Impressive how much care an passion you give to cattle and pastures, you really treat your farms like an ecosystem. Thanks for sharing the little story from the past, was very interesting
Great story Greg thank you for sharing, your stewardship is second to none. I’m paving the way now in my mid 30’s to do what you are doing by the time I hit about 40.
They just love to see us because they know they will get a special treat twice a day their entire lives! We love our animals and have an intense desire to make sure they have everything they need everyday.
I love hearing about the old days and the way our ancestors worked the land and survived through the hard times. We're soooo soft and spoiled these days and have no idea how good we have it.
GREG, i had these same ideas ever since the 1980s and all my family and friends said it wouldnt work, i just didnt have the money to prove them wrong! my views were treat the land as mother nature would with bison!!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I came across this video again and really enjoyed listening to the hand fishing story for a second time! Tell us some more history in future videos!
Had a chuckle, you said trampling , my device wrote trampoline I had to picture the herd taking turns on one and that the cows walking by with the carbon on their backs are the ones you might consider culling, they were the ones who fell off ! I am so impressed you got through all that brush. Thank you for the stories I am going to rewatch later when I retrieve my hearing aids from the D dry device as I missed a couple of words and I just have to know the full story! I had to hit edit almost forgot🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ 👍👍👍👍👍💖🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛♥️🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇✨🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖💝🌎🦌🦫🐇🦃🐂
Thank you Greg for all your knowledge and willingness to get it out there in the public domain. We desperately need good teachers of regenerative ranching
Greg, you've never posted a video where I didn't learn somthing! I so appreciate your sharing some of your areas history. Isn't it interesting that we have gone from verbal history to written history and now back to verbal history! I will say, also that you show how farming can be as least work intensive as possible. Let the cows do the work for you. You're right, there are very few four-legged creatures who need to be in four walls! In my experience, the only animals that need to be born in the first quarter of the year are thoroughbred racehorses, because all thoroughbreds, regardless of country and birthdate are one year old on January 1. So, the earlier they are born the more competitive they are .
Greg, I have seen another video with the same land owner comment and a view of the sand bar, so maybe it did not get deleted. Also, the growing season in Montana is too short to raise cattle profitably without starting calving season early. There is also the limitations of grazing leases on public lands that are necessary to make many ranches viable. Ranching in Montana is like living in a different world than the ranching system you have perfected in a warmer climate.
Hey Mr.Judy When you were walking through the brush. My thought was "Hey that looks familiar". Only what I've clearing by hand is just a wee bit thicker! Have a great day!
35 below zero, with high winds and 5 feet of snow on the ground in northern Maine, they belong in a barn. Although, we wish they could be out, the losses are too great outside.
This was an awesome video. Could not agree with you more about when too many producers calve in January, February, March. Grew up working on my grandpa's farm where we raised 10-15k turkeys each year. Remember one year where I slept out on range to ward off coyotes until we got a carbide cannon that did a much better job! lol
Greg, I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot about soil health from them and most importantly it gets my mind thinking about how to do things differently and more efficiently. Early calving in Montana/Idaho has more to do with the fact that most operators have a State, BLM or Forest lease that they depend on for summer pasture. These generally run from mid May - September. If we were to turn pregnant cows out on those summer pastures to calve, the wolves, grizzly, and black bears would do a pretty good job of reducing your calf crop to a un-profitable level. Also, we have a very short growing season and late spring through summer is dedicated to getting enough hay put up to make it through the winter. Ranchers up in the North are not stupid. There's more to it than meets the eye.
Amen on storing the hay at the top of the hill! My cows are getting picky on their hay this time of year....grumpy when the bale isn't perfect...I'm hearing some of the same moos in your herd! lol
When I heard your game warden story I had to chuckle, my cousin Jay Whitsett was the first game warden for southern Missouri and was working the upper Merimec in dent county about the time you're talking about and had the almost same exact experience. Jay was a tough man, but he was also a thinking man and when the old boys who were gigging catfish on the river asked him politely to leave there were six of them and one of him so he tipped his cap and left, and lived to catch somebody else another day.
