We are in the solar energy business, don't graze all the plants to the ground!

We are in the solar energy business, don't graze all the plants to the ground! Don't overstock your farm which pretty much guarantees you will run out of forage. It's better to be slightly understocked than to have to many animals eating your pastures into the ground.
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[@abigail01441]

Did any body else see the mouse?

[@lindagates9150]

Not I lucky to see the girls 😂🎉❤🎉😊

[@sevenbark]

I saw it but it wasn't a mouse, it was a little rabbit.

[@ottocarmanjones7143]

Yup!

[@user-kv2pt4lu9y]

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[@eltonmau7412]

Yeh, I thought it was a rat.

[@eweandmeranch4024]

People don't know what they don't know. What seems like common sense to one is unknown to another. Many with the idea that "they don't need much forage" to feed their animals. Better to offer the info now for some that will use it then to let them learn the hard way!

[@Thylacine1]

"I love watching animals eat grass" No kidding Greg :)

[@cassityart7001]

Oliver Anthony: Christopher. Wow awesome. Another example of a man who does not need to follow the corporate approved model. We are all about that. 🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🌱🌱🌱❤️

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

The bunny running into that tin wall at 0:39 ... 🤣

[@BaseReality]

*DINK*

[@leelindsay5618]

With 15 acres, he could easily have 90-120 sheep depending on the forge and rainfall. Just as a number to work with, if he has 80 ewes and 10 rams, he could get 120 lambs to sell (if he isn't replacing stock) and with $200/head, that is easily $24,000 yearly. It may not be a complete living, but it would take care of property taxes and equipment costs in one year. Just a thought.

[@tcassil2972]

Greg’s bulls never work out.😁 814 has been the best animal to hit the farm. It’s amazing how he has changed the whole herd. Makes it easier to cull the high headed ones quickly.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Glad he is working well for you Tim. Everyone that bought his semen has had great results. We just auctioned three of his daughters several weeks ago. Beautiful heifers!!

[@georgeheller2281]

Bulls looking real good! We've got all our bulls on the leased farm now. Grass is starting to crank! Have a wonderful day

[@marvinbaier3627]

Thanks for the video! The pasture is looking great. I am so glad you are so honest that’s one of the reason I love this channel. I totally understand being overstocked that’s why I sold some of my heifers. I wanted to make sure I have enough pasture, and I don’t have feed anymore hay than I have too. You always talk how you meet so many fantastic celebrities but I think you are a celebrity/professional in the grazing industry. I honestly get more excited see and talk toyou than I would ever see Taylor Swift.

[@karlbutler3351]

little rabbit at 00:38

[@timshirk6261]

Only the lush leaves are good solar panels. This time of year the stems that are left behind will not do much photosynthesis and in fact will hinder it as if they was all grazed off or mowed down they would get lush green leaves much faster and enhance the solar system quicker. Also the stems left behind will mature out and next time grazing the cattle will avoid it. That being said it is still very important that a pasture is fully recovered before next graze so that root systems are fat and full of energy. There are many strategy’s that are ok however the biggest mistake is that when the cattle move back on regrowth that has not yet fully replenished the roots of sugar

[@PerennialGrowth]

These are the benefits of total grazing, you increase the leaf to stem ratio as opposed to it being higher due to leaving more stems and uneaten vegetation behind. This is the power of total grazing or non selective grazing down the base of the pasture, the regrowth goes wild and you’ll always have enough forage stockpiled if you manage like this.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

@PerennialGrowth not if it doesn’t rain for 6 -12 months. You have nothing to graze when nothing grows back.

[@timshirk6261]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher my strategy is to do non selective total grazing in the early spring as that is when it wants to make a stem plus on average there are normally not severe droughts that time of year. Now I do agree that on the next cycle ( June/July ) it is a good idea to not take everything and leave some behind due to drought potential plus it won’t make stem

[@PerennialGrowth]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher when the grass is grazed like this all the root reserves are what drive the regrowth, removing the stems helps the plant save the energy for growing leaves instead of maintaining those stems.

[@janicew6222]

I'm with you, I don't want to watch a video over a dead cow either.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

Have you heard the Department of Agriculture has stamped Tyson beef as climate friendly. They are packed in a bare feeder lot!

[@jaredspaulding9977]

Thank you for the video!

[@alterityregenerativeranchi7947]

The darn thing died get over it. Greatest quote ☝️☝️☝️ ever thank you Greg we’d love to see an episode of you on your soapbox

[@bridgescwr6136]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy your content😊.

[@aaronh4963]

Beautiful land you've got there Greg

[@chuck3671]

Oliver Anthony... Good songs

[@bryanblackburn7074]

Rip...Rip...Rip...waking up those microbes massage that beautiful soil with their hooves. Greg the grass has a lot of moisture in it compared to it when it was dry could that be the reason why the bulls and steers haven't visited the water source yet?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Absolutely!!

[@rochrich1223]

I've heard the in Joel Salatin's county the recommended space to pasture a 1000 lb cow using average management is four acres per animal. I've seen excellent grazers break the 2 acres level but I don't think I've seen anyone get below one acre per animal.

[@i_be_eternity]

If I remember correctly Joel Salatin is currently at a 8 cows per 1 acre but he’s also got ponds irrigating his land. Bit of a different story.

[@rochrich1223]

Unless you're talking stocking density instead of annual stocking rate, I think 8 is too high. 8 1000# cows 3% daily feed intake 365 days/yr, that would be a production of 43 tons of feed dry weight per acre. I think a hay yield of 4 tons/acre is pretty good.

