How Regenerative Agriculture Changed Our Farm

[@timothysandoval3679]

Jim Recommends what you were considering in your video, Which is after your first pass through the farm, Your going to graze the 1/3 ish part of the farm that has regrown and is still lush and mid stage maturity and is optimal for maximum cattle gain while letting the other 2/3s continue to stockpile. Out of the 2/3 stockpile 1/3 you will start to graze in the summer slump, and the last third you graze through the winter and early spring. The next year the pasture you grazed twice or 3 times in the spring depending on your environment you will reserve for that years winter stockpile and give it a full growing seasons rest.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@timothysandoval3679 good plan

[@tesha199]

If grass is green, it's actively putting sugars into the soil

[@atangapaul1141]

Keep doing what you do. Experience is the best. You bringing us to your farm and life is a blessing

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thank you. That’s what it’s all about. Giving other the opportunity to come along side

[@KPVFarmer]

Thanks for sharing your experiences! Wishing you all the best!!!

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@KPVFarmer thank you!!!

[@zekeshow3769]

Looks like thousands of dollars in fertilizer. Impressive. Y’all are such an underrated channel. Keep the wisdom and content flowing….

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thank you very much!

[@Robertmacmedia]

Thanks for sharing your experience and farm with us

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

You are very welcome

[@brandenbernstein7693]

What kind of stocking rate per acre are you all using?! Pastures look amazing

[@MistressOP]

6:53 Most folks don't let them eat long. But for the cycle you gotta let them eat some sections long grass. Because the seed heads are seeds that are adapted to your cycle. Most important thing on your property getting those seeds that know your system know your cows and know your land to send good genetics forward drop and become perennial grass. I'd not do it all the time but I'd do it sometimes. More so if it's a drought year. I want drought genetics. 8:32 Your grass doesn't want to grow anymore when the seed head comes in. The problem is that's not fully wrong for some varities but in a healthy pasture you have like more than 50 different grasses and forbs in a native pasture. Each one has it's time to seed and come in all year long. This is the Americas it's built on grass forest both old growth. It's design to come up in phases bit here bit there. When one goes to seed in a healthy pasture there's another waiting for it's turn in the group. It's actually how we control non native Chee grass proply in California by grassing the doh stage heads to prevent wild fires and reduce it's population. I think the way converstations are had about this tyopic has to change. Not everyone is at a stage there grass are pushed out of invasive and poor quailty grass seed mixes. Then you'd hit those heads to reduce the population and also to keep it going. This converstation is a lot like talking to someone who has not repair there classic card and it's still on conrete blocks. Someone who has repair there classic car and it's running ok but not looking great. And someone who has done a full restro rebuild and added some nice extras. Three different conversations all about the same car. And what you do for that car might be somewhat simlair sometimes but vastly different other times. (What's your dung beetle population looking like?)

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Beetles are looking good! We are also seeing native grasses pop up all over the farms!

[@johnthomas6895]

Just found your channel. I enjoyed your observations, which line up with many of those espoused by Greg Judy. I wish I had gotten into cattle, but I discovered this interest too late. I am encouraging my son to get with his girlfriend and buy her dad's (9th generation!) cattle operation. We will see.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thanks for watching

[@mattoe8621]

Beautiful farm! Some thoughts: 1. Perennial pasture doesn’t need to reseed every year. Let it set seed in really good years when you have a heavy swath like in the video. This will happen with a steady herd of cows because they won’t be able to keep up with the pasture in those years. 2. If you crash it down hard you may encounter compaction issues. This also exposes the soil to moisture loss. That might be helpful when the soil is waterlogged. 3. I don’t think you need to mow because you don’t have a weed problem. 4. Have you considered GPS ear tags to save time? Or permanent fencing with automatic gates? Pete from Just A Few Acres Farm has a recent video about the compaction issue that he encountered as a consequence of strip grazing. He has reverted to rotational paddock grazing for that reason.

[@mattoe8621]

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[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@mattoe8621 I don’t see compaction ever being an issue, Pete is running a pretty different operation. Thanks for your input!!!

[@NicholasRiccio]

Great video. Can’t wait to see if the trampled grass will come back as well as the lower mowed grass. One day I’ll be there too, still working on fencing. I appreciate everyone sharing there operations. Keep up the good work! You’re doing great!!

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thank you very much!

[@alterityregenerativeranchi7947]

Killing it.. love your philosophies

[@jamesselask4988]

You and Allyson have put so much work and love into this farm and it really shows. This is the standard that farming should be across the globe. Can't wait to see where this place will be in another 5 years. Keep up the great work

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thanks cuz!

[@cowboy2180]

Good stuff! Subscribed

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Thanks

[@jtoot6391]

Nice!!

[@mrmeatlover197]

What kinda grass do you have?

[@cindy_lou_loves_to_stitch]

I enjoy your videos when I get a chance to watch them! God has blessed you and Ally 🩷 n the farm. Very heartwarming to see. Love seeing those calves!!

[@cdf01]

Interesting thoughts on seed heads. I have been watching mine eat them all weekend.. I have no desire to mow them off.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Reseed the farm every year!

