HELP I have too much grass. Grazing available

Hi everyone, Still very new to this - this is my first summer on the land so to speak (ex-townie), and we have sooooo much grass - way to much for the horses, and 2 calves and 2 sheep.

So I am keen to get some grazers in - calves preferably - we can take 8 - 12 easily over 3 paddocks, and 2 of these paddocks should still be good for longer term grazing over winter if needed. Good fences and gates, and water in every paddock fed from the bore.

I am in Rongotea, Manawatu (near Feilding and P North). Does anyone have or know anyone who needs some grazing. (I don't want to take more horses at this point). Challenge I don't have a cattle race (?), so we have to fix up a ramp to get your animals off the truck or trailer (we've done this successfully when we bought our 2 calves.

Hoping there may be an opportunity for here for mutual assistance.

Can u make hay for the winter or to sell

If you are taking on cattle you will need to have a suitable yard incase a vet is needed.

Do you rotate your paddocks? Rotating them and break fencing will let you get more out of them and will result in better feed quality if done properly

I would reccomend older cattle since you are new to this. Calves require very good quality feed, they will pick rather than graze paddocks down. Also they are more likely to require vet attention as well as more work ie drenching, moving etc

Problem is that most people in the Manawatu have lots of grass this year so there is very little demand for grazing. Our place is still green and the grass is hasn't stopped growing.
Beat bet is to get it cut for hay or contact your local dairy farm neighbours as they may be interested in buying it off you.

Ask your neighbours, they might be able to graze it for you as a favour, easy for them to move their animals via internal boundary gates, no need to worry about transporting or loading race issues.

Nothing wrong with leaving paddocks fallow for a year. Improves the soil fertility unlike cutting for hay which strips it and might not sell anyway.

...and it'd drying out quickly here , so while the paddocks look full of grass, now in a few weeks it will be stalks.. Keeping some cover will preserve soil moisture and if you get cattle in they could turn it to a dust bowl.
We may not get good rain til march/April
Can you top the paddocks..it's good for the regrowth...