is mob grazing worth it on a small farm? pros & cons

Three weeks ago we started mob grazing our herd of 35 Dexter beef cattle on our small farm. While it's too early to understand the full effects of mob grazing, we've seen some immediate changes in our pastures and herd behavior. Is mob grazing worth the extra effort and what are its implications for a small farm like ours? Join me as I discuss the pros & cons of mob grazing!

[kristinemagnien]

If you're not failing, you're not trying (new things). If youre not trying, youre not learning. Keep up the great work

[chalkrockranch]

Thanks for sharing your journey and learnings. We are currently in the process of turning 800 acres over to mob grazing. It's been continuously strip farmed in wheat for 100 years and the soil is ruined. No cows on it yet, but the 2 years of rest while we seeded, built cross fences and put in water lines has made a huge difference. Can't wait to get cows in there and start really rebuilding the soil.

[hossblake]

I've known several farmers over the years that have quit after going broke, both big and small. The one thing they all had in common was the attitude "this is how we've always done it."

[PrairieSunsetRanch]

Mob grazing is absolutely necessary especially if your pasture acres are limited. I use a form of rotational grazing and since putting this plan into action it has saved me probably an extra month pasturing my animals until winter. Now MOB grazing is definetly more labour intensive but for some necessary. Cheers 🍻 from Prairie Sunset Ranch ☀️

[jobygochoco]

you are the farmer equivalent of Sir David Frederick Attenborough...a broadcast journalist and Naturalist...great stuff....

[barbaravickroy]

Hi ... just found your channel .. have been enjoying .. very well-organized videos .. surely must be helpful to folks getting started.... instructive, wi/o being too didactic. Farmer Tyler in CA is also starting the Mob Grazing on small acreage ... will be interesting to see how you each incorporate it into a system that works for you. Of course, Judy & Salatin have been leaders in proving the economics of this method ... both are in love with the soil.. can tell you are, too :) Regards from the Ozarks.

[tomf.]

Nice to hear positive comments. Nice to see the height of your grass. Hopefully you can graze more days on your grass and reduce hay needs as things progress on regenerating your farm. Great that you see the negative on exposed soil, water loss and taking away. Hold tight and all the best in your investment in your future.

[DavidRScott-lcce]

Yet another great video, you're a natural Pete! Informative, expressive and enjoyable, it's great to learn from the experiences of a local farmer!

[YOU-vjfl]

Pete, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[troydaigle]

Man. Most people talk for hours and never say anything worth listening too. You talked so fast, that I had to listen twice to get it all. Great video. Just slow down a little bit. Us country folk are slow. Lol

[russian-farmerr]

HELLO FARMER. GOOD BULLS YOU HAVE. THEY STILL WALK WITHOUT FENCES.. I ALSO ENGAGED IN GROWING BULLS. IT'S NICE TO SEE OTHER COUNTRIES..

[DH]

I agree. We're experimenting here on our farm as well.

[geneellens]

This was such an informative and enjoyable video. Thanks Pete your cows are very adorable

[mightymicrofarm]

Joel Salatin has really refined this method to a fine art if anyone's been living in a cave for the last while.

[zadokmotorfreight]

Very sound philosophy and science!! Great video!

[cdf]

Great update. Look forward to your results. While your trample may look messy, you make a great point about the lid you put on your soil. Better soil, better forage, better animal performance!

[danielwnyman]

Look in a little bit in holistic management, its an grate tool, so you don't need to be worried to be out of grass even an dry summer. Try to get the grassing plan so you only take hey every other year on the some acreage then the old grass have time to become soil until hey-time. Some time an crimperroller can be as help fore trampling down older grass. God luck with the mobgrassing. We doing hey here in Finland to foe the moment. Always interesting what for system other have on there small farms. Keep up the grate work!

[bobseal]

I believe you are on the right track and that your farm will reward you for these practices. ✌

[larrymoore]

The first year on any decision is tough. I watch a few farm homestead channel (Greg Jude in particular) has a good U Tube channel and even offers on site classes. Continue your mob grazing and hope that some rain comes in and restart your grass. In the future you'll know it was the best decision.

[chinaski]

Great video. It’s wonderful to see a farmer taking on regenerative practices and deciding to stick with it through some necessarily tough teething stages.
I hope in the years to come your fields of forage will have a healthy enough soil and a strong and deep enough root system to flourish even through the dry months.
All the best from Australia 👍