Greg discusses steps from dead farm to thriving pastures!

Greg discusses steps from dead farm to thriving pastures! Starting with a dead non-productive piece of land can be very challenging. Follow the steps outlined in this video and you can have dramatic positive results. For more grazing tips, check out my books on our website: greenpasturesfarm.net.

[@movinon1242]

I really get the most enjoyment and value from your videos when: (1) someone else films you. You are not distracted by doing the actual filming so your mind is focused on delivering great information; and/ or (2) Jan participates as well. You two are a great team. The value she adds is mining the information -laden caverns of your mind. She recognizes seemingly unimpressive gems of information that you possess, but that you don't realize are actually of significant value to many viewers. That being said, great video!

[@JTBear]

I've gotta agree with you 100%!

[@marybraud8718]

Greg, that is a beautiful piece of land!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

It has been a fun farm to regenerate back to life. When you take an old piece of coal and turn it into a diamond, you realize your efforts were rewarded.

[@johnglibota5472]

Your actually 1 of 3 people that I watch . Yourself and Joe salatin and Justin rhodes. Really enjoy your content. One day .. God willing I ll have a farm. Thank you for helping me

[@a.s.w.508]

I LOVE your videos -- no music!!!!! It is so relaxing to listen to you. (oh, yes, I love to see the animals and the grass and hear your advice, too)

[@lindaknight5864]

You remind me so much of dad in this video! He was so proud of you, keep up the good work!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Thanks Linda, I know dad would be proud of what his farm looks like today!

[@Lamz..]

It looks beautiful, sir! This is the way forward!

[@sheilasmith1109]

Wonderful information! I’m very very grateful to you for your videos and the priceless gifts of inspirational information! Keep it coming! Your success is ours!

[@sunnypatchfarm]

Great job greg!

[@1shooterm]

Awesome video Greg!

[@rebeccajosteelman563]

Happy weekend to you marvelous ranchers, thanks for sharing!💚💙

[@Youtuberkit7]

Thanks Sir. Good information

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Lovely speech

[@trey926]

great information.

[@vitomilillo8566]

You truly are an inspiration, I’m sure glad these great lessons are available. You give me hope every day. What a beautiful pasture, it does look picture perfect.By the way I really enjoyed the clipping video . God Bless all

[@awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf7526]

Morgan suggested that I subscribe to your channel and I’ve been very happy with your great guidance

[@mariapahl6583]

Thanks guys. Enjoy the videos. From northern Canada

[@hart796]

Great video on land management. Ty vm

[@arkansas-homesteader]

Beautiful!

[@BisonClips]

This is valuable info. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us Greg! Your pastures and animals look amazing

[@MrsMika]

Mr. Judy, I would greatly appreciate you doing a video about how to acquire cattle. How does the auction house work? How to find good ranchers that have quality cattle. Thank you for mentioning the sheep option.

[@MarkShepard]

THIS was AWESOME! great camera work too!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

That was Ben doing the filming.

[@MrMagoo321]

I grew up on a farm and I've recently purchased a 3/4 acre small piece that has potential. We didn't do anything to our pasture as far as regenerative goes we did irrigate a little back when when I was younger and we did raise cattle and have vegetables and fruit trees and whatnot chickens and everything horses. I can totally see the value in doing regenerative. I did some seeding with red clover to use for green manure and then the natural forage that is coming back is looking really nice the red clover is sprouting and started to grow. I started off by cutting it down as close as I could because there was a lot of noxious weeds there and I heard you mention big blue I plan on seeding in some of that but so far the natural forage and Red clover and some wild white clover and some other stuff that looks similar to what you said but I don't know the name is what is coming back I have a thick layer of grass here in the beginning of March about ankle to knee-high that could actually support something now. This looks promising my soil is Sandy with caliche below the sand is mixed with clay and has some organic potential and matter in it. I did mulch mow and the dirt looks good when it's wet but when it dries out it turns into a rock so I'm trying to keep it damp. That won't be sustainable and I will have to stop as soon as this clover takes. Thank you! the regenerative farming looks like a very viable way of doing it and extremely efficient

[@jimcox8890]

That's a nice shirt you have Sir.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

I have autumn olive on my property. I find the goats to love it. They have most of what is near their shelter trimmed back as far as they can reach. I really could use more goats, though. Still have fencing to put up so I can expand their pasture, but I've been able to let them out and they come back after a couple hours to chew their cud. Don't know that I can use a brush hog on much of my land, too hilly.

