Great video! We do about 3 days per paddock and have 4 paddocks per pasture of about 20 acres. So 45 adults running on 5 acres for 3 days. We come rotate back after about 36 to 40 days or so. Nice seeing how others do it across the country. Our method has really thickened up the grass stand.
Nice program. I want to get up to that long recovery time like you’re doing. I’m sure I could deduce it from the numbers you gave but it’s just easier to ask, how many acres total are you grazing? 80?
Farmer Tyler Ranch thanks! That's about what we constantly rotate through, yes. We have three other fields, two for hay and winter forage and one is pretty weedy and we are trying to clean it up so they just get the whole pasture for a few days at best.
I live in the city, but enjoy watching all the videos! Would love to live somewhere I could have some animals but can't, so love all the information, maybe one day!
Thanks for sharing important info for cattle producers, proper grazing will reduce your cost & hopefully make a little profit per animal.. You must know your environment & modify for what works best for your operation. Good video Tyler! 👍
Good information as always. The best part is that you're modifying/adjusting the grazing methods to fit your ranch's herd. As a result, you have a very nice looking herd of cows & calves to show for your efforts. Stay safe.
Thanks Tyler, very informative. Like you said there is no one way to manage the pastures but it is always good to see how someone else does it. You have great looking pastures!
Glad you showed the moving of the cows. It's amazing that they can sense when it is time to move. Too bad that you have the brown section in the small 1 acre field as there is less to eat. It is interesting watching cows as they are so curious. Keep up the good work on the videos.
I love your channel, Tyler! I don't even have cattle but I love watching them. I grew up around Angus and think they're so pretty. We had one that was my pet. She would come off the ridge when she heard my school bus. By the time I walked up the driveway she would be there at the gate waiting for me to pet her! BTW, did the little calves get all cleared up from pink eye? See ya next time!
Farmer Tyler Ranch every time I watch a Greg Judy video I think of your ranch and how bad I want you to do a series where you implement Greg’s techniques on your property! I live in the same area and am so interested to see how it will work on an irrigated operation in NorCal like yours. Hope you will consider a mob grazing trial with 24 hour moves! I’d love to see it.
Great video! We typically move everyday... unless we take a trip, to somewhere like Montana... Anyway, we subdivide our pastures into paddocks using a single electrified polywire. We really like the Gallagher line of electric fencing products. You really hit the nail on the head about how every farm is different. There are so many different ways to rotationally graze and so many catch phases that it’ll make your head spin. As long what you’re doing works for you, is improving the productivity of the grass, and the health of the soil, it’s a win for everybody...
Thank you BCDFWA! I’m a fan of Gallagher as well, I think they’re better than Zareba, at least mine has been so far. Whatever you guys are doing looks like it’s working really good!
Another great video. I agree that its not one size fits all on grazing strategies. What works for me on my ranch in Oklahoma might not work for you in California. I like to experiment each year, How is the arerated pasture doing? Thanks and God Bless!
Yes that’s exactly what I was getting at. I think we can all learn from each other but shouldn’t necessarily blindly copy each other either. The aerated pastures are doing ok, I think I’m going to do them again here in the next couple weeks.
You should watch some videos by Greg Judy. He is fantastic on explaining rotational grazing. You did well too. And you are very right about each place being different. My ranch in western Kansas is very different from both you in California and Greg in Missouri.
We move our dairy cows twice a day. After each milking they get a fresh strip in a paddock. Most paddocks only have 2 to 4 grazings in them and we have 28 paddocks. We have a 21 day rotation between paddocks. Any paddocks go beyond 21 days gets baled.
