Mob Grazing “Debunked”

Cattle/sheep move today. Back to paddock #1 to start our 4th rotation of the season. Thoughts on a recent mob grazing study.

[TheAbleFarmer]

Hello neighbor from Coshocton county Ohio.
First year grazing for me. Enjoying your channel!

[ripdinecola]

Sounds like the universities are trying to adjust studies to suit their agenda. To discredit small farmers and rotational grazing farms. Them Nebraska boys cater to the big corporate Keep up the good work

[collinchupp]

Jason, I’ve got Devons as well and mine don’t touch our red clover. Any ideas on why that may be? We’ve got a great stand of red clover but they won’t touch it!

[tommartin]

Hi Jason. When I lived in VA I raised 6 steers for next year's farmers market.i bought the steers, no cow calf to be fair. I divided 24 acres into 6 paddocks. They spent 1 month in each paddock. Stockpiled the last 2 . I mowed everything down after they left the previous paddock. And it worked very well. Not saying that will work for everyone. But a yearly rotation did work for me.

[rpglennj]

Another great, informative video, Jason. Really good to see it so lush and green at this time of year. I know everyone’s benefitting from that. Like you all, we’ve been slammed with rain here in East TN and SE Kentucky has been especially hit hard. Have you been able to continue to collect clippings for silage?

[appalachianheartsong]

Great thoughts Jason, it would be interesting to hear what you have witnessed on your land relative to the impact of rotational grazing on plant diversity. Greg Judy is always chirping about how the unwanted grasses are replaced by more beneficial grasses but the timelines he presents seem very short. Have you had similar impact? Is the density of grasses greater than previously applied techniques? I know you have said you experienced the patty spotting across your pastures, but how has that impacted the type of grasses which eventually grow? Cheers brother, always great to see you back on the net. Dan and Elle

[jayawells]

Do you use a pump from your water system to your outlet

[garyoakman]

I watch Our Wyoming Life in Gillette Wyoming.. last year they got 2.5 inches of rain. How much rain do you get?

[xxfactionxx]

What's the deal with the chopper?

[melvinrexwinkle]

It says in the title of their research "sandhills"! No. 1 thats where there is nothing but ranches there. No. 2 there is not much of anything growing from September thru may

[davidwalters]

Well...ok. But you should have the land for 45-60 day rest for each paddock, in terms of average NE USA regrowth? And if you are using 1/4 acre paddocks, then 3 days is way too long. My dime-store advice :)

[davidwalters]

You are correct: study is basically bogus. Take 20 farms that use holistic grazing (mob/managed/strip/etc) and have done so for years, read the biochemistry on the soil and soil health in general for over a 2 year period. Better studies should be done!

[LtColDaddy]

All the universities and biased “experts” out there. I don’t care what other people do. Rotational grazing has been out in the wild for a long time, but the cheap solar fencing was the real game changer. Less than 1/2 of farmers and ranchers do very well. Unless you inherit a bunch of paid off land, your very close to the edge financially if you aren’t adopting better practices. This pertains to many different aspects of ag.

[markhoban]

Your cattle look small how do they go at the sale yards compared to hereford and Angus in Aus the markets just push Angus

[BerkshireHillFarm_Homestead]

You look like you could help the Jews out with that red heifer without blemish!!!

[garyoakman]

Gillette Wyoming average rainfall is about 10 inches.

[cmyers]

You lost me at Ecclesiastes. I came to learn, not be preached at. If I wanted to be told how to live and/or everything wrong with me id go to a church or a religious friend's house. Just some friendly advice; never talk about religion or politics. Its divisive and you immediately separate yourself from the majority. People get enough of that during regular life. My opinion is that people go to youtube to escape it all. Best of luck to you and your channel. I hope you reach 100K by the end of the year!!!! Then onwards to a million.