My Grandfather used to tell me about how much he hated herding turkeys. My father taught me about the dead and decaying grass down next to the earth that healthy grass needs is called thatch. I guess I wish you'd mention the thatch but I love what you're doing for the land. I hate to see all the mud that some folks force their cattle to live in. It's too bad that our system has them chasing pounds to sell above all else. Keep spreading the carbon gospel, just call it thatch once in a while!
I use the term litter bank more than thatch. Got to have a good covering of ground litter on your pastures to reap the highest production levels of your forages. No litter bank, no long term grazing!
Loved this video Greg! Listening to those old stories and historical accounts was fun, reminds me of sitting around listening to my dad and uncles who are all gone now. The issue with silt in creeks is more than just from tillage though, we have more, large rain events than we used to have and the creek and river banks are constantly sliding off into the streams. Even in this video you can see it on that creek with several trees sliding off into the creek along with the soil...those stream banks have never been plowed. It's majorly from so much rain and volumes dropping so quickly. Suspended silt from tillage certainly is a thing but we have a lot of issues beyond it. We have a big creek here on my home farm and that thing used to run low enough to bow fish carp out of when I was a kid but it never does now, it moves more often than not with so much normal flow that I don't think it even has carp in it anymore, it gets flushed out all the way to the river too often.
I'm sure your right Brent. It would help if our nations soil could soak up the rain we get instead of shedding it off into the creeks and rivers. Organic matter in the soil is the missing link.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thats another great point. When I changed over to persistent no-till and cover crops back in 2012, my soil tests showed soil organic matter levels averaging about 1.2-1.6% in most of my crop fields. I went no-till and worked cereal crops back in the rotations and by 2015 SOM levels were up to 2.5 to 3.6%. By 2017 none of them tested below 3% and some were nearing 5%. I have not ran a water infiltration test yet but it'd be interesting to see how it fairs against my pastures. I can tell it's drastically improved because it takes the ponds longer to fill back up than it used to, lol. Pretty cool to see any runoff from the field running clear!
If you put the cattle in the barn, then you have to “manage” the manure: collect it, put it in the tanks, put it on the trucks with the sprayer. But with mob grazing and stockpiling, feeding outdoors, you eliminate all that work.
You have a great way of keeping your animals Happy and Healthy. I really appreciate what you do and how you do it. At 1:26-1:27 and then at 4:17 I see a Cow with what looks like almost bald spot on her side. I want to say if looking from back it's on Left side back bottom. I've noticed before but thought it was just me lol. Does look sore or anything like that. Just wanted to ask if just her or maybe she rubbed herself like that. I Love the Speckled Face Cow. I think she is so Pretty. Been waiting for a Speckled Faced Calf lol. Thank You for the Background of each farm. These Stories are real life of our Forefathers. God Bless and Peace Be With You All
Thanks for the trip down Memory lane Greg. I’ve lived in Canada since I came home from RSVN but I grew up in very similar circumstances. I’ll just bet that Rucker Clan had some dogs as would tree also.
Greg, I have watched a bunch of your content and will continue to for sure. Love what you are doing. Nothing has ever been better than how nature intended it. One question i have is what breed of cattle do you have? You always reference 800 to 900lb animals and not the big black ones...
dilemma, my husband kicked my sheep and goat off "his side" of the farm to a 2 acres spot, then he had it clearcut. OBVIOUSLY he hates me critters. I am left with stumps and dirt.. I only have six. Three goats, three sheep. I am going to have to make paddocks however, would the hay roll thing work for me? And can I seed on top of the hay?
Do you follow up the cattle with chickens? Also I see you spreading the hay out to cover the ground. How thick do you have the hay so you don’t smoother the grass underneath? Or does the hay breakdown enough by spring to allow for clean growth?