Hey Tyler. Nice video. Knowing your environment is absolutely key. I watch lots of farming videos but there is almost nothing based in Philippines, where our farm is located. Grazing, ranching and farming practices are very different for us. Once we are living on our farm full time, I plan to experiment with some of the stuff I've learned from RUclips and see how well it works. Seasonally the environment and growing seasons are way different so it should be fun. Cheers man. ~Mike and Ester~
Duyan Farms, do you have access to an agricultural university. They should have info that would be more useful/helpful to your geographic area. You will need to try different items/patterns, be sure to keep records so you can look back with confidence before you modify & try another strategy. Good luck! 👍
I'm on 7 day moves now, but as I get more woods converted to pasture I hope to get to 3 day moves to better manage so the cows aren't taking a bite of fresh regrowth which tends to stunt regrowth
You get months on rotation?? We can get maybe a few weeks... Our worst is when we first let the cows out in the spring, a normal year they won't waste much... But a wet year we can't get on pasture early then yes, lots of waste!!! Irrigation helps!!! You forgot to mention, the experts say to not let them graze below 4".... We are bad! They graze below 4", otherwise they won't have anything in the next pasture. Little trick to moving pastures, if they have access to the barn/lot area, and their water is there, they will all come in together for water and dry hay at some point... That's the time to make sure they all came in and change pasture on them😎 Yet another good video Tyler, thank you!!
Thanks Ed yes over at the winter pasture from about March to May the grass pushes faster than they can eat it. I could bring more cows over but it’s right during calving and I don’t like to ship them during that time. I know I break a lot of the grazing rules too, sometimes you’ve got to!
@@farmertylerranch4399 rules are meant to be broken 😎 Years ago we were considered the best managed pasture by the extension service... Maybe we did do it the best, Maybe we didn't... The best way is whatever keeps it and the livestock growing and producing!! Some ways are more labor intensive, some are lazy ways... If it works for you and the animals are healthy, do it!! Just make sure to rotate!!!! It's still one of the best ways to control parasites.
Hi love watching your channel,do you top and rake your paddocks when you have a lot of clumps of stage 3 grasses to spread the seed and muck to encourage a more even growth ? Keep up the good work,
Tyler do agree that 6 to 8 even more acres that those would leave 3 to 6 days if it looks like they would get some more benefit form staying on it longer time then 5 days and it is not set in stone for think the cows will tell you when they want to move on. Cows standing at a gate or bawling at me tells me it time to give them another pasture.
Man you have some nice tempered cows and bulls - i know they're Angus crosses - my friend has a bull who's friendly but Barney loves to escape at dead spots -
Enjoying your channel 👍👍 not sure if anyone has mentioned but have you thought of breaking down your bigger paddocks with temporary electric fencing “strip grazing” I’ve seen it regularly in farms here in oz.
Question do you drag your fields for Cow Patties? Reason I ask is cuz a lot of us drag the fields after the cows have graced heavily therefore using organic fertilizer to put back to the soil we usually do this before a good rain then towards the end of the year when cooler months Prevail we will lime the fields just wonder if that's something y'all do over there or it's just a Down South thing. Also how many acres do you graze or have that you have cows on and how many cows do you have?
Just rewatched after hearing your livestream. Great content and keep up the good work. I’m planning on doing 2 beef calves with 3-5 lambs. And rotating every 3-4 days through our 12 acres, in small lanes. Have you ever had different animals graze together or one after another?
Haven’t done it myself but have heard it can work quite well. Cows and goats compliment each other well as they like to eat different things. Not sure about sheep
In addition to Greg Judy and Jim Garish I would also suggest Joel Salatin and Alien Savory, especially their position on higher stock densities and longer periods of rest. Savory in particular has proven and applied his practices all over the world and has literally turned desert into grassland without seed or irrigation. Full disclosure I don't yet rasis cows myself, but have been to farms in my area that rotationally grazed and changed to the Salatin/Savoury methods and the results were unbelievable
Well I guess no I didn’t mention either in this video and I should have! I’ve got 40 pairs out there, two bulls and ten yearlings. It’s mostly Dallis grass. Thanks Linda!
Farmer Tyler Ranch 40 pair is really impressive on that acreage. Do you know how many acre feet of water you’re putting down every year to get that kind of forage production? How many months out of the year are feeding hay?
Hey Tyler. Great content as always, thanks for sharing. Was wondering what your pounds per day is on just the grass and Curious if you’ve watched Greg Judy on RUclips. He’s got some good stuff. Thank you!