[@rochrich1223]

I've been keeping an ear open for relevant numbers. Russ Wilson(has channel and is an excellent grazer) started with conventional practice and had 1 cow per 3.6 acres with 120 days grazing. Now his 10 yr average is 1.8 acres per cow with 310 days grazing. He could squeeze his stocking rate per acre a little by bringing in stockers or haying more but it would be too close to break even financially to be worth doing. I can't imagine looking at 18(more than 1000#) cows and a bull on 18 acres and thinking that could work.

[@rochrich1223]

I just heard in a Joel Salatin interview that in a county that averages 80 grazing days per acre (4.5 acres per cow) Joel does 400! (.91 acres per cow) Of course, his operation is big enough to justify hay making while most of us would be better off stockpiling even at the cost of a lower stocking rate and buying in hay.

[@i_be_eternity]

@@rochrich1223 yes. You are correct. Plus Joel has ponds he uses to irrigate his farm.

[@i_be_eternity]

19 on 15 acres? Is he in the garden of Eden? I thought that was destroyed.

[@samuelgriffith86]

Greg someone like me on 20 acres should try to maybe transition to produce, or poultry. And then have a few cows or sheep.

[@immoosiesmom]

I think that was a rat, not a mouse….whoops, now I think it was a rabbit…

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

It was a baby rabbit, but it startled me as much as I startled the bunny!

[@stevensimms9486]

Hi Greg! Do you vary how much forage you utilize over the course of the season? What is the highest utilization you will use and under what circumstances would you do that?

[@MD-tp5zy]

When I get the money I will buy farmland tainted by soybean farming and transform it into this type of operation. just gotta work hard.

[@charleswalters5284]

Work smart

[@charleswalters5284]

Like Greg

[@danielhenebry223]

You are a absolatey correct on the acreage and making a living. The guy could possibly run 19 ewes.

[@willyfindlay4398]

Hi Greg, what age do slaughter your Steers idealy ? And what live weight would they be ? 😊 Enjoy your summer.😊

[@alancummings5008]

Trouble is in our area there are no techs for AI. I would buy a couple heifers if I could get them bred.

[@ozarkrefugee]

Never graze cool season grasses lower than three inches.

[@kbkesq]

What about flies and parasites when you have them densely grazing?

[@raylauraberg260]

Greg, have you ever tried the Tumblewheel by Gallegher?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Never tried them, we have to many tree obstacles

[@blubac]

My field was coverd with fescue (european kind). Sheep ate about 30% of it and grazed 80% of forbs and legumes. When i moved them i mowed all the stems and seed heads of fescue. Will the new regrowth be palatable for sheep in 30 days cca? We have alot of rain and nice temperature.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Try for 45 days rest to ensure the parasites are gone from your last rotation.

[@blubac]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher oh,i deworm. Economic benefit from faster rotation is much greater then economic loss from deworming. For me, as we have a much faster spring flush, and leaving 45 days of rest turns my fields in straw.

[@WordofBob]

a few seem to be fighting flys. What do you do for flys?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

We move the herd twice per day which leaves 90% of the flies behind with the manure piles. We also have 500 tree swallow houses installed around our farms. One pair of tree swallows eat 8000 flies per day.

[@briangrammer898]

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[@michaelaversa5572]

Hi Greg, Do you worry about making sure the animals have some sort of shade in all the pastures?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Most of our pastures have trees, we are very fortunate to have them.

[@michaelaversa5572]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Mine too, but I have a few that have very little (no) shade. I have been just trying to not put them out in those pastures in the middle of a heat wave..

[@rharrell1]

In regard to country music here is some interesting trivia George Strait singer and rancher and Jeff Bezos Amazon mother are second cousins. This makes George and Jeff second cousins once removed.

[@kbkesq]

How many head per acre is the rule of thumb? Seems like 1 steer per 15ac in your one example.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

No, what I said was that the fellow that had 15 acres was going to run 15 sheep, if he wanted to graze a steer then he needed to subtract 5 sheep from his farm before adding 1 steer. Our county stocking rate is 4 acres per cow

[@marcus3457]

Great video Greg, and thank you. Do you think you could take a few minutes one day to give some advice on buying semen for cows, sheep and goats? Hopefully throwing in all three isn't too optimistic. 😁 I imagine most folks who are in the situation you described with just a few girls and no bull are also newer to the business in general, so I thought that might be helpful. Thank you!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

I will have to do that. Thanks for the idea.

[@marcus3457]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you Greg, I appreciate it.

[@dsulli7383]

Rat ran smack into the metal building.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Baby rabbit!

[@dsulli7383]

lol yep now I see it was a rabbit. Someone else called it a mouse. I knew it wasn’t that small for sure.

[@user-gm9co3yk7o]

@@gregjudyregenerativeranchersomeone said mouse and I kept rewatching because I swore I saw a baby wabbit 😂.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

@user-gm9co3yk7o you would be correct, baby wabbit!!

[@tannerlong1067]

Honestly that guy should have done his homework before he got cattle. I know he may have big plans but you aren’t gonna make any kindve profit with 15 acres. Dang sure ain’t gonna make any kindve profit with more cattle than acreage. That’s animal abuse.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

We are going AI with your bull semen as we talked to you.

[@briangrammer898]

Great ❤❤ good luck ❤❤

[@eddeetz493]

One of the interns with a growing food wife would be a great addition to Mat Carricker', utube channel, new resort he,s rebuilding in texas. The regerenative pastures and gardens become part of the draw.