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Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "Ask yourself: What would this pasture actually look like if it were not stressed and overgrazed?"

Regenerative farming consultant Silas Hedley-Lawrence on how to avoid overgrazing during the drought and in future

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Silas Hedley-Lawrence says: "In spring, take the minimum [grass] you can get away with and leave as much behind as possible, while still obeying the overgrazing rules — one bite, move on, and do not come back until the plant has genuinely recovered."
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Silas Hedley-Lawrence says: "In spring, take the minimum [grass] you can get away with and leave as much behind as possible, while still obeying the overgrazing rules — one bite, move on, and do not come back until the plant has genuinely recovered."

If you are reading this while looking out at a paddock the colour of a digestive biscuit, wondering how long the hay in the shed is going to last if we have to start feeding it this summer, you are in...

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