You know I’m really not sure what it is, I’m thinking 20-30? I just kind of know by looking I guess, I know that’s not very helpful! Thanks Rancher wannaBe
That's why cows basically rotation graze themselves. If you will. My cows will stay and graze a spot for a day or two. Then for a cpl days move and so on. Your right about the t1 stage. Cows will be back in a week to regraze the same spots. We run 1 pair to 10 acres out here.
I know you've said the number of cattle you have (and one 🐎) for the rotational grazing. My question, given your rain fall and grass growth rate what would your cow-calf acerage be if you always did conventional graze? I know around here (North Central Arkansas) people say 5-7 acres per unit. Just trying to figure out if I could increase units per acre with rotational grazing.
Farmer Tyler Ranch every time I watch a Greg Judy video I think of your ranch and how bad I want you to do a series where you implement Greg’s techniques on your property! I live in the same area and am so interested to see how it will work on an irrigated operation in NorCal like yours. Hope you will consider a mob grazing trial with 24 hour moves! I’d love to see it.
I honestly didn't know there was so much to know about grazing and grass. Open the gate. Let the cows in. Shut the gate and thats it for a couple of months or so. I don't think I should keep Cows, do you ? lol. Interesting video 🚜🚜🐂🐂🐂🚜🚜😊😊
Easier to see the benefits when you are producing milk. Graze the covers down hard and move them on especially in periods of rapid growth. The level in the tank tells you quickly if you get too harsh.
The lower gain per day makes perfect sense. You are stressing them with lack of food and put them in a new paddock, they chow down and eat everything, including the grass they don't like. Their still not quite satisfied so the next day they eagerly chow down again.
What about thistles? How do you manage those, or are they stomped down? They can regrow from the basal root. I want to try rotational grazing but it’s hard convincing my family. Also do you feed hay. We have about 700 acres and 200 cows. We put about 1200 round bales and I want to get away from conventional farming.
Enjoy your videos...but you did not mention soil health. Which without question is the most important aspect of a ranch/farm and effects all aspects of an operation. Also the more solar collectors(leaves) you leave behind the quicker the regrowth and the plant will not have to use root reserves to regrow. I believe when it all comes down to it we are in the solar collection business. Thanks.
Hi, I'm glad to hear other graziers talking about how they do things. Here's what I think. I think you are making a mistake to compare grazing systems on different life stages of forage. In your video you clearly show that it doesn't have to be that way. Also I believe that when you do graze tall grass that has set seed trampling is an asset to your pastures, and if the stock can take it, it may be worth that reduced growth rate since it's building soil organic matter that will help hold water and grow more grass next pass through that paddock.
Who and what dictates the classification of organic/pasture/free range animals? How can you benefit from the higher sale of animals from these classifications? Who licenses,monitors,enforces these classifications? Is this seen as to much bother and interference to deal with? It seems these grazing methods may dovetail into higher profits for time spent. Please share.
You know what? You just asked a bunch of questions I really don’t know the answers to! I definitely can’t get an organic certification here because of all the rice fields around me, unless I wanted to move my fence lines in.
Great video! We do about 3 days per paddock and have 4 paddocks per pasture of about 20 acres. So 45 adults running on 5 acres for 3 days. We come rotate back after about 36 to 40 days or so. Nice seeing how others do it across the country. Our method has really thickened up the grass stand.
Nice program. I want to get up to that long recovery time like you’re doing. I’m sure I could deduce it from the numbers you gave but it’s just easier to ask, how many acres total are you grazing? 80?
Farmer Tyler Ranch thanks! That's about what we constantly rotate through, yes. We have three other fields, two for hay and winter forage and one is pretty weedy and we are trying to clean it up so they just get the whole pasture for a few days at best.
Can't sleep so me and my three fur babies are watching Farmer Tyler and his cattle! Great videos keep it up!
Thanks Karen I’m glad I could help! Wow you were up late!
I live in the city, but enjoy watching all the videos! Would love to live somewhere I could have some animals but can't, so love all the information, maybe one day!
Thanks Billie!
