Greg discusses his low input methods that guarantee a profitable grazing operation
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Eliminating input costs from your farm adds profit to your end of year bottom line. By staying focused on what your farm produces and matching those resources to your livestock species pays dividends.
We learned is school that large herd animals (Buffalo, antelope etc.) moved all day for a reason (clean fresh grass), they move in pretty close formation (Predators) and huge flocks of birds go with them (Insect control). When they keep moving, they pee out most of the water they drink and it seeps into the soil unlike rain that runs off, they fertilize with natural fertilizer, they keep the grass from turning into thatch that becomes fire hazard and their hooves make divots that slow rain water down, holding it in place so that prevents droughts. Land and animals NEED each other, the plants and animals evolved together and they need to be kept together. That is something that big ag does not do.
We should go back to Agriculture. Agri business is nazism in our faces.
Is there a bird you could keep which would effect that mutualism, by that I mean, would go with the cows and provide that insect control?
Now I’m reminded of my time spent in the Ecuadorian cloud forest on a cattle farm. They would keep the cows up in the mountains, a 20 minute walk from the farm, just in the jungle. There would always be birds with them, large birds, almost like a crane or a stork; a white bird white a large beak and gullet
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TheCasualCosmonaut In Texas we have cattle egrets. You don’t need to keep them. They show up when it’s warm.
Quality pasture and your cattle are just beautiful
So grateful for you Brother Greg! "Farm-mentor", rock on!
Another interesting video thanks Greg. We are sweltering here in Queensland Australia, with temps around 105/106, worst drought in living memory and bushfires everywhere. Looking forward to implementing some of your strategies on my 300 acres shortly, and hoping for some rain.
Boy I sure hope you get some rain to give you some relief!!
Other Ausies noticed the heavy amounts of chemtrails in the skies like here in the U.S. and Canada. Weather manipulation, NOT ( global warming ) climate change .Geo engineering .killing us and biosphere, $$$ know Jesus, love Shalom
Greg, no greater truth then to secure your water source. The greatest determining factor for making you a successful rancher is H2O.
Another great talk Greg. Thanks. Can you do a video and tell us about how you market your cattle? I can't imagine you take all those beauties to the sale barn.
God no sales barn. He supplies some pure grass fed buyers gets top dollar. Plus private sales locally. Bull sales for breeding all heifers are spoken for every year. Correct me if I'm wrong Greg. That's what's gather from watching channel.
Make video of your grazing cattle and use the video to approach buyer/butchers/beef supply company grocery stores that sell meat.
over time you'll have more demand than you can meet for grass fed Beef
@@davidhickenbottom6574 all females are spoken for the next two years. The sale barn gets some of our culls.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I forgot about culls. I visited some cattle yesterday sad little herd. Bull was huge black baldy. Hereford cows starving on putting green. Broke my heart talked to the land owner not his cattle. One cow was out on mowed hay field filling her belly best she could. Why people have cows as pets them don't take care of them is beyond me.
@@davidhickenbottom6574 the people across the road from me are like that. I don't even speak to them anymore.
Happy Thanksgiving Greg! Hope you had a great day.
Great advice and Cattle. I've been passing on your Vlog to all Farmers Young and Old so they can see there is a different way to raise their Cattle. God Bless and Peace Be With You ☮️
Hope y’all had a great Thanksgiving!! Thanks for continuing to share your wisdom with us!!
Great video! Thanks Greg!
I havent been back fencing them i am worring that im not giving the previous areas proper rest but the cows do generally stay in the new strip. Thanks
I have a book with a historic chart, that discusses the make-up of an ideal hay, with 50 or more different types of plant, and percentages of each plant that made up hay, back in the day.
All ag books are garbage after 1950. Before that about half of em are gold!
@@willieclark2256 This was a composition chart of all the components for desirable hay from, I don't remember the year, but long ago. It was in a book about the European scythe
@@tomcondon6169 Old knowledge lasts
Hi Tom
I don't know where you are but my maiden name was Condon and I'm in Australia.
