How We Are Adapting Our Cow Herd To Regenerative Ag - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 2

One of the major steps in regenerative agriculture is to adapt your livestock herd to your land. Developing a herd that adapts well to your system is more profitable for you in the end and can make a better, more positive, impact on your land in how you graze them.
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[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Hey Y'all! Thanks for joining us on this second episode! Check out episode 1 if you haven't already. More episodes to come! Drop us any questions or comments below.

[@coryferguson]

Please do drought management videos in the future!! I'm surviving but barely. Hay prices are insane. Only thing saving me is I'm trading 2 bulls for 100 bales.

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Hey @@coryferguson! We are working on some video content about drought on our ranches, and hopefully more about drought management in general too. We totally understand it is tough out there and people are hit with some hard times. Until we can get our videos out, below are a couple of articles from our website. www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/drought/prepare-for-drought-with-regenerative-ag-mindset/ www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/drought/4-pieces-of-drought-advice-from-a-regenerative-rancher-whos-seen-it-all/

[@finerfinish]

Nice to see people who understand and are setting the pace for contemporary farming. Ag is out of sight when done right. Thanx. From an old

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks Gary!

[@michaeleldridge5640]

Hopefully you can have a video on how these improvements affected the bottom line. If it was profitable a lot more ranches could get behind these systems.

[@hansklossner9152]

I love that you are leading the way.

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks Hans!

[@AgriWebb]

Great episode! We recognize that chute-side data collection screen at 5:06😉Exciting to hear about all of the data the team is collecting on each animal.

[@Doktracy]

I’d love to see a herd of longhorns used for some of this trial,especially through drought of the western side of OK. I used to raise longhorns directly from the Wichita Wildlife Refuge and I think they’re the ideal breed for this type of system. They are so much more self sufficient,almost never have problems with deliveries,breed back easily, low parasite issues, and maintain condition better on low quality forage.

[@kevinlynch8349]

Great work !!!

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks Kevin!

[@timwoodruff]

Thanks for sharing this helpful information.

[@Tegilles]

Great video!

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks Ty! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@taunapowell9651]

As I watch your videos and read materials, I hope to find out when you put replacement heifers back with mature cows in relation to weaning calves as well as other factors. Nice videos so far; just now received a link.

[@coryferguson]

Hoping yall can teach me something. I work on 9k acres then have my own small ranch. The land has been in my family for over 100 years but when my great grandpa died. The farming did too. Everything sold 2 combines, cattle, most our land, and all equipment.. That was in the 80's here we are in 2022 now and some 23 year old has been hell bent to make it back to where it was when I die. I run purebred charolai and some commercial Angus on charolai bulls. I just got my first tractor a 7600. I'm hoping to be farming my family wheat field in 3 years. I noticed charolai calfs on yalls heard. I'm located outside of okeene oklahoma. If yall would ever like another charolai bull pls message me. I don't focus on showing. I focus on epd, body condition, fertility, ww, and money. My future heard sire just had his first breading season last year and calfs were on the ground in March. He was only bred to 12 head but 11 steers 2 heifers. (12 cows) (13 calfs) one of the 2 heifers weighted 455 pounds at 75 days old!!!! Black baldy mother. Charolai daddy. 😁

[@tritchie6272]

Sounds to me like Y'All are incorporating alot of the ancient ways but using some modern tech to make those ancient ways easier. I suspect that alot of this, Rotational grazing for example was done by people before modern society. But the government and schools started pushing whats now called by some the conventional way. I hope that more and more people with farms of every scale start doing things somewhat like this and make a good living doing so.

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks!

[@eddiemason7118]

Preg has come a long way from bump checking.

[@adrianalynch-of-jumbuck-farm]

If you want to showcase your 7 Oklahoma ranches, and show footage of cows getting handled, go ahead. But don’t give the impression that viewers are going to learn about regenerative farming. You don’t explain or teach anything. You spent a lot of money making these videos I think, but Greg Judy teaches sooooo much more than these episodes.

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks for your comment. We’re fans of Greg Judy’s work, too. Our docuseries, “Regenerating the Ranch” is just one of many platforms we use to share about regenerative ranching. Its purpose is to take viewers on a behind the scenes look at multiple properties as they make the transition from conventional management to practices that focus on healthier soils and bottom lines. It’s different from our educational products, which will launch in early 2023. In the meantime, for more regenerative tips and news, subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter here: noble.org/subscribe

[@enderwhitekey7238]

Thanks for the heads up.

[@robertward9533]

I wonder how heavily subsidized these folks are I know some folks who are in university learning this regenerative ag. And I'm convinced it's a land takeover. They even want people back in the fields I wonder who's gonna decide who works the field

[@NobleResearchInstitute]

Thanks for watching. While we won’t speak for others, the seven Noble Ranches featured in this docuseries are not subsidized by the government. By focusing on soil health, we’re saving money on inputs, which allows us to be more profitable on our own - especially in dry years like this one.