How Regenerative Agriculture Changed Our Farm

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[timothysandoval]

Jim Recommends what you were considering in your video, Which is after your first pass through the farm, Your going to graze the 1/3 ish part of the farm that has regrown and is still lush and mid stage maturity and is optimal for maximum cattle gain while letting the other 2/3s continue to stockpile. Out of the 2/3 stockpile 1/3 you will start to graze in the summer slump, and the last third you graze through the winter and early spring. The next year the pasture you grazed twice or 3 times in the spring depending on your environment you will reserve for that years winter stockpile and give it a full growing seasons rest.

[zekeshow]

Looks like thousands of dollars in fertilizer. Impressive. Y’all are such an underrated channel. Keep the wisdom and content flowing….

[johnthomas]

Just found your channel. I enjoyed your observations, which line up with many of those espoused by Greg Judy. I wish I had gotten into cattle, but I discovered this interest too late. I am encouraging my son to get with his girlfriend and buy her dad's (9th generation!) cattle operation. We will see.

[Robertmacmedia]

Thanks for sharing your experience and farm with us

[claytonbrooks]

I enjoyed your video. I really want to try this in the future, I’m curious how you keep water to your cows?

[atangapaul]

Keep doing what you do. Experience is the best. You bringing us to your farm and life is a blessing

[NicholasRiccio]

Great video. Can’t wait to see if the trampled grass will come back as well as the lower mowed grass. One day I’ll be there too, still working on fencing. I appreciate everyone sharing there operations. Keep up the good work! You’re doing great!!

[leeneely]

Just discovered ur channel. I see you moving the cattle and want to do regenerative farms myself. I didn’t see the water set up tho?

[jamesselask]

You and Allyson have put so much work and love into this farm and it really shows. This is the standard that farming should be across the globe. Can't wait to see where this place will be in another 5 years. Keep up the great work

[MistressOP]

6:53 Most folks don't let them eat long. But for the cycle you gotta let them eat some sections long grass. Because the seed heads are seeds that are adapted to your cycle. Most important thing on your property getting those seeds that know your system know your cows and know your land to send good genetics forward drop and become perennial grass. I'd not do it all the time but I'd do it sometimes. More so if it's a drought year. I want drought genetics. 8:32 Your grass doesn't want to grow anymore when the seed head comes in. The problem is that's not fully wrong for some varities but in a healthy pasture you have like more than 50 different grasses and forbs in a native pasture. Each one has it's time to seed and come in all year long. This is the Americas it's built on grass forest both old growth. It's design to come up in phases bit here bit there. When one goes to seed in a healthy pasture there's another waiting for it's turn in the group. It's actually how we control non native Chee grass proply in California by grassing the doh stage heads to prevent wild fires and reduce it's population. I think the way converstations are had about this tyopic has to change. Not everyone is at a stage there grass are pushed out of invasive and poor quailty grass seed mixes. Then you'd hit those heads to reduce the population and also to keep it going. This converstation is a lot like talking to someone who has not repair there classic card and it's still on conrete blocks. Someone who has repair there classic car and it's running ok but not looking great. And someone who has done a full restro rebuild and added some nice extras. Three different conversations all about the same car. And what you do for that car might be somewhat simlair sometimes but vastly different other times. (What's your dung beetle population looking like?)

[charmainevandiford]

No one is a expert. Greg Judy and a few others are considered experts and they don’t know everything. Some People not me cuss the way they do things and say it don’t work. Do what works for you. What you feel good about. Looks like to me you got it figured out. I sure wish I was in your predicament. Keep up the good work and looks fine to me and I am definitely no expert.

[cdf]

Interesting thoughts on seed heads. I have been watching mine eat them all weekend.. I have no desire to mow them off.

[cindy_lou_loves_to_stitch]

I enjoy your videos when I get a chance to watch them! God has blessed you and Ally 🩷 n the farm. Very heartwarming to see. Love seeing those calves!!

[cjwilsonchi]

Just found your channel. Great information! Where is the water source for the cattle all the paddocks?

[justinridlen]

Love your content. Are your wires hot? Or do you have a perimeter fence around the outside of the property? Im going to attempt this type of controlled grazing but with sheep, cows in the future.

[GeoffHou]

I think it's all depending on the season or what the forecast is. If you are in a drought period, the trampled grass will keep the moisture better and the growth will be better but if you are in a wet season, you probably are better with the whole thing eaten down.

[TheAmbulatingFerret]

As far as I'm concerned with seed heads is free seed. I don't really seed my pastures, I just let them go.

[CincinnatiReefer]

Thank you for sharing. Where are the waterers? I didn’t see any water sources in any of the paddocks. Thank you.

[greggmcclelland]

Josh at running t farms has a similar philosophy.

[robinsonjohn]

Awesome job! I am curious what is your stocking rate? How many pounds per acre? How big are your cells?