Grazing the Longleaf Pine Savanna Documentary

David Daigle raises cattle, timber and kids in the longleaf pine savanna of southwest Louisiana. In this video, he shares 37 years of his conservation knowledge with us and how he manages his grazing lands.

[chrisgodfrey]

What a beautiful place and such great stewardship.

[zestoslife]

That is really neat to see. Lovely to see business that enhances the whole system / environment.

[ianthompson]

Fantastic accomplishment. It would have been helpful to have included the pasture size grazing rotation schedule.

[amyferebee]

Thank am working on a song, "The Land of the Long Leaf Pine ". It is great to find another source to inform my research for the lyrics. 🎶😎🎶

[AllSectorsHearThis]

Do you leave any pines to become old growth forest? I hope you, yours and your savanna were not too damaged by hurricane Laura.

[Anatoli_Vikulov]

Hello! Please tell me, on what type of soil does a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) grow? Our pines grow mainly on the sand. Thanks.

[btudrus]

You cannot save the planet without growing and eating beef...

[bigbird]

It’s obvious that it needs to be burned every year and maybe two times a year

[traviselectricalservices]

Great video. I own 100 acre loblolly pine track in Louisiana. How can private landowners come together and network together and help each other out?

[MissEileenOg]

Great, informative video. Many thanks!

[scottyg.]

Very impressive, I really enjoyed it. I heard a pileated woodpecker at about 15 minutes.

[jameswaters]

You mention deer, turkey and woodpeckers but how do the quail and tortoises respond?

[jackamo]

All fine until development comes along

[AllSectorsHearThis]

If you added goats to the rotation would you have to artificially burn?

[kevincombes]

It could be interesting to see what would happen with Mr. Daigle's land management if he brought in Bison. There is a market for Bison meat.

[mperson]

How often should you thin trees? I have large medium and small pines all on top of each other.

[markpiersall]

Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box. Owls eat rodents which host ticks and attract pit vipers.

[creatednordestroyed]

God bless people like you. Its a shame they are so rare.

[clintjohnson]

Man id love for my place to look like that.

[bigbird]

If want to add more income he could sell the magic mushrooms that grow on the cow poop