Greg, just moved to TN 3 years ago , the land is a clay hard pan , .....have you ever given your cows grass seed in there feed to seed trough there cow pies ? ps 3 cows and 25 goats 1 jack 75 chicken's all free ranging 30 acers and the fields need some help, lol pss no tractor : ( love you ranch and you point of view thks for all you share over the years .
Instead of putting grass seed in the cows feed, I would be hunting every farmer around me that has 2-3 year old hay and rolling it out on your pasture with cattle trampling it and defecating on it. Even if the hay is rotten, load it and get it out on your pastures. You have to get massive amounts of carbon deposited on your soil surface to jump start the soil biology.
Great history! Thank you! And appreciate the hay info. Are you ok with protein tubs for those of us that are out of grass and feeding lower protein hay? Thanks a bunch
In tough times do what is necessary to ensure you get good animal performance every day. Don't get married to protein tubs though, they are expensive but can get you through times of using inferior hay.
Do you have any trial going on with how much soil you are building every year? Like an old post that was marked a long time ago and now has the mark buried?
How do you source hay that isn't ridden with herbicides? Do you grow your own? Seems near impossible to find in our small town. Our feed stores and local Mills don't even carry organic feed.
My fathers father owned or rented 3 farms. His cash crop was corn 🌽 and tobacco. During the depression my dad (one of 16) and his siblings had to gather an armful of pigweed to to feed the pigs before breakfast. They had chickens, pigs, and a mule. The mule pulled the equipment to plow the fields. The last farm was on the Patuxent river. The boys caught squirrels, groundhog, wild turkey, raccoon, geese, duck, fish, oysters, clams, crabs, turtle, crawfish and rabbits. Starting at age five the boys hunted and fished for dinner. My grandmother was first generation American-German. She was an excellent cook. My grandfather also ran a moonshine still, mostly for himself but also a little side money. He ran his still for almost 50 yrs. Though he was successful, alcohol spoke to him like the devil. Sad, cuz he was very intelligent, mechanically gifted and great with the land.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher you sharing your history reminded me of mine. Even though my dad chose not to farm, he still worked the land. He work ran backhoes, cranes, etc and worked his way up to replacing bridges (his calling) and moving train tracks to make them safer (extremely dangerous job).
Great story greg, this country is heading back to the way it was in the 40s. People are going to take back the land and start home steading. The days of these agencies telling us what we can do on our own property are over. Be safe buddy
I know all about beavers Susie get the water table up higher you're going to have more erosion. And that's why you lose those holes that you were talking about period and then you have trees falling in. Pushing water to the other side eroding that side of the creek out period is never-ending. I wouldn't be too proud about that period but on the good side you have all that land. But I guarantee you this if you were back in water up on your neighbor and he was farming it he'd be pissed off at you
My dad always told me that when he grew up, chickens were for eating, cows were for milking and selling. America may look crazy, but Missouri looks beautiful.
Excellent point about hard times. These homesteaders that go on about the coming Apocalypse prep crack me up. We can track people with their phone and air drop food (You know, with UPS). I think we'll be ok. lol
Greg there may be cheaper sources. This carbon costs us $30 for a 1200 lb net wrapped bale. The key is to have carbon that animals are attracted to, so that they can work it into the soil surface with their hooves. Also leaving manure and urine patches all over it to jump start your soil biology.
If you live in grain country straw is usually cheaper but it has almost no feed value, and kind GJ said, you want the animals attracted to it because it needs animal's biology to break down the carbon properly. I have laid down wood chips where the ground cover if extremely poor, then feed good quality hay on top of the chips. If you feel less hay, so little hay waste, the manure and urine gets concentrate on the chips for a better breakdown. This practice uses much less hay. You won't see legumes for a while after, but it sure builds up the organic matter fast!
@@tammoilliet8683 straw also has a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio which means it breaks down slower than hay. The nutrient value of straw is also minimal.