[@SlainteFromFlorida]

When Greg says "I need ya" I immediately Google'd "how to auto-like every video a channel makes".

[@marthahinrichsdonkels3677]

I wonder If you have considered using goats to manage the timber part of the property. Reading No Risk Ranching right now & loving it! Much Love, Karsten

[@Spiritfreedom2012]

Great Video thanks for the info you share, go bees go, we harvested 47 kg yesterday from 11 hives winter in Queensland Australia.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Wow that is some serious honey production. Best to you in Australia!!

[@pepperco100]

Great video! Only quibble is with the Autumn Olive trees. They are an invasive species, and nearly impossible to kill.

[@KimberlyFlores]

That's amazing! I am inspired by your progress reports and hope I can improve a 10 acre parcel I bought last year, that was left fallow and wild here in north central Texas with what I have learned from you. Pretty much dried up at the moment (hot and dry) but thistles, coyote cucumber and carolina horse nettle are all over the place. I just got a ewe and 2 lambs to help me with maintenance, probably not enough animal power but all I could afford and trained to a hot wire. Lots of rocks make certain areas off limits to mowers and was hoping the sheep would help there. Do you think I should hand-pick the nettles so they don't eat them (they are smart so probably wouldn't anyway)?

[@wkosnik66]

Love this video, and all of your others as well! Question about starting up some non-productive land. I have 2 cows, 2 heifers and 2 steers. I rotate them on about a total of 6 acres of land that had not seen an animal in 20 years. I basically brush hogged the land in mid april, and turned them out toward mid may. I didn't put any amendments down at all. Growth is pretty good, but I am knew to cattle and to pasture management. I rotate them every few days, but I noticed recently, the growth starting to slow down even with good amount of rain. Wondering if its just lack of rotating them and should do it more often. Or, if I should have amended the soil before putting them on grass. How do I know when I should amend? And how do I know if I should be seeding anything?

[@Forester-qs5mf]

Hi Greg, thanks for the video. Do you you regular fertilizers or organic types?

[@kevinswalley5644]

I would like to see your pond siphon setup in a video.

[@anthonykarakas6391]

Thank you for this information. Can you repeat those three things you applied to the pasture? Potash, Phosphorous and Lime something, I couldn't understand what you said...thank you!

[@10lauset]

Cheers.

[@joemonkeyplushproductions3739]

Hello sir my husband and I have been watching all your videos .....we are so excited we are wanting to start doing what your doing we know your supper busy but is there any way we could speak to u Greg ...lots to f blessing to u and your family

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Fire me an email!

[@marvinbaier3627]

When I first saw the video, I thought you were in front a green screen. It looked so perfect and beautiful. Thanks for the video. Did you take soil samples before putting the lim and fertilizers?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Yes

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

Great!

[@ewiase]

I joined your channel after hearing your name in almost every pasture discussions on Facebook. I then subscribed to your channel and started watching your videos from the first one till now. I appreciate the contents you"ve been giving us and urge us all to subscribe to your channel so that you can increase your contents.

[@joshbrownaz]

Great video Greg! Thank you for teaching us! How did you decide how much lime, phosphorus and pot ash to apply?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Soil test was taken. I only put down half of what the soil test called for. The other half will be put down this fall.

[@joshbrownaz]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you!

