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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 754819" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>In my experience leaving a grazed area open for the cows to access for longer than 48 hours knocks back the regrowth. In practice I try to limit access to 4 - 5 days (in winter, when the cows are on a smaller area) - because of the water thing. Another way of getting round that is to have the front and back temporary fences, with the back fence down for about four - five hours after shifting so that the stock can access water, then lock them away again till next day.</p><p>I've used portable troughs, but they can be fiddly to handle, heavy, prone to overflowing. </p><p></p><p>change your google page to google.co.nz and do some exploring - dairynz.co.nz might be a good resource. I can't say if what works here will work there though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It wouldn't work for us because quality is paramount. Might work for you. The key to winter grazing is to avoid soil damage, we use on/off grazing when it's very wet or you can spread the cows over a bigger area to reduce damage. The aim in maximising growth in a rotational grazing system is to graze the plant at the 3-leaf stage - when the third leaf is there and before the fourth dies (rye-grass). Left any longer than that, net growth is reduced because leaves are dying at the same time as new ones are being produced.</p><p>When we stock-pile pasture for winter quality is sacrificed in favour of quantity and the cows grazing it are dry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 754819, member: 9267"] In my experience leaving a grazed area open for the cows to access for longer than 48 hours knocks back the regrowth. In practice I try to limit access to 4 - 5 days (in winter, when the cows are on a smaller area) - because of the water thing. Another way of getting round that is to have the front and back temporary fences, with the back fence down for about four - five hours after shifting so that the stock can access water, then lock them away again till next day. I've used portable troughs, but they can be fiddly to handle, heavy, prone to overflowing. change your google page to google.co.nz and do some exploring - dairynz.co.nz might be a good resource. I can't say if what works here will work there though. It wouldn't work for us because quality is paramount. Might work for you. The key to winter grazing is to avoid soil damage, we use on/off grazing when it's very wet or you can spread the cows over a bigger area to reduce damage. The aim in maximising growth in a rotational grazing system is to graze the plant at the 3-leaf stage - when the third leaf is there and before the fourth dies (rye-grass). Left any longer than that, net growth is reduced because leaves are dying at the same time as new ones are being produced. When we stock-pile pasture for winter quality is sacrificed in favour of quantity and the cows grazing it are dry. [/QUOTE]
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