Is ZERO GRAZING the answer for BEEF?
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2023
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Many gears here, and any one can break at any time. Just allow the cattle in a rotational grazing. Not tractors no fuel
I can see the merit but it feels wrong. Full graze equally across the field by mechanical means and then take it to the cattle. Manure and urine taken back out and spread evenly with a slurry. Doing basically what rotational grazing would do with mechanical efficiency. Cattle gain more weight because they aren't walking it off. It'll probably be the future of "grass-fed" beef. Call me stubborn, nostalgic, or just old fashioned by I think I'll just keep rotational grazing.
It seems like a desperate attempt to make farming more and more efficient untill finally nobody can be involved with it in a economically sound way that's not a billion dollar corporation. Its insanity.
Productivity and efficiency has always been the goals of all enterprises. NO ?
@@alexlong3714 agriculture is not merely a enterprise. If you where making cell phones or t- shirts then sure that's fine. They are not critical to our survival as a species and the skills to do so are much more tangible. Agriculture is nearly as much art as it is science so is much more difficult to learn. Its is also 100% necessary for us as a species. We already have only about 2.5% of the population involved in agriculture and they are aging rappidly. Average age is north of 60 if I remember correctly. So my answer is no. If continuing to increase efficiency results in a lower percentage of the population involved, increased complexity, increased reliance on supply chains, increased start up cost, increased dominance of corperate ag, and decreased resiliency overall then we should not do it. It's also hollowing out rural communities do to lack of jobs. Destroying the last bastion of culture we have left in western society.
@@alexlong3714this isn’t more efficient lol
Grass and soil need the dung and urine so you don't need slurry, it's a natural thing to do, to allow the animals to graze and return carbon through pooping and peeing.
I had a dairy in coastal Oregon. I cut and fed grass, called green chop here. I also fed bailed alfalfa, cannery waste, cotton seed meal, and the usual dairy grain rations. No mater how much I fed in the barn, when allowed on pasture, even cut pasture, the cows produced more milk. Even in the winter. I think the cows were happier and maybe ate more because of it.
Put simply .Put the cows in the field ,its simple ,its humane and its cost effective
Yah. You know what’s best.
you know they are not cows .
Need to see the P&L on this deal. Pretty meaningless w/o the numbers. Looks like the fixed costs would kill most outfits.
Can you finish 2 0r 3 batches from store to factory on that system ? It strikes me a the best way of using a good unit. I would think graze for 4/5 months and use the unit for other months 7/8 months and try and finish 3 batches in the year...any views?
This idea is good if the pasture is to wet for the cattle to graze it(early spring or late fall), if the pasture is right i would say rotational grazing (no tractor and fuel needed)
Or just use the Lely exos they are solar powered.
For the beginner farmer, I would like to know how many cows per acre on a zero grazing system?
This is really nice, the cattle are enjoying it and at least they aren't shackled up and get some exercise. Blessings from AB
Alot of cattle finished on small acres and no messing land in a wet time with bulls.
Exactly!
I would be very interested but how bout the nitrates ????
Seems like a high stocking rate doesn't it...
Your farm's cows are fed fresh grass every morning, right?
so zero grazing turns around acerage and number of cattle that can be fed. That sounds very logic. Still there is the mowing cost and the fertilizing cost. Of course you are speeding up the growth. If those people say zero grazing will bring more up then that will be true. They are thinking of a second stall.
He could do with dehorning
Lol
Take Brazil as an example: They do not practice zero grazing and possess the most competitive livestock industry globally. Why? They have vast grasslands, abundant water, and a climate that is never excessively cold or hot. It's the ideal environment for large-scale livestock production, and the added benefit is that it is environmentally friendly. Since cattle are raised sparsely, they do not pollute the same area for extended periods of time.
Yeah the amazone is doing great
@@sjoerddrueten8406 First, the ozone layer was destroyed by europeans and north americans to industrialize, not Brazil. 😃 The problem was created by us and they have to pay? Where in europe do you find native forests untouched by humans?
@@koffmann1689 i am not talking about europe? We talk about brazil because that is the example you give. You are right that there is almost no untouched forest left in europe. But that doesn't mean it is still as bad to destroy a rainforest in brazil as it is in europe. Saying it is environmentally friendly is a insane not sourced opinion.