Thanks for sharing important info for cattle producers, proper grazing will reduce your cost & hopefully make a little profit per animal.. You must know your environment & modify for what works best for your operation. Good video Tyler! 👍
Well said thank you Allan!
Good information as always. The best part is that you're modifying/adjusting the grazing methods to fit your ranch's herd. As a result, you have a very nice looking herd of cows & calves to show for your efforts. Stay safe.
Thank you very much Crslyrn!
Thanks Tyler, very informative. Like you said there is no one way to manage the pastures but it is always good to see how someone else does it. You have great looking pastures!
Thank you Robert well said!
Love the common sense it's refreshing. Thanks
Thanks Coy I appreciate that!
Love the bovine and the fab. Good job on all thanks again.
Thank you!
Great video! Have a great weekend!💕
Thank you Cheryl you too!
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Great video, I really enjoyed it! Thanks for explaining the different stages of growth in grasses!
No problem Jean I’m glad you liked it!
Very informative! I can't wait to put what i'm learning to use!
Thank you Leslie good luck!
Thanks FTR, another good informational video!!
Thank you BTO! I always appreciate you stopping by my friend.
Glad you showed the moving of the cows. It's amazing that they can sense when it is time to move. Too bad that you have the brown section in the small 1 acre field as there is less to eat. It is interesting watching cows as they are so curious. Keep up the good work on the videos.
Thanks Ben. Yes they definitely know when it’s time to move!
I love your channel, Tyler! I don't even have cattle but I love watching them. I grew up around Angus and think they're so pretty. We had one that was my pet. She would come off the ridge when she heard my school bus. By the time I walked up the driveway she would be there at the gate waiting for me to pet her! BTW, did the little calves get all cleared up from pink eye? See ya next time!
Thank you very much Terri! That’s a cool story, just like a dog! Yes the calves are looking much better thank you
Farmer Tyler Ranch every time I watch a Greg Judy video I think of your ranch and how bad I want you to do a series where you implement Greg’s techniques on your property! I live in the same area and am so interested to see how it will work on an irrigated operation in NorCal like yours. Hope you will consider a mob grazing trial with 24 hour moves! I’d love to see it.
Yes you know I kind of want to try it too. Might put something together for next year!
Thanks man your vids are help full
Thanks Alex I’m glad to hear that they are!
Hmmm, and I always thought it was just pasture. Great information!
Thank you!
Great video! We typically move everyday... unless we take a trip, to somewhere like Montana... Anyway, we subdivide our pastures into paddocks using a single electrified polywire. We really like the Gallagher line of electric fencing products. You really hit the nail on the head about how every farm is different. There are so many different ways to rotationally graze and so many catch phases that it’ll make your head spin. As long what you’re doing works for you, is improving the productivity of the grass, and the health of the soil, it’s a win for everybody...
Thank you BCDFWA! I’m a fan of Gallagher as well, I think they’re better than Zareba, at least mine has been so far. Whatever you guys are doing looks like it’s working really good!
Wow, great management.👍
Thanks Jose!
Another great video. I agree that its not one size fits all on grazing strategies. What works for me on my ranch in Oklahoma might not work for you in California. I like to experiment each year, How is the arerated pasture doing? Thanks and God Bless!
Yes that’s exactly what I was getting at. I think we can all learn from each other but shouldn’t necessarily blindly copy each other either. The aerated pastures are doing ok, I think I’m going to do them again here in the next couple weeks.
strip grazing great way to go Tyler
Thanks Wayne!
Very good info!
Thank you John!
You should watch some videos by Greg Judy. He is fantastic on explaining rotational grazing. You did well too. And you are very right about each place being different. My ranch in western Kansas is very different from both you in California and Greg in Missouri.
Good analogy or best practices
We move our dairy cows twice a day. After each milking they get a fresh strip in a paddock. Most paddocks only have 2 to 4 grazings in them and we have 28 paddocks. We have a 21 day rotation between paddocks. Any paddocks go beyond 21 days gets baled.
