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Author Topic: what can I do with my grass?  (Read 5031 times)

shrekfeet

  • Joined Sep 2008
what can I do with my grass?
« on: December 17, 2008, 10:25:11 pm »
I've taken on a smallholding with a grazing. The land hasn't been grazed in a while and I had the longish grass mown before I moved here. However there is still a reasonable length of grass and I'd like to convert this to meat ASAP. I'm keen to get some sheep grazing it so that I'm on top of the grass before it starts to grow again in spring but am not sure whether I can pick up grazing stock that I can finish at this time of year. Any advice?

hexhammeasure

  • Joined Jun 2008
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Re: what can I do with my grass?
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2008, 10:54:30 pm »
as a quick fix you could try some store/feeding ewes maybe at a rate of 3 to the acre. when the grass is gone just take them back to the store market to re-sell. or if they are fat enough to the fat market
Ian

 

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