Sorry using my son's phone. My name is Mary-Ann
I think I asked that question about three or 4 videos ago. Thanks for the answer
I love all your content, Greg. You , Joel and Gabe, have inspired me to return to the land and raise ruminants. Question: When you plan your moves and decide which land to offer to lease, do you truck animals farm to farm ever? Or do you just plan out your grazing so you can drive the cattle from ranch to nearby ranch?
Our herd is to large to truck them to the next farm. Before we are interested in leasing a farm, our mob has to be able to walk to it. However if you are just starting out with a small herd, I would not be deterred from hauling them to the next farm if it was only 20 miles away. Closer of course is better.
Thank you for your wisdom and generosity to share it. How many pounds of meat a year you produce per acre with your system?
Hi Greg
I stated watching regenerative videos almost one-year ago. One guy that I used to watch-until he "click-baited" me with a "He Lost It All" video when this was not really the case.
But the sad sack who "Lost Much of it all" relocated from relatively fertile and good rainfall Dixie South land to question mark land in Idaho. Before watching Greg's video on steps where to open a grazing farm, I knew Idaho was not prime real estate for this. A divorced and 59% visitation of his child caused his depression and he lost much because of this,, but he did not ever really flourish that I could tell in photographs shown in the video. photographs of his operation.
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With this background;
QUESTION: Should a prospective grazing farmer eschew, generally in America, purchasing lands for his pastures above the 40th-parallel? Roughly Indianapolis, Indiana north-south .
Many lifetimes ago, I worked as a hired-hand during summer vacations, a bit south of the 44-paraelle and about 40-miles East of La Cross as the crow flies, and 180-185 days grazing is about the best a farmer could hope for to grow grass at a replenishment rate to be grazed.
The farmer that rented my aunt's pasture for his heifers put the animals in usually a few weeks after a typical (not early) Easter Day and the animals were usually gone by Columbus Day.
This means up to one-half the year, hay must be fed to all non-culled animals. Pete, the host of "A Few Acres Farm" channelbon RUclips seems to oath the same or worse situation as to weather for pasturing and hay making on his farm in upstate New York.
In central Mizzou where Greg hails from and Joe Salten in Viginnie : is one able to graze 190 days per most seasons? 200? 225? 250? At 210 days more: this is a whole entire month more than most seasons in the aforementioned areas in Wisconsin.
Should "climate" have been on the Part-2 "What to do when sizing up purchasing a grazing farm" videos?
If your able to choose a spot to set up a grazing operation, make sure you get 24-38” of rain annually. This eliminates irrigation. Limited winter snow fall is also a plus which allows grazing most of the winter.
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Thanks for the reply.
So rainfall trumps aridness. Unfortunately, Northern of the 42nd- parallel, though warmer falls but paying the price with cooler spring the past twenty years in Chicagoland, rain generally turns to at least sleet from Thanksgiving until mid-March. I don't s'pose 'magin animals are going to enjoy chewing the icicles off the forage ....
I started moving my cows everyday now. But i am wondering about back fencing when i move. I have a 100 by 305 ft pasture that i have stock piled for winter for 3 calves i give them 7 to 10 ft a day it is over run with sage grass im trying to improve the soil. Do i need to be back fencing ? I feel like with only 3 calves i cant get my stock density high enough to lay down enough of the standing forage
Hey Greg, big fan. I wanted to know your thoughts on using sprouted fodder instead of rolled hay to help speed up the regeneration of pasture. Thanks so much!
GREG are all southpoll cattle like yers? cause ya sure have some of the prettyiest cows i,ve seen ina long time,, thank ya fer the video
Please explain how this would work in New England like Massachusetts where we get zero forage and water freezes? O have to bring in 112 bales of hay a month 50libs each, 45 bags of grain and 15 bags of whole corn. Have 8 beef cattle 4 bulls 600 to 800 lbs 4 females 500 to 700lbs. I have spent money on vaccines but haven't used them yet.
Have you thought about selling high weaning weight cattle for milk producers to cross?
