Not boring Sylvia, just practical! We should all do what is best for our animals, I have no known deficiencies on my grassland so I have no need to worry about anything other than putting grass in front of them. I am on chalk downland so do not even suffer from lack of calcium and have no need to use lime. The one thing that I do is to offer hay in the spring or when cows are on lush pasture, it seems to help slow down the passage of grass through them and dung is less loose. They don't take much but it apears to help. As the old saying goes 'if it aint broke don't fix it'. For those that have problems I have sympathy as deficiencies can be difficult to pin down and a bugger to find the right solution.
Martin. Medway Valley Dexters.
Ditto, not boring Sylvia, sounds good to me. My farm was arable and I changed it to grass only 2 years ago, so nearly all my grazing is what I make of it. Given a grass farm to start with, I would have taken a different route.
god news on the TB test all went clear one a bit border line but just within limits ,thank goodness!
the cattle seem to be losing the red tinge seems to coinside with their new summer coat . thanks tim z
What a relief for you timz, our test is next week. The logistics of getting the cattle in from all over the farm is a major operation, but at least it keeps our minds off the wretched test itself.
