sheep and winter grass & grains????

Anonymous-0 · Jan 11, 2012

There's a guy that grazes what looks like about 300 sheep a couple goats and a llama around the area on meadows that have been taken out of production and some orchards.... He covers a big area, so you only see him a couple times a year.. With it being so mild, pastures are starting to get green and grow a little along with the winter grains... Saw the guy just before dark moving (grazing) the flock right across a field of winter wheat toward the same farmer's hay field....

Think this stuff will recover, or is this dude gonna be gettin off some money for damages??? I ran him off one of my places last year and he told me they wouldn"t hurt anything... Couldn' really tell because it got real dry afterwards so didn't know if it was the sheep or no rain that kept the grass down....

Anonymous-0 · Jan 11, 2012

1 day's grazing would be negligible. Wheat tillers in cold weather, and grazing, lightly, encourages this, makes it have stronger roots. No farmer I know of would worry, unless he didn't like the shepherd, for some reason, or another!

Anonymous-0 · Jan 11, 2012

(quoted from post at 16:26:46 01/11/12) 1 day's grazing would be negligible. Wheat tillers in cold weather, and grazing, lightly, encourages this, makes it have stronger roots. No farmer I know of would worry, unless he didn't like the shepherd, for some reason, or another!

now I know..... What about the grass? good for it also? He usually only stays put on the out of production stuff and just grazes thru places between them.....

This dude and his dogs are out there 24/7 like the US Mail...... (sure he trades off with someone tho.....

Anonymous-0 · Jan 11, 2012

Wheat is a grass. To some extent, the tillering/grazing link holds true to most grasses. There are a few exotics, and warm season grasses which prove the rule, by being an exception!

wisbaker · Jan 11, 2012

I spent about 6-7 months milking cows for a fella
out in Western Oklahoma, they also did wheat and
something called "wheatgrass" Up in central
Michigan where I grew up we wouldn't let cows or
sheep out on wheat and would complain about the
deer eating our wheat. In western Oklahoma they
ran cattle on the wheat, claimed they made as much
money on the cattle as they did the wheat. We
controlled the dairy herd pretty good on the
fields near the farmstead. Folks that didn't have
cattle would rent the wheat feilds to folks that
did, that fall trucks full of cattle poured in
from Colorado bringing hungry cows ready to eat
Oklahoma wheat. I'm guessing you don't have much
to worry about unless he homesteads on your wheat
feild.

northvale · Jan 12, 2012

I have sheep. During winter they will take certain grasses down too far. Orchard grass for one, and basically wipe it out. They do the same for weeds and obviously manure the field, so its good & bad. Rotational grazing is the key and knowing the height to leave each plant. But I keep my sheep off the neighbor's wheat for a reason. Bad MOJO.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 12, 2012

Sure he knows what he's doing.... Was just curious.... I'll be a little nicer next time I see him crossing my stuff......

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