[@jonlaw584]

Just retired would love to take one of your classes or meet ya Jon Law

[@barryweigle1356]

By God if I could move to Missouri I'd be there ,have always liked Missouri

[@movinon1242]

When it comes down to brass tacks, what is stopping you, really? I personally have a legitimate reason for being stuck where I am, but these days you'd have to be crazy to not be moving out of urban/ exurban areas and becoming more responsible for your own food security.

[@barryweigle1356]

Children and grandchildren

[@caseywaller5044]

Hi Greg , I emailed you about interest in your bale unroller. Checking on availability. Love your channel. Thanks

[@josefnewsom7992]

After I run my sheep through pasture over grown with brambles and broomsedge would you recommend broadcasting some korean lespedeza/ladino and red clover mix to create pasture for sheep? I dont have any equipment like tractors or brushhogs or anything at this time. Although I plan to aquire some things in the future. I would appreciate to know how you would recommend approaching this. 16 acres total out in the ozark mountains.

[@Kestrelkade]

Hi Greg. How would you run fences over 240 acres of Nor California mountainous pasture and oak forests? They did run sheep on this land 100 yrs ago, but I haven’t been able to find any info on how they did it successfully. Thank you.

[@amechelb]

How much is it for a consultation with you on new land? We just moved onto our 95 acres and the pastures are in rough shape. Can’t even access much of the existing fence lines because of brambles, etc. Current plan is to brush hog come fall, then work on new fence lines and electric fencing to fortify the barbed fence for sheep and/or goats, and then work on getting good stock of the breeds we want come late winter/spring. I’m a little nervous about it all not going to lie.

[@tylermccurry9554]

Mr. Greg Judy...do you worry about endophytes when grazing cattle in fescue that has got to seed? And do you ever have any issues with Prussic acid in other grass species?

[@tomcondon6169]

I'd like to ask a question again. What kind of paint do you use for the cut ends of saplings? Someone was naming an herbacide, but you said paint.

[@prdeereman]

Please share on the Lespedeza growth

[@georgeheller2281]

Love my sheep!

[@MG-fn9xw]

Im here near yall in Fort Scott, KS. How do your animals eat in the winter without feeding hay??? Is there a plant that is growing in the snowy season too?

[@gsp8489]

As a hunter, do you think there is a way to make pheasant habitat from your farm? Pheasants nest in grass 6-12 inches in height so your pastures would definitely work for that but they would also require some taller, native type grasses for cover. Have you ever tried rotational grazing on that sort of grass? Rotational grazing through native grasses seems much like how the bison would have done it back in the day and there were sharptail grouse like crazy back then, pheasant would thrive in that as well. Rotational grazing on natives seems like it could be the perfect way to give pheasants a lot of habitat on your farm and still make a living...would the cattle eat well on native grasses?

[@jeffsmith7840]

Under agreement to buy just shy of ten acres. It’s currently soy bean field and I’m looking to run some stocker cows on it...any advice or a video I should watch on bringing the land into pasture.

[@stevestephens2548]

Hi Greg I have a small 100 ac. Farm in Mo. I have a perceived problem with Johnson grass. Do you have a recondition as to control and reestablish?

[@davidswanson640]

It is a beautiful place. I was wondering if after the lease was up, and the landowner wanted to sell it, would you show a prospective buyer what you did, to help the landowner sell it? I realize that chances are you would probably be the first one to get the offer to buy it.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

The landowners are leaving the farm to their kids.

[@jerrylowdermilk5053]

Hello Greg, I've been watching your vids recently and I have some questions. I wonder if you would take the time to help me make a educated decision about starting a sheep flock operation on my farm?

[@sabinacampbell3995]

Hi Greg, what do you mean by "taking off the thatch"?

[@mattcantrell5640]

Beautiful forage Greg! You said you amended the land with lime, potash, and phosphorous....did you seed the clover and lespedeza, or any other forage species?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

No seeding of any kind

[@mattcantrell5640]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Those other species were in the seed bank? Or possibly from the bales you bale grazed with?

