Greg has green grass coming on strong! Is it too early to start out spring grazing?

Greg has green grass coming on strong! Is it too early to start out spring grazing? Spring is basically here; we could still get some cold weather, but we have 6-8" of new green grass. Cows are in heaven, and we have started spring calving in warmer weather. Favorite time of the year is exiting cold winter and watching the wonders of nature take place all around us. The birds are singing, frogs are peeping, trees are starting to bud out, and life is good on the farm. If you want to keep your farm profitable every year, check out my 3 grazing books that I wrote on our website: greenpasturesfa...

[@quentinthibault3401]

God bless Greg Judy and all of you down in Missouri!

[@debshep8141]

How wonderful to hear the peeper frogs!

[@steveruby2120]

"Not a big ole dead calf, thy have low weaning weights". LOL Thanks Greg. God bless.

[@i_be_eternity]

Just the sound of wildlife in this video makes me want to cry

[@ottocarmanjones7143]

Always love a Grandma sighting!

[@KaikanoSei]

Nice to see the lovely green! It's still white, snowy and cold up here in the western UP of Michigan. Can't wait to get our first cattle this year and start grazing! Thanks for the vid, Greg. They are so helpful!

[@rollie3383]

I remember a story from a bull breeder my family bought from in Northern Alberta. He was also into the regenerative management and up north we have to get really creative in the winter sometimes. He would swath graze on the snow and the cattle would also rely on snow for water yes we can do that this far north. At one point in February with the cold temperatures the snow was getting too crusted for the cattle to forage through so he took an old field cultivator( depreciated already paid for) hooked it to the tractor to break up crusted snow. The ground is so frozen and the snow is deep so you dont have to worry about breaking through soil and this was a once in a blue moon thing but it still turned the neighbors heads. While we appreciate that iron is contrary to the principles of regenerative management sometimes keeping an old depreciated implement of some kind might come in handy once every five winters.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Thanks for sharing that history with us!!

[@marlan5470]

It's 100% Regenerative Management principle number 1: Context. :)

[@marybraud8718]

It's lovely sharing a spring evening with you.

[@donpeterson9282]

Thanks for your concern for us Michiganders, however here in mid-Michigan, our winter was about like yours. ✌🙏🏼🇺🇸🖖

[@michaeldeighan8294]

God Bless from a Fisherman.

[@georgeheller2281]

What a beautiful sight to come home to. Looking good down there Greg. This past winter was one of the worst in my memory. Our cattle didn't spend one night under a roof, and they came through looking real good. Still waiting for warm weather, it is snowing again today. Thanks and have a wonderful day.

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Beautiful cattle,the grass looks fantastic

[@kcahill2777]

Thanks Greg , greening up well there , I’m not sure of all the details of how to transition from winter to spring grazing so I’m paying close attention, thanks for always explaining in detail.

[@french-canadianfarmer5049]

Our grass is about 5 weeks behind yours up here in Manitoba. Great videos.

[@bassmanjr100]

Spring is the best! Seems that you may be 2-3 weeks behind us here in TN.

[@drewk5929]

Life is good 👍🏻 thank you for sharing

[@petereldracher5660]

Frogs just started singing last night here in Michigan. Inoculated my first mushroom logs last night\this morning. Hope I did it right! I guess we'll see in the fall or next spring... Hope to start the cows grazing real soon. You're my model.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

That is awesome!

[@markwinblad5867]

What a beautiful setting! I can watch those animals graze and listen to your in the background. It just relaxes me tremendously. I never get tired of these videos. I'd be interested to know what the guys were thinking with that second fence too. When are you going to introduce Ike? That Tennesse ranch is beautiful and after your management for a year it will be stunningly so.

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

Our snow got rain on top and made ice, it was nasty. Spring is coming.

[@marvinbaier3627]

First! The Scott house is a great place to stay. You need to book it early or you won’t get it. I was looking in early February or so, and it was looked about all the way end of March. You have some great interns while you were gone. Thanks again for everything you do! The Scott house is a great place for vacation! You all do a great job!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Thanks Marvin, it is always a pleasure to host you and your family.

[@robinwhitlatch4497]

You have a lot to be proud of with your herd of cattle Greg. It is very evident you have spent many many years of hard work, land / pasture management, being very selective of the breeding stock you keep to produce the best cattle with nice temperaments you possibly can all on grass. I miss sitting in the field or walking among cattle listening to them rip and chew grass as I did growing up in the 60’s & 70’s with my Dad’s and my herds. Ours were pretty calm and docile as well because Dad had strict rules of culling much as you have. If mean, high headed, consistently uncooperative, fence jumper or destroyer, bad mother, and etc. went to freezer camp. Rules applied to all but one very nice bull that would jump or walk through fences for fun. Dad finally got tired of it, put 1 more hot wire up above the perimeter field fence at 5.5 feet and put the ground rods for the hot wires down the well below the water line. When the bull touched and tested the hot wire he got a huge jolt that buckled his knees. He quickly gained fence respect, decided he liked the areas where he was put just fine after that and never jumped or walked through another fence. lol..

[@danielgodin8242]

Greg could we please see another video of the underground shelter? Thanks in advance love the farm you are an inspiration.

[@danjenkins9427]

this video came at just the right time because I was about to start hit that new grow coming out without a lot of stock pile. I have a little hay left so I am going to hold them back and keep them up for a little longer so I can try to start off on the right track this year.

