WHY GROW MEDIC?
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Script: Brian and Lynne Chatterton.
Photos: Florita Botts.
Additional Photos: Brian Chatterton.
Production: Florita Botts.
THE FAILURE OF THE CEREAL - FALLOW
ROTATION
Photo No. 1.
Do you graze your sheep on weedy fallow?
Look how poor the feed is for these sheep.
Photo No. 2
Do you graze your sheep on fallow in summer?
There is very little for these sheep to eat.
Photo No. 3
What do you do when the grazing has been eaten in summer?
Do you graze the parcour?
Look how bare the parcour is in summer.
Photo No. 4
Do you buy grain to feed to your sheep?
Photo No. 5
Do you buy or make hay because the fallow provides little feed for your sheep?
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Further information and links
The cereal - fallow rotation has many failures but the most obvious and immediate for farmers is the lack of feed for sheep.
Other aspects of the rotation are discussed in Rotations compared.