[@breadbread4226]

@@mattcantrell5640 the right answer is that nobody knows, probably some of both.

[@Tehcarp]

Do you have different lease lands for sheep and cattle? I know some people run cattle ahead of sheep

[@lysergicninja]

Greg, when you train your sheep on one wire, at what height do you run that wire?

[@peterjordan1649]

Ten to twelve inches above ground.

[@chaco973]

Hi greg, how much costs one of your bulls, are they pure breed, at what age and weight do you recomend byuing one, also what is the price of a sothpol cow, thanks for all the free infirmation

[@linseycollins7424]

Where I live if it isn't grass it's a nightmare and hardship to try to get it to grass. I've been trying for 5 yrs now but the weeds just take over and the grass doesn't grow.

[@raincoast9010]

How many acres are you running for your grazing operation per head of cattle?

[@davej7458]

A realy tremendous improvement on the use of that land. I gather that you prefer not to have goats. But if a person wanted to use sheep and goats to rehabilitate property that is terribly overgrown with brush using a five day rotation schedule. What kind of perimeter fence would safely contain the goats and protect the neighbors? What kind of rotational fencing would be needed to move the goats and sheep in the field?

[@jbremer1513]

I’d think with goats you basically need nets.

[@moavic5087]

Greg doesn’t have goats because they can’t be kept in with electric wire fence. Goats are trouble makers

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Electronet fencing keeps them in 100% and predators out. It is very labor intensive to put up and take down. It is expensive to buy.

[@davej7458]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you

[@Digger927]

I wish I was brave enough to stop using the electronet for my sheep, it works great and I sleep well at night but it's a literal sob to move and that really ultimately keeps me from moving the sheep as much as I'd like to. No more sheep than I have I'd be devastated if I stopped using the net and lost sheep to predators. I guess I'll have to just grab my tail one of these days and go for it. Going to single strand hot wire for the sheep would sure make my life easier.

[@jbremer1513]

Brent I’ve tried a couple times. I’ve never made it to one wire. The problem is once they have figured it out you have to eliminate the “smart ones” and just move on. I’m have two that are first in the freezer out of six, mine were bought from a place that does wire, so maybe I screwed up. Anyway you have to make the sheep work in the system not the system work for the sheep

[@Digger927]

@@jbremer1513 Mine are broke to one wire and do well in one wire but I only let them stay in it during the day. I shut them back in the netted in pens at night. I've even ran their lambs all summer in one wire in the day time. I've left them in one wire a couple times at night trying to break my electronet habit but I worried about it all night, lol. It'd be fine, I just need to grow a pair I think.

[@Brahmdagh]

@@Digger927 "netted in pens" Designated same pen every night. Or just a small mobile netted area within the wired area?

[@Digger927]

@@Brahmdagh It's electrofied netting that's portable and I use a portable solar powered fencer to operate it. I use a single strand of polybraid to make a square pen outside the net that the sheep run in during the day. When I move the netting then the poly moves also. I make a big pen fro mthe netting then subdivide it with a strand of polywire so the sheep move onto new forage every day and I get a week or so out of a pen move with the exterior pens made from a single strand of poly.

[@Brahmdagh]

@@Digger927 Very cool. Thank you very much for clarifying. Just one more thing. Isn't a week too long for the poly zone, cuz of parasites etc? I've heard you should move them on the 4th day max.

[@codymullican1988]

Would north Texas be a suitable climate for these sheep?

[@NS-pf2zc]

I'm actually a little bummed I don't have autumn olive on our place. Those berries are edible...you can make a jam of them or just eat them straight. That property is so pretty!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

They can be a beast of a tree to control, some of our landowners are petrified of them. The berries rock though, so good and nutritious as well. 17 times more lycopene in autumn olive berries than tomatoes. One of the worlds best plant based sources of antioxidant.

