Pasture Based Systems - Sainfoin & Red Clover

In this months Agricology vlog, Richard Smith (Farm Manager at Daylesford Organic Farm) discusses everything sainfoin; when to cut for silage, how it is withstanding drought conditions, how to drill, and feed quality. He then moves to a red clover ley where Richard comments on a six year old ley including yields of silage, how to graze it, for which livestock, oestrogen content, when to establish it and how, and weed management
***Apologies for the poor sound content**

[@ulffdennismeyer7405]

thank you for another great video, absorbing all the great knowledge over here in Denmark :-) so hoping you will keep them coming :-) we have the same drought here in Denmark, but got 70mm of rain the last couple of days. So we are hoping for a good final grass cut. we luckily have a lot of a wetland, which has saved us this year providing not top quality grass, but still a decent crop.
is the female hormone in the red clover still a problem when it is put in silage bales ?

[@patrick0connell772]

Very dry here in cork too only fields that had grass were ones that got farm manure in November

[@Vegesko]

At what stage was the manure? Was it composted or it was directly 1-2 months after it went out of the cows?

[@patrick0connell772]

@@Vegesko year old

[@markrandall1969]

Has anyone out there have a sanfoin ley in heavy clay ground???

[@barrypower6822]

Can you graze red clover with dairy cows been offered about 40 acres of it next my milking platform.

[@oliver69cork46]

Yes you can but be careful, don't introduce suddenly and don't graze it in foggy close weather,bloat could happen. You could feed straw or hay for fibre. But really feed it when dry and after a few days the cattle can graze it at ad lib. You should see higher milk yields if milking and great solids. Use a back fence to prevent treading.

[@carlaeskelsen]

Isn't sanfoin toxic to horses?