Sounds like a good operation there James! Nice to have the option to bale if it doesn’t get grazed
Hey Tyler. Nice video. Knowing your environment is absolutely key. I watch lots of farming videos but there is almost nothing based in Philippines, where our farm is located. Grazing, ranching and farming practices are very different for us. Once we are living on our farm full time, I plan to experiment with some of the stuff I've learned from RUclips and see how well it works. Seasonally the environment and growing seasons are way different so it should be fun. Cheers man. ~Mike and Ester~
Duyan Farms, do you have access to an agricultural university. They should have info that would be more useful/helpful to your geographic area. You will need to try different items/patterns, be sure to keep records so you can look back with confidence before you modify & try another strategy. Good luck! 👍
Wow what an adventure you’re in for! Sounds like you’re doing your research but it must be hard with few local resources. Good luck to you both!
Another awesome video. How your pink eye 🐄 doing. Thank you so much for sharing. Have a blessed day 🙏😇
Thank you Felicca! They are looking better
Good explanation!
Thank you!
I'm on 7 day moves now, but as I get more woods converted to pasture I hope to get to 3 day moves to better manage so the cows aren't taking a bite of fresh regrowth which tends to stunt regrowth
Yeah sounds like we’re about in the same boat. Hey at least we kind of know what we should be doing, even if we’re not doing it quite yet! Thanks Brad
Rome wasn't built over night either! Have a good week-end Tyler
Good call on that! You too!
even tho you yakked about stuff i dont understand about lol love the cows hugsssss from Ontario Canada
Oh yeah Tammy the cows at the end were all for you haha!
@@farmertylerranch4399 lol
You get months on rotation??
We can get maybe a few weeks...
Our worst is when we first let the cows out in the spring, a normal year they won't waste much... But a wet year we can't get on pasture early then yes, lots of waste!!!
Irrigation helps!!!
You forgot to mention, the experts say to not let them graze below 4".... We are bad! They graze below 4", otherwise they won't have anything in the next pasture.
Little trick to moving pastures, if they have access to the barn/lot area, and their water is there, they will all come in together for water and dry hay at some point... That's the time to make sure they all came in and change pasture on them😎
Yet another good video Tyler, thank you!!
Thanks Ed yes over at the winter pasture from about March to May the grass pushes faster than they can eat it. I could bring more cows over but it’s right during calving and I don’t like to ship them during that time. I know I break a lot of the grazing rules too, sometimes you’ve got to!
@@farmertylerranch4399 rules are meant to be broken 😎
Years ago we were considered the best managed pasture by the extension service...
Maybe we did do it the best, Maybe we didn't...
The best way is whatever keeps it and the livestock growing and producing!!
Some ways are more labor intensive, some are lazy ways...
If it works for you and the animals are healthy, do it!!
Just make sure to rotate!!!! It's still one of the best ways to control parasites.
Well said Ed!
@@farmertylerranch4399 thank you!!!!
Hi love watching your channel,do you top and rake your paddocks when you have a lot of clumps of stage 3 grasses to spread the seed and muck to encourage a more even growth ? Keep up the good work,
Thank you Nigel some years I harrow the pastures in the fall which essentially accomplish’s that.
Tyler do agree that 6 to 8 even more acres that those would leave 3 to 6 days if it looks like they would get some more benefit form staying on it longer time then 5 days and it is not set in stone for think the cows will tell you when they want to move on. Cows standing at a gate or bawling at me tells me it time to give them another pasture.
Oh yeah they tell you when it’s time! Thanks Roger
@@farmertylerranch4399 Yes they will.
Lot of good info. What do you do about water? You have separate wells or common water area?
There are water troughs in each pasture. Thanks Aaron!
Good stuff. So how large are you paddock and how many cows per paddock?
Man you have some nice tempered cows and bulls - i know they're Angus crosses - my friend has a bull who's friendly but Barney loves to escape at dead spots -
Thanks Julie they are mostly good especially out in the field. Sometimes in the corral is a different story!
Good information! Are all of your pastures irrigated?
