Well , it had to happen , having gone virtually weeks with little or no growth in the grass , the heavens have opened , followed by very warm and muggy weather . This has led to a massive growing spell for the grass , and i am now spoilt for choicve as to where to graze the cows.
We run a paddock system here at Northfield , and even in the paddocks we strip graze them , so we can be fairly flexable in our approach to the grass. That is to say , that if there is a strip of grass that i feel may be surplus to requirements , then i can always cut and bale it for feeding in the winter time to the youngstock.
At the moment we are getting ready for 2nd cut silage , even although , as i am typing this it is chucking down with rain.
I have dried off a total of 10 cows in the last week and also 2 have been sold so that is fairly speeding up milking. So at the moment we are only milking 114 cows , the lowest it has been for a long time.