[@cjwilsonchi]

Just found your channel. Great information! Where is the water source for the cattle all the paddocks?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@cjwilsonchi I have unground pressurized water with frost frees every 300 foot

[@claytonbrooks4950]

I enjoyed your video. I really want to try this in the future, I’m curious how you keep water to your cows?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@claytonbrooks4950 we have all our farms unground pressurized water. I’m going to be doing a video on it soon

[@sonpacho]

@19:03 I honestly thought I had been trolled - business on top, party on the bottom. I thought he had on the 80's basketball short-shorts. He hadn't really shown his legs so...

[@leeneely5457]

Just discovered ur channel. I see you moving the cattle and want to do regenerative farms myself. I didn’t see the water set up tho?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@leeneely5457 I have had a lot of people ask about the water set up. I am going to do a video soon. Subscribe and Stay tuned.

[@Yahya-s8k]

Hi guys my name is Yahya and looking for work in cow farms and thanks to everyone who helped me

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@Yahya-s8k where you located

[@Yahya-s8k]

​@@drumhillerfarms6858I live in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and I love raising cows and I am very interested. Thank you.

[@Yahya-s8k]

@drumhillerfarms6858 I live in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and I love raising cows and I am very interested. Thank you.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@Yahya-s8k let me know if you come to the states

[@justinridlen]

Love your content. Are your wires hot? Or do you have a perimeter fence around the outside of the property? Im going to attempt this type of controlled grazing but with sheep, cows in the future.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Perimeter is hot and so are out temporary wires. You can do it with just a small solar power box with you temporary wires too

[@CincinnatiReefer]

Thank you for sharing. Where are the waterers? I didn’t see any water sources in any of the paddocks. Thank you.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

We have frost frees every 300 foot with pressurized water on all 160 acres

[@GeoffHou]

I think it's all depending on the season or what the forecast is. If you are in a drought period, the trampled grass will keep the moisture better and the growth will be better but if you are in a wet season, you probably are better with the whole thing eaten down.

[@charmainevandiford6622]

No one is a expert. Greg Judy and a few others are considered experts and they don’t know everything. Some People not me cuss the way they do things and say it don’t work. Do what works for you. What you feel good about. Looks like to me you got it figured out. I sure wish I was in your predicament. Keep up the good work and looks fine to me and I am definitely no expert.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@charmainevandiford6622 thank you

[@robinsonjohn4975]

Awesome job! I am curious what is your stocking rate? How many pounds per acre? How big are your cells?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

These cells in the field were about .14 of an acre divided into 3 moves with a little over 100,000 pounds

[@kathymyers1023]

Where's the water?

[@TheAmbulatingFerret]

As far as I'm concerned with seed heads is free seed. I don't really seed my pastures, I just let them go.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

I’m with ya!

[@TimBinns68]

Just found you. Gladwin, MI here. are you letting them back graze after your 12 hour move?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

I have this year so I only have to move their water tank once a day sometimes I’ll put up two fences but with this non-selective grazing there’s really nothing to go back to

[@greggmcclelland8430]

Josh at running t farms has a similar philosophy.

[@jhost0311]

How many cattle do you currently have and how much pasture do you graze them on?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Our herd fluctuates between 100-120 head of cows, yearlings, finish cattle, and caves. We have about 110 acres of grass, we also raise about 3000 meat birds and 15-20 lambs a year on that same acres. 160 acres total we raise our pigs in the forest. We just picked up an another 30 acre lease!

[@jhost0311]

@@drumhillerfarms6858 cool thanks. So you are right around 1 cow per acre of pasture. What would you estimate your profit per cow is? Total gross revenue of selling retail is around $5k per cow right? Is half of that profit?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@jhost0311 gross for our cattle is closer to 4500. We feed them for two winters about two round bales per animal per year. Our profit is closer to $4000 3500 to 4000 depending on how we sell it.

[@cowboy2180]

Mate! That’s a beard to be proud of!

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

Hahah thanks!

[@tylers7390]

Maybe I missed it. You have 100+ head on how many acres?

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@tylers7390 130 head on about 110

[@tylers7390]

​@@drumhillerfarms6858that's awesome. I'm told by FSA that I could only sustain 25 head on my 200 acres in MN. What's your climate and grass mix?

[@gillsmoke]

My guess is the growth speed is going to matter on rainfall, more rain than average I'd bet on the cleared cell, drought conditions, I'd bet on the trampled cell. the reason being the thatching acting like mulch.

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

I could get on board with that

[@adriangordinier4055]

I wish I could keep my sheep in with one wire!!!

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@adriangordinier4055 we use net fencing for the sheep

[@ronaldmossolle]

Mooo 😂

[@toddsauer5721]

hi so glad you do not mow.listing to peaple that tel you things that ruin your goal.stockpile stockpile.your doing great.it will be tricky when water is less.i even thinking to do flood eriggation on 2 of my pastures.your going to need more cattle.i added my yearlings to the mixx they really eat.Todd my old school neighbors scold me oftten.i say i got money in my pocket.how about you???.theres is at the agronomists wallet

[@drumhillerfarms6858]

@@toddsauer5721 right on!

[@Dadnatron]

They are leaving that much, because it has matured past palatability. If you look, they are leaving the stems of that long grass. Not knocking your practices, but that is why they are leaving what they are leaving.

[@SaaidAdi]

Please, brother, I follow you on KZbin and Instagram. Please help me find a job contract on a farm. May God bless you.🇲🇦🇺🇸🇲🇦🙏🙏