@@christophergruenwald5054 you're right it does, which is why ideally you want it on the land with ample manure and urine. The real value in mostly carbon materials (like straw and wood) is that it holds onto nutrients and water, and provides food and shelter for microbes, fungi, and earthworms. I've seen where lots of animals waste was laid down on soil with very little organic matter and residue, the result is most of the valuable nutrients from the manure and urine is lost to leaching and evaporation. Carbon should be thought of as a nutrient collector and protector more than a nutrient itself. This is why most conventional farms have to increase their synthetic fertilizer application rates as they have depleted carbon levels so so the soil cannot store high levels of nutrients.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher After 2 years with a warm winter with almost no snow and frost, this year in Germany we have another winter that deserves its name ... but the cows are doing well in the pasture with enough hay based on your example, Greg
We have no idea how people survived back in the day and then some bureaucrat makes a new law (that probably lived with a silver spoon), then they wonder why people get mad when they get between them and their meal
Yep, I used to say and think the same thing. Then we saw twice as much grass grow in those areas where the mob trampled the hay the following growing season!@#$$%
I've never had a problem with the vid quality. I'm after quality of knowledge and learning content, you delivery every day
Same here
Thanks Tam for your nice comment!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Actually the Wind adds reality to the vids, I like it.
Impressive how much care an passion you give to cattle and pastures, you really treat your farms like an ecosystem. Thanks for sharing the little story from the past, was very interesting
Great story Greg thank you for sharing, your stewardship is second to none. I’m paving the way now in my mid 30’s to do what you are doing by the time I hit about 40.
Best of luck to you in your journey. You can do it if you stay focused and are willing to work hard.
Your cows are like pets! As you drive up they all come to see what presents you brought them. They are all so chilled!
They just love to see us because they know they will get a special treat twice a day their entire lives! We love our animals and have an intense desire to make sure they have everything they need everyday.
I love hearin those stories about the old days about how people lived. Really puts things in perspective. Thanks
I love hearing about the old days and the way our ancestors worked the land and survived through the hard times. We're soooo soft and spoiled these days and have no idea how good we have it.
Great history excursion, thank you! It's very helpful to hear such storys from time to time when we are weeping about the "hard times" we live in.
Hello Greg. I would be great if you could link this video to a future video of same area, to show the benefit of this process. Thanks for sharing!
GREG, i had these same ideas ever since the 1980s and all my family and friends said it wouldnt work, i just didnt have the money to prove them wrong! my views were treat the land as mother nature would with bison!!
We enjoy the info and life stories Greg.
Hard Times and Disappointments are Life, you’d better believe it.
Absolutely
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I came across this video again and really enjoyed listening to the hand fishing story for a second time! Tell us some more history in future videos!
@@junglefacejake my 2nd time too.
Thanks for sharing that story at the end. I agree , we have it good.
Had a chuckle, you said trampling , my device wrote trampoline I had to picture the herd taking turns on one and that the cows walking by with the carbon on their backs are the ones you might consider culling, they were the ones who fell off ! I am so impressed you got through all that brush. Thank you for the stories I am going to rewatch later when I retrieve my hearing aids from the D dry device as I missed a couple of words and I just have to know the full story! I had to hit edit almost forgot🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ 👍👍👍👍👍💖🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛♥️🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇✨🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖💝🌎🦌🦫🐇🦃🐂
Thank you Greg for all your knowledge and willingness to get it out there in the public domain. We desperately need good teachers of regenerative ranching
Greg, you've never posted a video where I didn't learn somthing! I so appreciate your sharing some of your areas history. Isn't it interesting that we have gone from verbal history to written history and now back to verbal history! I will say, also that you show how farming can be as least work intensive as possible. Let the cows do the work for you. You're right, there are very few four-legged creatures who need to be in four walls!
In my experience, the only animals that need to be born in the first quarter of the year are thoroughbred racehorses, because all thoroughbreds, regardless of country and birthdate are one year old on January 1. So, the earlier they are born the more competitive they are .
