Lush grass will certainly not be a problem here until the middle of May But I will check if there are magnesium licks on the market. Spring seems very distant now, but there will probably be May again and time can move quick sometimes.
My cows hardly touches their mineral block and they hate when I put granulate on their breakfast.
Hi everyone
I have noticed that my dexters seem to come down to the corner of the field where the mineral blocks are tied to a post once a day and spend about 10 minutes taking it in turn to have a lick .
regards Ian Hornsby
As you can see below. Our little bull calf is managing to go on OK without his Mum. We are giving him a few nuts which he likes alot!
I have had the test results for my grass which was actually normal to above normal for magnesium. My bought in hay was low but that is to be expected especially this year.
However the Sulphur levels are high in this field. Now my theory is that it could be because it would have been the vegetable garden etc for the "biggish" house. It was described as a small manor house in the old books - can't say I keep the standards up!!! So I assume it would have been a huge garden back then. Would sulphur have been put on a garden to keep ph down in those days? Any ideas anyone? It explains a few minor apparent/transient copper deficiency problems we saw in the past when our youngstock passed through that field, despite being correctly fed. Typically the tiny fields were never tested on the farm here only the big ones.
This picture below makes me smile every time I look at it. I haven't quite got used to the roundness of Dexters yet and Mallard is particularly round as she is in calf and in this picture had just had a good feed of grass.
Stephanie
Edited to say I know there used to be grapes grown here well over 100 years ago. I have found out that sulphur can be used to keep mildew off vines but don't know if that would have been in sufficient quantity. It would be lovely to travel back to the past and find these things out!
Nice pics Saffy. I thought most people in Wales were putting lime on to increase the PH or happily growing rhododendrons and other things which like acid soil. I can't think of any vegetables that prefer acid soil but I'm a bit out of touch having not grown any for ages. Isn't sulphur a treatment for some plant pest? I expect someone else will have something more helpful to say.
But I will check if there are magnesium licks on the market. Spring seems very distant now, but there will probably be May again and time can move quick sometimes. 