Greg, what is your average 205 day Weaning Weight on your South Polls? (Just a rough guess) I know you don’t wean. Trying to make a functional budget based on sale barn prices.
I don't farm but if I did I would do it like Greg....
You have some beautiful animals there. Are there any herbaceous plant species outside the traditional grasses and clovers that you try to encourage as natural plant medicines or forage, or do they come in naturally once you start grazing in this manner? I am not a farmer (maybe one day), although I do have an interest, especially in regenerative practices.
They come in naturally with planned grazing
Greg I’m sure you have answered this somewhere before, but I’m assuming since you don’t worm your cows you’ve done some sort of verification it’s not needed. The rationale of why you don’t do it makes perfect sense, but was curious if you base your decision off the condition of your animals or had fecals done on them?
Cattle that do not shed off their winter hair coats and constantly have dirty tails, plus getting thin. Cull them.
Hi Greg, I Have a question and I know the answer is probably “it depends” but could you maybe give some general advice. I have 30 acres of pasture land that we currently rotate cows around on. Most of it is grass and broadleaf weeds and there is a good chunk of autumn olive and brush as well. I am thinking that for this size property and what is currently on it that we would probably be better with hair sheep?
I don’t have a lot of costs with the cattle so there isn’t much I can cut that will make a significant difference overall financially. I know I’m not going to get rich off of cattle or sheep on this amount of land but the cattle are not making much at all and I am thinking sheep just might be a better fit here.
Sheep eat more brushy material and weeds than cattle. Having two species to market off your farm can be a good thing.
What would be a Good breed for Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin? I have 36 acres with a live creek and pond.
South poles if you can find them might be pricey. Dexters are nice small frame cattle gentle if handled often. Good luck on your journey. I wish I had 36 acres
You say that you don't want too much milk since that's the most expensive thing to produce on grass but what about for dual purpose breeds where I DO want to be able to calf share and milk my cows? I'm guessing since you dont milk, that's why you're saying that,but does it hurt in my situation? I saw the jerseys you had running with your beef herd on a previous video and those were some fine looking jerseys. I don't think I've ever said that about a Jersey 🤣
No it does not hurt Your situation if You create a system that works for Your farm. You can either match milk production to grass production (spring calving) or supplement with high quality feed You produce Yourself or buy.
If You live in an area with problem fescue, milk production can be challenging, and You may need to inform Yourself a bit more to avoid problems.
What do you think about American aberdeen breed for beef cattle?
Build a market for them and their fine. Don't sell them at the salebarn, the price you receive will bankrupt you.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher do you think their is an optimal grass genetic breed for southern eastern Pennsylvania or di you have to develop it over time? Thank you.
Haha at 2:40 "is that for me? oh...guess not...."
Hmmm, love watching steaks get made
Do you have fish in the pond? Or is is just for the cattle?
We stock all of our livestock ponds with fish. Bluegill, channel cat and bass.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher good to know. Love your tutorial videos. So much to learn
I like your hat
What breeds do you use to get 1000 lb cows?
South Poll breed
You forget your mic? Lots of background (grass stomping) noise and hard to hear 🙂
Yep
Actually I had it on, but it was not close enough to pick up my voice. I'm still learning!
When is best weight to slaughter
That's exactly the thought he's trying to steer people away from having. It's not about weight, it's about having a sustainable farm with the most animals that produce the highest quality yield with the least damage to the land.
The meat packers on the othe hand, want elephant sized cows so they have less to butcher to fill their quota, but that's not possible or sustainable and least of all profitable long term. Giant cows destroy the land they are on and barely break even on the market.
That 730 cow would cut a great T bone steak..Sweet and fatty,full flavor! Ohh and the rump steak on that 195 wooooo!
This vid could also be used for picking women..all the same requirements for a man!
Speak up, friend. You're fading out...
I think my mic was to far away from my mouth!!
at what age do you give the blackleg shot?
day 2? when u tag?
@@tannerellicott6641 yes, a booster is given 6 weeks later.
Who says the lymph node at 2 days can utilize a b leg shot?