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The trick in grazing isn\u2019t how much grass the cows eat\u2026but how much they leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ideally we like them to bite off about a third\u2026and trample a third\u2026and leave the rest for regrowth. That\u2019s what\u2019s happening here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cows have left\u2026we\u2019ve topped off the weeds and seed heads\u2026and now the roots which have died back to mirror the amount of leaf surface above ground\u2026are regrouping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s that new growth which is most nutritious and the cows will be returned in 45 days for another pass across this pasture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only will there be new grass, but new roots. And decaying old roots adding vital organic matter to the soil. It\u2019s a wondrous thing watching this conversion of sunlight to food\u2026food for microbes, for plants, for cows, for humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the nonsense you have read, grass farmers are doing more for the planet than just about anything you could imagine. And yes, the red meat is good for your too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2026it may look like resting and that\u2019s what graziers call it\u2026but this grass is hard at work! The trick in grazing isn\u2019t how much grass the cows eat\u2026but how much they leave. Ideally we like them to bite off about a third\u2026and trample a third\u2026and leave the rest for regrowth. That\u2019s what\u2019s happening here. The cows have left\u2026we\u2019ve topped off the weeds and seed heads\u2026and now the roots which have died back to mirror the amount of leaf surface above ground\u2026are regrouping. It\u2019s that new growth which is most nutritious and the cows will be returned in 45 days for another pass across this pasture. Not only will there be new grass, but new roots. And decaying old roots adding vital organic matter to the soil. It\u2019s a wondrous thing watching this conversion of sunlight to food\u2026food for microbes, for plants, for cows, for humans. Despite the nonsense you have read, grass farmers are doing more for the planet than just about anything you could imagine. And yes, the red meat is good for your too! David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,33,151,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david","category-environment","category-strip-grazing","category-thistle-hill-farm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6212"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}