 days! Just had floods and torrential rain here on 15th Jan, bridge washed away,and paddocks flooded. We got over 8 inches in 24 hours. The photos of the calves were taken 4 days later. This is the dam with the heifer calf soon after she was born in August. This is our winter-cows out on grass with hay or silage supplement only. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/XaltandCayenne231age3days.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/DSC02790.jpg[/img] The dam of the bull calf just before she calved in July. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/Yarrow121withClover212.jpg[/img] This is another calf we are training for the same show, on her dam. She is not as well muscled as the #230, but still a good heifer. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/B184.jpg[/img] This is a heifer calf we showed last January, standing in our typical mixed pasture, and at a show in November 07 in the yearling class-straight off grass! [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/AussieFancydress.jpg[/img] This was a novelty class-the handler had to be dressed to represent the country of the breeds origin! [/QUOTE]
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