[@NS-pf2zc]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Haha, I should have known you'd already knew about their nutritional content! I didn't know about the lycopene content! Yeah, I see them taking over some places around here. I guess management, as always, is the answer. Thanks again for sharing so much information! I learn something new every video!

[@ade6219]

Natasha S and as well the berries can be juiced. When this juice is added to other juices there are vast Improvement in the various tastes gotten.

[@ziauddin7948]

awesome 10 years rented pasture land with abundant grass # Greg if i ant to get 50 acres pasture land on 20 years lease in this area what would be the price ??????

[@mikemason3193]

What about goats

[@Idkhowtofkinread]

Wow

[@moonlightfrenchies3837]

Approximately, what percentage of tall fescue do you like your pastures to be covered in? Thank you.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

60% grass, 40 % legumes is perfect. Keeping that ratio is tough in the real world. Weather changes, natural events, etc.

[@TheCompanion-gx5bz]

Greg: You have the advantage of excellent, deep, rich soil in MO. How would you adapt your program to restoring a farm in New Hampshire, where the soil is thin, the rocks are many, and the forage coverage (from horses overgrazing for years) is also very thin?

[@jamesrhoades7488]

Great questions. I can’t wait till he answers you.

[@MrJcalvino]

You need a lot of animals, a large input of hay to feed them and phosphorous and potash like Greg did

[@KatrinaT]

I would love to see a video that elaborates more on this. This is what we are dealing with on the property we are buying in MT. Windswept prairie that's been over-grazed by horses. Lots of sand and clay...

[@allthingsgrowing]

Hey Greg. I see you lease a lot of land. Care to cover how much you pay for your lease? Per acre? Or as a package? If we were to lease land, what can we expect to pay?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

$20 to $40 dollars per acre depending on the particular farm and how good the grazing is.

[@alibaba6937]

Hello Greg, Do you have any plan in mind for having a black Angus.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Market as many of them as possible direct to your customers.

[@johnscarboroughregenerativ7240]

How do you market your lambs

[@davidscott2620]

How can I turn around 42 acres of African love grass without burning off. It’s 1m high in most parts.

[@jeffa847]

At 9:00 - does anyone know what kind of tree he is talking about? I can't tell what he is saying

[@chaco973]

Hi greg, i have a lot of huisache( acacia farnesiana) in my farm, theey are 7 meters tall, instead of cutting and treating them with diesel what do you think about just trimming them

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Not familiar with that one. You can certainly try it and experiment.

[@drewpeacock2215]

This doesn’t exactly pertain to the video, but how do you go about helping mamas who are having trouble calving? Do you help them in the pasture or do you take them back to a crush somewhere? Thanks!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

We can usually get them to one of our 4 corral systems that we have strategically placed around our various farms. Head catch is nice if you have to restrain the amimal. Be safe.

[@triciahill216]

Apparently, there are different types of lime, e.g. ag lime, liquid, etc. what type of lime do you use and recommend grazers use on pasture. Thank you in advance.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

ag lime powder

[@highcountryhugh]

If you want lots of clover put lots of Potash on your pasture

[@francismatillano5367]

Sir If you are using rotational grazing how many days to grow the grass

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

It depends on the growing season and rainfall.

[@davemi00]

Greg you could probably sell me a used clunker 💥🚘🔥

[@jbremer1513]

How do control the Carolina horsenettle if at all. Seems to be spreading with sheep grazing here. I saw some when you show species about 2 minutes in

[@tonydoggett7627]

We have the closely related weed Silverleaf Nightshade (from the USA!) here in Mudgee NSW Australia. I have to use Round up mixed with a dye. I just spot spray each individual plant. Time consuming, but it’s the only way.

[@downbntout]

Nettle was palatable to my goats after I scythed it down and dried it.

[@jbremer1513]

downbntout Carolina horsenettle is actually solanum carolinense which is toxic, it’s not related to nettle. Real fire nettle the sheep hammer.