Thanks Jesse, the summer pasture is all irrigated yes
Enjoying your channel 👍👍 not sure if anyone has mentioned but have you thought of breaking down your bigger paddocks with temporary electric fencing “strip grazing” I’ve seen it regularly in farms here in oz.
Thanks yes that is actually something I’m thinking about experimenting with this next year.
Question do you drag your fields for Cow Patties? Reason I ask is cuz a lot of us drag the fields after the cows have graced heavily therefore using organic fertilizer to put back to the soil we usually do this before a good rain then towards the end of the year when cooler months Prevail we will lime the fields just wonder if that's something y'all do over there or it's just a Down South thing. Also how many acres do you graze or have that you have cows on and how many cows do you have?
Yes I typically only drag once in the fall though. The summer pasture is about 28 actual grazing acres for 40 pairs plus bulls and yearlings
Just rewatched after hearing your livestream. Great content and keep up the good work.
I’m planning on doing 2 beef calves with 3-5 lambs. And rotating every 3-4 days through our 12 acres, in small lanes. Have you ever had different animals graze together or one after another?
Haven’t done it myself but have heard it can work quite well. Cows and goats compliment each other well as they like to eat different things. Not sure about sheep
Farmer Tyler Ranch thanks for the quick and timely response.
I'm on a 4-5 day rotation but I've waited up to 7 days to really try to clean up some parts of the pasture.
Sounds like you are doing it right to me! Thanks Jordan!
@@farmertylerranch4399 nobody has the perfect plan but we're all deffinitelly doing something right
Thanks Tyler 6-28-2022😊😊
In addition to Greg Judy and Jim Garish I would also suggest Joel Salatin and Alien Savory, especially their position on higher stock densities and longer periods of rest. Savory in particular has proven and applied his practices all over the world and has literally turned desert into grassland without seed or irrigation. Full disclosure I don't yet rasis cows myself, but have been to farms in my area that rotationally grazed and changed to the Salatin/Savoury methods and the results were unbelievable
Did you mention how many cattle in your herd? And what kinds of grasses are in your pastures? Thanks, never thought of both kinds of grazing.
Well I guess no I didn’t mention either in this video and I should have! I’ve got 40 pairs out there, two bulls and ten yearlings. It’s mostly Dallis grass. Thanks Linda!
Farmer Tyler Ranch 40 pair is really impressive on that acreage. Do you know how many acre feet of water you’re putting down every year to get that kind of forage production? How many months out of the year are feeding hay?
Tyler I'm in the same boat I can't seem to get this right.
Hey Tyler I do have a solution to water cattle in the winter.
For me I think ideally in a rotational grazing is 5-8 inches tall grass to my understanding grass has its most value in the 6-8 inch range
Yes that sounds about right to me. Thanks Blake!
Hey Tyler. Great content as always, thanks for sharing. Was wondering what your pounds per day is on just the grass and Curious if you’ve watched Greg Judy on RUclips. He’s got some good stuff.
Thank you!
You know I’m really not sure what it is, I’m thinking 20-30? I just kind of know by looking I guess, I know that’s not very helpful! Thanks Rancher wannaBe
That's why cows basically rotation graze themselves. If you will. My cows will stay and graze a spot for a day or two. Then for a cpl days move and so on. Your right about the t1 stage. Cows will be back in a week to regraze the same spots. We run 1 pair to 10 acres out here.
Yes I agree on a big ranch like yours they will. On my small ranch I have to make them do it! Thanks Tom
I know you've said the number of cattle you have (and one 🐎) for the rotational grazing. My question, given your rain fall and grass growth rate what would your cow-calf acerage be if you always did conventional graze? I know around here (North Central Arkansas) people say 5-7 acres per unit. Just trying to figure out if I could increase units per acre with rotational grazing.
I’m not really sure what it would be but I’m certain you could increase your cows/acre if you start rotating them!
Have you thought about discussing this with Greg Judy?
Great video i also want to add one must add cow size to what u have for land which seems to me u have done unless u have an abundance of land
Yes good point Mike!