As a Missourian I really enjoyed the history story about the turkey herders. Anytime you want to do a video on Missouri history count me in!
I second this!
Greg,
I have seen another video with the same land owner comment and a view of the sand bar, so maybe it did not get deleted. Also, the growing season in Montana is too short to raise cattle profitably without starting calving season early.
There is also the limitations of grazing leases on public lands that are necessary to make many ranches viable.
Ranching in Montana is like living in a different world than the ranching system you have perfected in a warmer climate.
Hey Mr.Judy
When you were walking through the brush. My thought was "Hey that looks familiar". Only what I've clearing by hand is just a wee bit thicker! Have a great day!
wow--- the difference in the areas where they were 3 days ago and where you were feeding them today was amazing!
cool video Greg-!
I love the Marshall stories, always such a perspective changer
Don't worry about that wind.
I'll take the wind noise for the frequent posts.
35 below zero, with high winds and 5 feet of snow on the ground in northern Maine, they belong in a barn. Although, we wish they could be out, the losses are too great outside.
This was an awesome video. Could not agree with you more about when too many producers calve in January, February, March. Grew up working on my grandpa's farm where we raised 10-15k turkeys each year. Remember one year where I slept out on range to ward off coyotes until we got a carbide cannon that did a much better job! lol
Don't mind the sounds in the back ground greg!continue keeping it real.
Greg, I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot about soil health from them and most importantly it gets my mind thinking about how to do things differently and more efficiently. Early calving in Montana/Idaho has more to do with the fact that most operators have a State, BLM or Forest lease that they depend on for summer pasture. These generally run from mid May - September. If we were to turn pregnant cows out on those summer pastures to calve, the wolves, grizzly, and black bears would do a pretty good job of reducing your calf crop to a un-profitable level. Also, we have a very short growing season and late spring through summer is dedicated to getting enough hay put up to make it through the winter. Ranchers up in the North are not stupid. There's more to it than meets the eye.
Makes perfect sense, tough folks for tough country. My hat goes off to you sir for enduring those conditions. Makes Missouri look like a cake walk.
Awesome story about the turkeys. Thanks for sharing.
I love to hear stories from years ago!
Amen on storing the hay at the top of the hill! My cows are getting picky on their hay this time of year....grumpy when the bale isn't perfect...I'm hearing some of the same moos in your herd! lol
Glad your feeling better Josh!
When I heard your game warden story I had to chuckle, my cousin Jay Whitsett was the first game warden for southern Missouri and was working the upper Merimec in dent county about the time you're talking about and had the almost same exact experience. Jay was a tough man, but he was also a thinking man and when the old boys who were gigging catfish on the river asked him politely to leave there were six of them and one of him so he tipped his cap and left, and lived to catch somebody else another day.
Thanks for sharing your story with us, very similar situation!!!
That's a great story, thank you
Hey, who can complain about wind and noise on your video. Ungrateful wretches. You are doing a grand job.
Thanks Sally!!
My grandfather told me the same story of living through the depression. They didn't know how poor they were because no one had anything.
I’m looking forward to Spring when the grass is growing wild and tall.
My Grandfather used to tell me about how much he hated herding turkeys. My father taught me about the dead and decaying grass down next to the earth that healthy grass needs is called thatch. I guess I wish you'd mention the thatch but I love what you're doing for the land. I hate to see all the mud that some folks force their cattle to live in. It's too bad that our system has them chasing pounds to sell above all else. Keep spreading the carbon gospel, just call it thatch once in a while!
I use the term litter bank more than thatch. Got to have a good covering of ground litter on your pastures to reap the highest production levels of your forages. No litter bank, no long term grazing!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thx Prof. Judy
Loved this video Greg! Listening to those old stories and historical accounts was fun, reminds me of sitting around listening to my dad and uncles who are all gone now. The issue with silt in creeks is more than just from tillage though, we have more, large rain events than we used to have and the creek and river banks are constantly sliding off into the streams. Even in this video you can see it on that creek with several trees sliding off into the creek along with the soil...those stream banks have never been plowed. It's majorly from so much rain and volumes dropping so quickly. Suspended silt from tillage certainly is a thing but we have a lot of issues beyond it. We have a big creek here on my home farm and that thing used to run low enough to bow fish carp out of when I was a kid but it never does now, it moves more often than not with so much normal flow that I don't think it even has carp in it anymore, it gets flushed out all the way to the river too often.