@@koffmann1689 also brazil plays it part in the ozon layer. Just like europe and america
@@sjoerddrueten8406 Brazil is the leader in renewable energy meanwhile Europe still burns coal. I think you're not seeing the hypocrisy here, as Brazil has the cleanest energy and it's the most conservationist country in the entire world. You can't talk about the amazon forest while negating the role of Europe in climate change.
I think its cruel beyond belief. Let the cattle out into the sunshine and the elements. Much happier stress free life for them.
Having cattle enclosed in sheds for 12 months of the year is not good for the cattle or the beef it produces. A happy animal is an animal in its natural environment.
Thats not particularly correct. Almost any animal can be adjusted to a different kind of living environment, that's why we have animals that are finished in feedlots.
Dairy maybe, never for beef animals. Beef animals need grain for finishing to give the meat the flavour and taste a conivor/ human wants.❤
These guys can almost speak English. With that being said, zero graze, what an excellent idea!
Everything wrong with farming in 1 video look at the amount of them crammed into each span.. not room to lay down, fighting to get at grass an the Horns gone mad on most! An stuck in a shed all year! Can't beat greed!!!
Looks like more weeds than grass??
It’s called a “species rich” grassland. They aren’t weeds they are herbs, the cattle love them, and if done right the vet costs plummet because the cows will self medicate themselves. It’s like is humans if we just ate lettuce nothing else we wouldn’t be very healthy. A nice mixed diet is best for animals.
That a way is a joke drawing water let out them cattle
Only if you're lucky enough to have enough flat land.
any other industry would be required to submit an environmental impact study before implementing something that is potentially harmful to the environment. We cannot assess the impact of this procedure because we don't have all the facts, only what the people who stand to financially gain from this tell us. Farming seems to be free from this constraint and their only measure seems to be how much money they will make. The Government really needs to make farmers take climate change, bio diversity loss etc seriously.
Farmers are really strict there is a yearly inspection called the bord bia and agricultural department are very strict on environmental inspection
@@garrettodowdshame most farms have very little wildlife on them, with all these checks you think they would be doing better for the environment than not.
@spencersanderson1894 Look at all the ditches and trees that are in farms. Now I'm talking about Europe, not America, landi s there to be farmed too, not just all let to nature people need food to survive too
That’s not ranching or farming. As a rancher myself, y’all disgust me
"Lets all brainstorm some tOtAlLy qUiRkY ways to make more money while horrifically abusing and murdering innocent animals!!"
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Sad to see.
Very interesting, well done. Definitely something worth looking at.
We believe it is a great way to make the most out of your land
I think your right
@@grasstechnology haha one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard in my life way better for soil health, herd health and farmers time usage to just let them rotationally graze this stupid over thinking is the problem with humanity
Just the dumbest idea yet - hey, we have millions of acres of crop farming that need tons of expensive chemical fertilizers because we won't grow a diverse cover crop that can be grazed down with cattle. Instead, we'll spray the field with chemicals to kill any weeds and leave bare ground for the wind and rain to remove with every breeze and rainstorm. Too bad there wasn't a multi-species cover crop being turned into cow pats and scratched into the soil by chickens so all that green plants protected the soil until it was mulched by the cows and chickens to be ready for the next cash crop.
That's the dumbest statement that has nothing to do with there farm there growing grass not cereals there not using chemicals to spray anything there using the cattle slurry to grow the grass
It's cruel. Cattle need to roam as its natural behaviour.
It's not. You over exaggerate. And there are much things to worry about like food scarcity and high prices of consumer foods
"its cruel" and what about the murder part? Not cruel?
Agriculture is a business. Cows are raised to feed people. If you feel this is cruelty to animals, buy their stock and raise them as your pet.
@@abimbolaowolabi4985 I fully understand this, however whilst these animals are alive they should be treated with respect & handled humanely as possible.
Cows are GRAZING animals, stop being cruel & greedy.
How ridiculous, treat animals as machines, substitute oil for muscles, I wouldn’t eat the product if you paid me. Hopefully the Taxation law will recognise them as a factory, not farming.