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How does your grazing philosophy and practice align with that of Gabe Brown and Greg Judy? Thanks, Tim @ Cliffside Acres
Honestly I don’t really know, I’d have to check them out. Those names sound familiar but I can’t say as I’ve watched their stuff yet. Thanks Tim!
Farmer Tyler Ranch check out the Greg Judy playlist on my channel. I have all his videos there.
Farmer Tyler Ranch every time I watch a Greg Judy video I think of your ranch and how bad I want you to do a series where you implement Greg’s techniques on your property! I live in the same area and am so interested to see how it will work on an irrigated operation in NorCal like yours. Hope you will consider a mob grazing trial with 24 hour moves! I’d love to see it.
I honestly didn't know there was so much to know about grazing and grass. Open the gate. Let the cows in. Shut the gate and thats it for a couple of months or so. I don't think I should keep Cows, do you ? lol. Interesting video 🚜🚜🐂🐂🐂🚜🚜😊😊
Haha!
Easier to see the benefits when you are producing milk. Graze the covers down hard and move them on especially in periods of rapid growth. The level in the tank tells you quickly if you get too harsh.
That is a nice indicator for sure! All I can go off of is body condition but that certainly doesn’t give the instant feedback!
Look behind you, they’re gonna drive away with your ATV!!! Hahaha
The lower gain per day makes perfect sense. You are stressing them with lack of food and put them in a new paddock, they chow down and eat everything, including the grass they don't like. Their still not quite satisfied so the next day they eagerly chow down again.
Good point I never thought of that. For a true mob graze to be effective they kind of always have to be hungry!
What about thistles? How do you manage those, or are they stomped down? They can regrow from the basal root. I want to try rotational grazing but it’s hard convincing my family. Also do you feed hay. We have about 700 acres and 200 cows. We put about 1200 round bales and I want to get away from conventional farming.
How many cows are you running and on how many acres total? Thanks God bless!
Good question I should have mentioned that in the video. 40 pairs, 2 bulls, 10 yearlings on about 28 acres
Enjoy your videos...but you did not mention soil health. Which without question is the most important aspect of a ranch/farm and effects all aspects of an operation. Also the more solar collectors(leaves) you leave behind the quicker the regrowth and the plant will not have to use root reserves to regrow. I believe when it all comes down to it we are in the solar collection business. Thanks.
Solar collection business yes that’s pretty much it! Thanks Ben
My hubby refuses to look at land next to high electric power lines. Can you give any input on cattle ranching around them?
I never really gave it any thought. Is it fire he’s worried about?
Farmer Tyler Ranch hubby believes they cause cancer and the sound they make (at least the ones in the NW buzz really loudly)
FLA. WELDER FABRICATOR for 30+ years. Health took me out of it i miss it so mutch.
That is really a bummer. It’s rewarding work but definitely hard on the body. Thanks again Coy
How many cattle are you running in that rotation?
About 40 pairs plus two bulls and 10 yearlings...ok yeah and one horse!
Good deal. That's a little more than I was figuring. Trying to figure out if it would work for us. Thanks!
Hi, I'm glad to hear other graziers talking about how they do things. Here's what I think. I think you are making a mistake to compare grazing systems on different life stages of forage. In your video you clearly show that it doesn't have to be that way. Also I believe that when you do graze tall grass that has set seed trampling is an asset to your pastures, and if the stock can take it, it may be worth that reduced growth rate since it's building soil organic matter that will help hold water and grow more grass next pass through that paddock.
How many cows do you have
40 pairs, 2 bulls, 10 yearlings on about 28 acres from May to October. Thanks Eggen Farms!
Do you Lyme your pastures?
No I don’t. What does that do?
Helps your grass grow
Who and what dictates the classification of organic/pasture/free range animals? How can you benefit from the higher sale of animals from these classifications? Who licenses,monitors,enforces these classifications? Is this seen as to much bother and interference to deal with? It seems these grazing methods may dovetail into higher profits for time spent. Please share.
You know what? You just asked a bunch of questions I really don’t know the answers to! I definitely can’t get an organic certification here because of all the rice fields around me, unless I wanted to move my fence lines in.
Where are the organic police?