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Seems we have been farming in this world for a long time. We have had renowned college professors who have spent thousands of millions researching farming techniques and soil conservation for no apparent reason. It takes a farmer without government involvement to discover regenerative farming. Joe S. was the first I remember doing this decades ago.

DAVID! When are you coming back.... ?? Great video. I loved seeing myself at the end (this is Christina typing... I am such a ham). Robert looks great too, of course. How are you? This season looks good. We hope you are well.

Great story.

I started doing this on a smaller scale to restore my overgrazed farm. When i started off i admit i didn't have a clue and my mom (who supposedly grew up on a farm) didn't either. I guess her farm was probably overcrowded and overgrazed too?! Anyway, better late than never. It only took a year to fix years of ignorance. And all i did was go back to tried and true methods my great great grandparents used. But first I had to clear my head of all this newfangled modern homestead garbage that was perpetuated by greed. All these so called "homesteaders" and backyard "farmers" are obsessed with turning a profit not knowing it will not happen. Not with their methods. They become animal flippers and hoarders. End up killing most of their stock and keeping others as pets, or "rescues".... Every single one I've visited had over grown islands of weeds among huge muddy bald spots and waaaay too many animals. Oh and don't forget the LGD.... on a chain because it eats the merchandise. These people are always scrounging for money to buy feed and medicine for animals that seemed to stay sick and never flourish once they're weaned. Most of the time these folks couldn't eat what they raised because it was too scrawny or they'd invested so much money and emotion into saving it from worms, emotionally they couldn't do it. But they WOULD breed the crap out of it and try to sell the offspring (only to turn around and buy more feed and meds... for the animals and themselves) Farming is a trade off. You realize why groceries go sky high when you start raising your own. There's a lot of overhead and even more work. And if you're not able or willing to do the work then DON'T buy livestock. Abd you treat it like a campfire: keep it small, keep it contained, keep an eye on it. And learn to barter for what you need if you can't grow it yourself. I know one person who has created a feral pig infestation by "rescuing" pot belly pigs from homesteaders who were breeding them by the dozens and selling them cheap rather than eating them. She stopped counting after 60. There were no pigs until she moved in. Yeah the surrounding farms just love her for that. I do too because i have so much pork in my freezer i might as well stop raising my own. Either way it makes great free dog and cat food!! Anyway, pardon my deviation from the subject. It took a year to recover my grass. I sectioned off my fields and built holding pens until it all grew. Yes i had to buy feed and hay in the meantime. It was that or sell every animal. Instead i downsized. And i don't keep more than seven goats, seven sheep and four cows. I got rid of my muscovy ducks (they're a nuisance if you're trying to feed animals in pens) they're impossible to keep penned up. They'd rather die. And they frequently would. Now i need to downsize rabbits and chickens. Those are the only animals i want to buy feed for. The hooves critters are now able to graze and browse all summer. The only trick will be winter. But if i butcher the offspring in fall... it's still fewer mouths to feed and my freezer is full!

Loved this story…way to go man and best of luck from Ireland !

My favorite way to describe this is the cows act similarly to bison back when 100s of millions roamed the plains, and moving them from pasture to pasture simulates predators that would force the great herds to keep moving

Mistake number one start a farm and think the next generation is going to take it over what's the biggest mistake in farming you do it because that's what you want to do don't do it because you think the next generation of the generation after that is going to want to do it let them figure out what they want to do and move on and then you get all pissed off because their dreams not your dream

Thank you Bro and Sister for sharing valuable information. I like to start integrated farming without chicken, 🐑 and fish 🐟. For natural fertilizer, have plan to rise native breed cows. For diversification, plan to cultivate vegetables, flowers, seasonal fruits , bamboo and trees for furniture wood. Please share your thoughts and also is running restaurant in vehicle good idea? Please suggest some insights about agri related small business ( less capital) . Thank you ❤

Can you give more facts please? How many animals running, size and quantity of paddocks, animal breed etc. that would be great. Thanks

He's definitely improving, but he needs to try out tighter paddocks, more density and faster moves. Perhaps moving 2-3 times per day would show more improvement faster. Hopefully they are feeding hay where it was cut.

Excelent and well done Stephen, I wonder if you have thought in getting some hybrid Chestnuts to improve the cows diet, besides having protein they are rich in good fats and enhance the flavour of meat. Keep on trucking, All the BEST. Greetings from PERÚ.