I'm sure your right Brent. It would help if our nations soil could soak up the rain we get instead of shedding it off into the creeks and rivers. Organic matter in the soil is the missing link.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thats another great point. When I changed over to persistent no-till and cover crops back in 2012, my soil tests showed soil organic matter levels averaging about 1.2-1.6% in most of my crop fields. I went no-till and worked cereal crops back in the rotations and by 2015 SOM levels were up to
2.5 to 3.6%. By 2017 none of them tested below 3% and some were nearing 5%. I have not ran a water infiltration test yet but it'd be interesting to see how it fairs against my pastures. I can tell it's drastically improved because it takes the ponds longer to fill back up than it used to, lol. Pretty cool to see any runoff from the field running clear!
Thank you so much for your passion! Great video!
If you put the cattle in the barn, then you have to “manage” the manure: collect it, put it in the tanks, put it on the trucks with the sprayer. But with mob grazing and stockpiling, feeding outdoors, you eliminate all that work.
You have a great way of keeping your animals Happy and Healthy. I really appreciate what you do and how you do it. At 1:26-1:27 and then at 4:17 I see a Cow with what looks like almost bald spot on her side. I want to say if looking from back it's on Left side back bottom. I've noticed before but thought it was just me lol. Does look sore or anything like that. Just wanted to ask if just her or maybe she rubbed herself like that. I Love the Speckled Face Cow. I think she is so Pretty. Been waiting for a Speckled Faced Calf lol. Thank You for the Background of each farm. These Stories are real life of our Forefathers. God Bless and Peace Be With You All
Thanks for the trip down Memory lane Greg. I’ve lived in Canada since I came home from RSVN but I grew up in very similar circumstances. I’ll just bet that Rucker Clan had some dogs as would tree also.
Oh yes, I have some great old hunting stories that I will be sharing with you folks in the future.
Greg, I have watched a bunch of your content and will continue to for sure. Love what you are doing. Nothing has ever been better than how nature intended it. One question i have is what breed of cattle do you have? You always reference 800 to 900lb animals and not the big black ones...
lovely story about the farm history
I was listening to this in headphones while I was feeding my animals, I heard your cows and thought mine were throwing a fit 😂
It's amazing how the cattle are so fat especially after that cold blast.
dilemma, my husband kicked my sheep and goat off "his side" of the farm to a 2 acres spot, then he had it clearcut. OBVIOUSLY he hates me critters. I am left with stumps and dirt.. I only have six. Three goats, three sheep. I am going to have to make paddocks however, would the hay roll thing work for me? And can I seed on top of the hay?
My superb teacher
Do you follow up the cattle with chickens? Also I see you spreading the hay out to cover the ground. How thick do you have the hay so you don’t smoother the grass underneath? Or does the hay breakdown enough by spring to allow for clean growth?
Spreading out the hay gives you a bigger response on your unrolled carbon.
Hard times are coming Greg, no doubt about that.
RUclips shuts down accounts for no good reason... daily. If i were you I'd save whatever videos you want to permanently keep.
This is one of a hew channels that I return to youtube for. I wish Greg posted on Rumble too.
Greg, just moved to TN 3 years ago , the land is a clay hard pan , .....have you ever given your cows grass seed in there feed to seed trough there cow pies ? ps 3 cows and 25 goats 1 jack 75 chicken's all free ranging 30 acers and the fields need some help, lol pss no tractor : ( love you ranch and you point of view thks for all you share over the years .