[@tonydoggett7627]

j Brewer Hi, its is a native plant in the USA, but a declared noxious weed in Australia!

[@downbntout]

@@jbremer1513 ok thanks

[@mouthpiece200]

I'm guessing its a fairly pricey investment to put hotwire around the whole property?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

It is the most economical fence that you can put up. Fastest to build as well. No barbs to deal with, just nice smooth 12 gauge hi-tensile wire. I don't miss getting my gloves and clothes shredded by putting up barb wire anymore.

[@downbntout]

Is it possible for you to wear a lapel mic? I didn't hear the name of that Nfixing tree. Thank you sir

[@MrGoatman07]

It was the autumn olive tree. Check out other comments posted for this video. They talk about them .

[@downbntout]

@@MrGoatman07 thanks 😊

[@vineranch8103]

Where are you located, which state

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Missouri

[@douglaswolfgang9698]

Please forgive me if I have this wrong if I misunderstood you , but I heard you say in answering a comment that you move your cows twice a day and that pastures get 70 days of rest,, how is this possible?

[@rodchung173]

So are all the grasses and legumes already in the soil? You dont uave to plant at all? Meaning they are native species just waiting for the right management to come and activate them?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You got it!

[@mazenbeatty8755]

what is the thatch? I am wondering if the definition in Australia is different...

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Thatch is ground litter that the cow mob has trampled on the ground. It is the life of your farm forage. No litter bank = no future grass!!!!!

[@mazenbeatty8755]

Thanks Greg!

[@buckybarron4166]

Do you use any protection for your sheep from predators ?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

5 guardian dogs live with them. We have zero predator issues.

[@kfgabriele9852]

How/where can a new farmer find customers for their lamb crops?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Start your own website and KZbin channel.

[@mf3610]

How does water work from a pond?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Gravity flow from the pipe that was installed in the bottom of the pond dam when it was built.

[@gcxred4kat9]

I had to stop at 9:20. YOU might not let the highly invasive autumn olive take over, but birds are better farmers than we'll EVER be. Pick a better nitrogen fixer, preferably native.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Yep, we are working aggressively on controlling the autumn olive, they are just a beast to control

[@mrmoneyhacks5480]

So it took 3 years before putting any animals on it?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

As soon as we got the perimeter fence on in 3 months, livestock were rotated through the farm. 3 months, not 3 years.

[@mrmoneyhacks5480]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you. I love your methods. I'm eyeing a 120 acre property in a wet tropical environment (a former sugarcane farm). How many cows could it potentially hold?

[@colinselby2405]

I have pastures that have been baled for hay should just bush hog them instead to get them ready for sheep

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Stop haying them and get sheep on them.

[@Eric_Allen]

How do you make money on sheep? Wool? Lamb meat? Do people eat mutton?

[@tonydoggett7627]

Australia 🇦🇺 makes billions $ 😂

[@marvinbaier3627]

I think half lamb meat gets imported from other countries.

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

My thought as well. We had 60 sheep and couldn't hardly give them away, even at market. They were healthy and beautiful, naturally raised and pastured, but there was just no market where we live.

[@tonydoggett7627]

I’m Aussie, to give you a guide for Ist world prices. In Wagga Wagga NSW this week 29,000 sheep were on the market. Lambs sold for US$123.16 to US$140.99. Go to: theland.com.au

[@johnmirbach2338]

😁✌👌👍🖖😎

[@felixthefoxMEXICO]

Trees have to go...replace with native

[@jessecockerell7290]

Hello Greg, what is "

[@jessecockerell7290]

what is it mean when you said "Civil pastures " ? Did I hear that correctly ?

[@kennethmiller8415]

@@jessecockerell7290 Silvopastures are the integration of trees and forages into a working system on a farm. 'Silva' is a Latin term, referring to the trees of a region, while pasture is a parcel of land devoted to livestock grazing. Silvopasture is a form of Agroforestry.

[@johnwayne6778]

Your poisoned your soil