[Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea

[Jewel]

My sheep are Romney/Suffolk cross commonly called "Black Faced".
Last night, I was listening to the third programme in a series on herders and their animals, and 
this episode, the 3rd of 3, was about large scale shepherding in Australia and dealt with how 
technology is dictating the direction in which the industry is heading.
The station that, particularly, took my attention was one of the smaller units where ovum 
transplanting is being employed to improve the genetic makeup of the sheep.
The bottom has dropped out of the wool market so now Australia is concentrating on producing meat 
for the rapidly-escalating market in the Middle East.
By using genetic improvement, the efficiency of the sheep in converting food intake to weight gain 
is very impressive:  1.8kg of dry matter is converted into 1kg of weight gain.
The sheep are shipped to the Middle East alive as the Arabs prefer it that way.
Animal welfare activist campaigned against this trade as the conditions in which they, the sheep, 
were kept were quite appalling, and about 10% or more of sheep died on the journey, but conditions 
have now been, significantly, improved, but now the protest is of how the sheep are treated after 
they have reached their point of disembarkation!

           Jewel



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From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea

Jewel:

My pasture is mostly a mix of clover and bermuda.  I would like to add some
orchard grass, but it is so thick don't know how well that would work.

What kind of sheep do you keep?

Nella
Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Nella!  As you have moved from the Arizona desert to the moister climes of
> Arkansas, 5 ewes to the
> acre plus their lambs sounds about right;  however, as sheep seem to be able
> to do well on little
> more than  fresh air and sceenery !  A few extra head wouldn't do any harm,
> and would help to keep
> the pasture in prime condition for them which means SHORT.
> Encourage clover which, as I said in an earlier post is great feed for sheep
> and fattening lambs for
> market , but which, goats will avoid.
> Ask at your local farm supply store if you can get a herbal seed mix, and,
> then, by fencing off
> individual squares, and planting them with that mix, you will, in time,  end
> up with an excellent
> pasture that will benefit all your livestock.
>
>            Jewel
>
>
>
>
>
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> From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:48 PM
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> Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea
>
>
> Jewel:
>
> Thanks, you're always a wealth of knowledge.
>
> How many sheep can you keep on your property?
>
> Local farmers are telling me that they keep up to 5 per acre.
>
> I guess it depends on the type of grass, rain fall and such.
>
> Nella
>
>
> Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Leslie Averill
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:16 AM
> > To: jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz
> > Subject: Re: Reply needed asap: urea
> >
> >
> > Jewel, here's what my forage specialist said:
> >
> >
> > Urea is generally used as a N fertilizer. So we put it on fields and wait
> for
> > it to get rained on well before we turn goats back on it. In our case the
> > urea is used to help grow grass so we don't put animals back on the
> pastures
> > for weeks after the cool season grass is at least 6 inches tall.
> >
> > Leslie
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