Instead of putting grass seed in the cows feed, I would be hunting every farmer around me that has 2-3 year old hay and rolling it out on your pasture with cattle trampling it and defecating on it. Even if the hay is rotten, load it and get it out on your pastures. You have to get massive amounts of carbon deposited on your soil surface to jump start the soil biology.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you for your insight , and your time . God bless you and yours
Any updates on AZ?
Great history! Thank you! And appreciate the hay info. Are you ok with protein tubs for those of us that are out of grass and feeding lower protein hay? Thanks a bunch
In tough times do what is necessary to ensure you get good animal performance every day. Don't get married to protein tubs though, they are expensive but can get you through times of using inferior hay.
Thank you!
Do you have any trial going on with how much soil you are building every year? Like an old post that was marked a long time ago and now has the mark buried?
Yes we have it easier than past generations... If we're not careful, we'll be rediscovering those days
Self-sufficiency is 🗝️
I keep hearing you mention Ian from Africa. Does he have a channel you might want to share. Thank you.
No he does not have a channel. But if you do a search on youtube, there are some videos of him talking.
God works in you tank you good friend
As long as you are understandable, I’m not fussy.
Greg I enjoy the show but have a question I hear the 375 or so head but how many of them are mamma cows? Thank you Sir
130 adult cows, have around 50 yearling heifers and 40 seven to 11 month old heifers. Rest are bulls and steers.
love the story
Awesome, do you recommended unrolling during winter in a colder climate like Wisconsin? Out on the snow?
Unrolling hay on snow works extremely well. Just keep unrolling on clean spots across your entire farm.
Whooooo-EEEE I love that history!!! I could use more of it!!! We all could ;-)
Ted, there are a lot more old time stories coming!
How do you source hay that isn't ridden with herbicides? Do you grow your own?
Seems near impossible to find in our small town. Our feed stores and local Mills don't even carry organic feed.
My hay contractors do not use herbicides.
"Always think about gravity"
Lol
My fathers father owned or rented 3 farms. His cash crop was corn 🌽 and tobacco. During the depression my dad (one of 16) and his siblings had to gather an armful of pigweed to to feed the pigs before breakfast. They had chickens, pigs, and a mule. The mule pulled the equipment to plow the fields. The last farm was on the Patuxent river. The boys caught squirrels, groundhog, wild turkey, raccoon, geese, duck, fish, oysters, clams, crabs, turtle, crawfish and rabbits. Starting at age five the boys hunted and fished for dinner. My grandmother was first generation American-German. She was an excellent cook. My grandfather also ran a moonshine still, mostly for himself but also a little side money. He ran his still for almost 50 yrs. Though he was successful, alcohol spoke to him like the devil. Sad, cuz he was very intelligent, mechanically gifted and great with the land.
Kenyon thanks for sharing your family history. I enjoyed you telling about it!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher you sharing your history reminded me of mine. Even though my dad chose not to farm, he still worked the land. He work ran backhoes, cranes, etc and worked his way up to replacing bridges (his calling) and moving train tracks to make them safer (extremely dangerous job).
Is there any cattle breeds you would recommend for colder climates in Canada 🇨🇦?
Highland or Galloway breed
Both grow ample winter hair coats.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I was thinking speckle park
Consider having a back up channel.
Great story greg, this country is heading back to the way it was in the 40s. People are going to take back the land and start home steading. The days of these agencies telling us what we can do on our own property are over. Be safe buddy
Greg, When you have 4 feet of snow on the ground the cattle will not be out in the pasture eating grass unless they are American Bison.
I agree!!
Have you thought of putting flow hives on your farms? You always have plants blooming from spring to fall.
We have bee hives on several of our farms. My wife and her friend are making up more hive boxes this winter. Got to have the bees!!
Agree 💯 Greg why in the world do these people start calving In January when they live where the winters are horrible makes no sense whatsoever
how many cattle were butchered per year
great content (after I took a dramamine : )
Why hay over fertilizer? Wouldn’t fertilizers be less expensive?