[@lindagates9150]

Spring has sprung for your pleasure …nice it makes me think that I should go out and look at my garden again. I have sometime to wait for the perennials as yesterday my daffodils and other flowers were just starting to send up a few green shoots and there is something growing in the raised garden bed that I made I had better get out there and do some real gardening not just talk the talk . Yesterday I thought that the Tennessee ranch looked like a manicured estate I admired the scenery I certainly will like to see the changes over the next two years I bet there will be a lot of earthworms working on the land improvement team. I wondered how long it would take the herd to do the whole rotation and get back to the starting point. It must be a pleasure to work with a landowner who is open to change . The alarm went off so I bid you adieu time for all those eye drops . Thank you for sharing all those piles of perfection? 🌟💫✨💫🌟🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀👍👍👍👍👍😘💕💞💕🙋🏼‍♀️

[@puresouthpasturesfarm6460]

My family had a chance to stay in the Scott house when we purchased a bull from you! It was such a relaxing experience! Can’t wait to stay there again in the future.

[@lopin890]

Isaac's pup is gorgeous!!! (Greg, if you get time, it would be great if you could "coach" Justin Rhodes on LGD ownership...I'm sure their new "WINNEY" would be all the better with your guidance!!) Love your vids...thanks for sharing your knowledge with us❣️❤️❤️❣️

[@jacobjacobgoldsberry1810]

Hello mr Judy clearing a dairy farm that has been sitting for 40 years all dead+wood and fungi on the ground. I have seen white clover creeping Charlie and some grass but not enough for me to tell what it is. Should I give it a sebatacle of get some sheep in there? Rotating 30 hens on it right now to scratch and fertilize. Again thank you for all the education and advice it is greatly appreciated.

[@amandar7719]

Awww first calf! ❤️. Grass looks like the remnant of dry stockpile turned itself green! QUESTION for Jan for Q&A if that’s OK. Would you ever consider running a few Japanese Browns or other Wagyu heifers amongst the mob. Or JB/W AI a few of your own cows? If not, have you sold SP heifers to a regenerative cattle rancher who has?

[@taylavlogsthetas4784]

You probably should have a website auction for grandma when it's time for her to go, she has quite a following!

[@Digger927]

Sounds weird but I like to smell my cattles breath. Reminds me of a fresh cut hay field. Walking through the herd you get a whiff once in a while.

[@johnlittle184]

The grass, cattle and farm looks great Greg! I love spring time!!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Your place is looking awesome, the new rock skirt on your pond is working great! Have you guys taken off yet on your journey?

[@johnlittle184]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher we still have a few weeks here before heading to the west coast. We are truly enjoying life in the desert emerging in the spring.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

@@johnlittle184 we are coming your way in two weeks

[@johnlittle184]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher awesome! Are you doing another consulting job?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

@@johnlittle184 yes

[@peterclark6290]

You didn't mention that Gabe kicked his son out of the nice warm pick-up to take that -40° picture. I laughed at that part, he's a hard hard man!! Or he just works real smart. The son learned, they have a fine operation up there.

[@anthonyca]

Can you please talk about how the type of grass, quality of grass,season of slaughter etc effects the tast of beef? Does the breed change the flavor? I split a large steer with a friend. The steer was 1300 lbs or more before slaughter, I forgot the hanging weight. The meat isn't soft and succulent. The grass smell and taste is so strong that the hamburger taste like eating out of a yard waste recycling bin with weeds. The hamburger has that smell so strong that thw whole kitchen smells like that. This cow was from sonoma county CA and harvested in February or March which is the end of the very wet rain season here. We get often get 30 inches of rain in just a couple months and it's bone dry 7 to 8 months of the year.

[@catherinewoodsellerbeckhor7560]

Milk herd been out for two weeks here in north of England …. I was surprised but they generally seem to have plenty grazing so I presume they know what they are doing, my horses are still restricted to tracks and hay….but I do not have as many acres

[@tsousley18]

How much stockpile in terms of months do you need for winter and spring? And how many days of pure hay or how much hay per head for a winter and spring?

[@ExploreAmerica]

I made it within the 24 hour window that KZbin uses for an algorithm. One hour to spare sorry I was busy

[@cartermiller2705]

I have been talking with my therapist about “manure envy” lately, although she insists it’s not a thing 😎☀️

[@Gatorgolfusa]

How many days until the spring flush? 🐊🦅🇺🇲❤

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

It depends where you live. In central Missouri it is normally April 15th to May 10th when grass really takes off.

[@JMo268]

No creeping buttercup?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Fortunately we don’t have much buttercup

[@tallcedars2310]

It was good to hear why calves are born dead. Reason why, is that I tagged calves for a rancher who ended up with piles of dead calves from first time heifers. They pulled them out year after year, making these pile. This was when bigger bulls were "better," so that puts two and two together and answers the question that's been whirling around all these years. I am now a green hobby farmer with 10 cows, never pulled one yet in 16 years. And a pasture we rent has a Gelbvieh bull that makes great calves, without loosing one. Today, I can only imagine how much money was lost to that rancher. You said it, some ranchers stick with what they know and lose money, and sometimes big money because of their attitude. Maybe one day they will see the error of their ways, we can only hope.

[@albertod4161]

I was talking ranching with a neighbor and he was telling me how much he misses the cow smell I was thinking to myself all that smell from what I understand is the nutrients in the atmosphere and trying to explain to them that ruminant animals don't eat grain they looked around me like I was from Mars I kid you not Greg.

[@davemi00]

WEDNESDAY is PATTY Day 💩 🤠

[@backwoodsbaby9729]

I'm not real sure how you don't just take a chair out to the pasture and sit there for a few hours. I think you have such high grass because you keep some overwinter. My yard is only 2 inches high. Sometimes border collie pups can be shy with larger animals like cattle especially when they are young. If he is supposed to be a working dog Issac needs to build the pups confidence.