What about vaccination? Are you vaccinating your cattle?

very interesting , i thought they would have had some clover in with the grass , where is his nitrogen input or is it big enough not to need it and the cow muck is enough , does he harrow the pasture to spread out the cow pats and they can harbor worms that will infect young stock , but the cattle look in great health , just would have been good to get a bit more of that sort of stuff , i am going to plant a new pasture this autumn with a mix of grasses and clover for regeneration , I am in the UK England and we are getting Government subsidies' to do these things , also what i am planting is for silage crop as the field has no water supply so cannot be grazed , if it works I shall plant another field the next year too , i am worried about the weeds that may creep in to the crop and as i do not think herbicides can be used and of course that is pointless as it will kill the clover which is one of the main reasons of doing it to fix the Nitrogen , If any one has any advice please reply

Honestly, your grass doesn't look all that thick. I see a lot of dirt showing through.

Firstdone in africa. Successfully.

CHEERS FROM ITALY! KEEP GOING

This is all great as long as you don't have land payments.

Great story! Thanks for sharing!

By the last couple of minutes of the video I presume you're saying this model can't be profitable, am I correct? How feasible would it be for someone who doesn't own a restaurant and would have to live off of the profits made through agriculture to run a vegan farm such as yours? Me and my partner have been considering farming as a professional activity for our future but we're wondering wether veganism would be an impediment. Cheers

Notice they have great coats and aren't covered in piss shit and mud.

Absolute BS...

Propane torch weeding?

Brother I will be a fire of change If you could give me a regenerative agriculture book or a couple. I need to know how to build soil, make compost, and all the secrets. I need small to medium scale. I want to dedicate my life to growing food and making natural medicine. To generate all my own inputs and make a closed loop.

Good job. Keep up the good work.

Not vegan

Just wondering what ratio you mix the fly repellent. An excellent video

This is an amazing setup for a large herd. Wonder how these ideas could be adapted for just a few cattle on smaller acreage.

What do ya do about water for the cows?

Dr. Elaine Ingham (on CZcams): learn how to make compost, compost teas and use sprays to accelerate the regeneration of heavily damaged areas. Also used as a foliar spray to kick start the recovery of yesterday's paddock. Cheap, easy, in both time and money.

Eye opening video. Really inspiring.

That was a very interesting video, and definitely food for thought, with no pun intended, thank you.

Wisdom.

Great video. You explain things well. Wish all farmers had your mindset.

I love the fact he chose the Red Devon Cattle which is finally recovering on the livestock conservancy list. Unfortunately the Milking Devon is still on the critical list.

Would love to see this go to native only grasses

Love what this rancher has done for his land and his cattle in his care. I was curious about the kinds of grasses that he use on his pasture. When he had dug it up it felt like the roots of those grasses were short in general and given that he has not tilled or used chemicals on it for 10 years I was a bit surprised, maybe it was an odd patch. The earthworms were a great sign of soil improvement. Would love to know if he uses locally native prairie grass species and if he notices a difference in quality of soil health and cattle health when using those grasses versus non local ones.

Really interesting. I wonder if cattle raised this way grow faster, because they are always on newer grass, and they get to forage a bit in the winter.

I just picked up an order there yesterday, and had burgers today! Thank you Stephen, they were amazing! I'm happy to support this, it's better for the soil and all the things that live there (insects, nematodes, birds, frogs, etc.), and it's so much healthier for us. Next time I'll buy a 1/4 or 1/2 cow.

Would you tell us more about your Devon cattle and how they fit in with regenerative grass farming.

It would be good to know what the best farming strategy from among these examples was found to be. 😊

Love it I use electric fence and great post called timeless

How do you water in each area? And do the cows need salt? We are just starting with four head (2 cows and 2 yearlings)in Texas and trying to learn as much as we can!

What brand of seeds did you use to grow for winter feed?

‘Regenerative’ animal ag greenwashing debunked-czcams.com/video/OSAz-A7S8ow/video.htmlsi=XEgpare24--LgCXr

Debunked- czcams.com/video/OSAz-A7S8ow/video.htmlsi=XEgpare24--LgCXr

‘Regenerative’ animal ag Greenwashing debunked- czcams.com/video/OSAz-A7S8ow/video.htmlsi=XEgpare24--LgCXr

So the Eggs are used as food, are they rescued animals? are the animals eaten?, if the flesh and or secretions of the animals are used then they are obviously not ‘’Vegan’’ (Chefs) but plant based! 🌻🌎✊🏽

‘’Regenerative’’ is a term used by animal agriculture to greenwash their use & murder of animals, the ‘’Regenerative Journey’’ account has videos of Ranching Animals that they say improves the Soil, but Soil does fine without Cows etc. Vegan food growing should be Permaculture and Forest Gardens, which is true regeneration and sustainable. 🌻🌎✊🏽

Man, that into got my heart warming ❤ Wish your family plenty of health and rain just when you need it the most

Great video !