I know all about beavers Susie get the water table up higher you're going to have more erosion. And that's why you lose those holes that you were talking about period and then you have trees falling in. Pushing water to the other side eroding that side of the creek out period is never-ending. I wouldn't be too proud about that period but on the good side you have all that land. But I guarantee you this if you were back in water up on your neighbor and he was farming it he'd be pissed off at you
I hear you, but I still like beavers in creeks, they give me good watering holes for our cattle in the hot dry summers.
If you had a padlock full of briars and woody weeds would you let the cattle break up the sod
I would put sheep or goats on it. They would eat a bunch of it which would let the grass come in and compete
My dad always told me that when he grew up, chickens were for eating, cows were for milking and selling.
America may look crazy, but Missouri looks beautiful.
$ 1.00 each how many did you count.
Excellent point about hard times. These homesteaders that go on about the coming Apocalypse prep crack me up. We can track people with their phone and air drop food (You know, with UPS). I think we'll be ok. lol
Gravity is your friend when working with limited equipment.
That's the way to deal with tyrants! You just got a have enough friends to cover your back. Know days everyone is to selfish to care, or help
So if the goal is just to spread carbon, are their not cheaper sources of carbon then buying hay?
Greg there may be cheaper sources. This carbon costs us $30 for a 1200 lb net wrapped bale. The key is to have carbon that animals are attracted to, so that they can work it into the soil surface with their hooves. Also leaving manure and urine patches all over it to jump start your soil biology.
If you live in grain country straw is usually cheaper but it has almost no feed value, and kind GJ said, you want the animals attracted to it because it needs animal's biology to break down the carbon properly. I have laid down wood chips where the ground cover if extremely poor, then feed good quality hay on top of the chips. If you feel less hay, so little hay waste, the manure and urine gets concentrate on the chips for a better breakdown. This practice uses much less hay. You won't see legumes for a while after, but it sure builds up the organic matter fast!
@@tammoilliet8683 straw also has a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio which means it breaks down slower than hay. The nutrient value of straw is also minimal.
@@christophergruenwald5054 you're right it does, which is why ideally you want it on the land with ample manure and urine. The real value in mostly carbon materials (like straw and wood) is that it holds onto nutrients and water, and provides food and shelter for microbes, fungi, and earthworms. I've seen where lots of animals waste was laid down on soil with very little organic matter and residue, the result is most of the valuable nutrients from the manure and urine is lost to leaching and evaporation. Carbon should be thought of as a nutrient collector and protector more than a nutrient itself. This is why most conventional farms have to increase their synthetic fertilizer application rates as they have depleted carbon levels so so the soil cannot store high levels of nutrients.
Perfect, I agree 100% Tam!
Ya I don’t come here for the video quality. I’m here to learn about what you have to say.
In the same regard, people weren't made to live in cities stacked up like cord wood. So much for the progress of the human race.😎
Amen to that!
looks like you Kentucky Folks did not have Snow and Frost until today this Winter Season ?
We are in Missouri. We have had a major ice storm that made things a bit difficult, but very little snow thus far.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher After 2 years with a warm winter with almost no snow and frost, this year in Germany we have another winter that deserves its name ... but the cows are doing well in the pasture with enough hay based on your example, Greg
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher and sorry for my "Kentucky" I ment of course Missouri.
@1:11 ... that is a great shot of that cow... or... maybe it's... that cow is a great shot of the herd...
We have no idea how people survived back in the day and then some bureaucrat makes a new law (that probably lived with a silver spoon), then they wonder why people get mad when they get between them and their meal
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Tell you type of everything else is in the rest of 🌾🐂
Wasting money
Yep, I used to say and think the same thing. Then we saw twice as much grass grow in those areas where the mob trampled the hay the following growing season!@#$$%
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher try some chicken litter
Chicken litter is not an option around here, no one does poultry houses around here. I'll stick to cow and sheep manure mixed with unrolled hay.