Grazing management to improve soil health-full version
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2013
- Meet Henry Sheehan, 'Wilton Park' Grafton
Gary Zimmer, author of 'The Biological Farmer', said 'Biological farming puts the fun back in farming' and at 'Wilton Park', Grafton NSW, Australia that statement has been validated. One look at the smile on Henry Sheehan's face would convince anyone that he was having way too much fun.
Henry is manager of 'Wilton Park', where FigTrees Organic Farms produces and markets award winning organic beef . Henry's enthusiasm for the eco-system he nurtures is a pleasure to witness and be warned, it is contagious.
-North Coast Regional Landcare Network
Making compost with cow hooves. As a Clarence Valley resident I love what you guys are doing. I really hope that other local pastoralist are watching and can see the obvious benefits. Let’s face it you can run more cattle and if it was done by the the majority then it makes the cattle industry more viable. Maybe a micro abattoir would be a goer then too.
I’ve been playing around with HM type management for around 5 years on my little place in south Grafton and I can really see a big change in pasture quality and species diversity.
Awesome
Isn't it just?
I would put the 2 herds in 1 and make double or triple the amount of pastures.
Gustav this has been done with some fantastic results. I think it was in Kenya. A local environmentalist managed to talk the village elders of three different villages into combining their multiple small herds on small lots of cattle into one mega herd. They then rotated the cattle through all the different small plots. What they found, was not only were the cattle reaching marketable weight quicker, but the land was improving as well.
@@rmar127 Well ive come a long way since i made this comment 3 years ago, it is all about understanding how ecosystem functions in nature works, thats when you will be able to make a good plan for how your livestock should be moved in order to fulfill your wishes (or more like furfil your specific context)
Absolutely mate. I’m hoping I can buy a small hold farm in the next few years. I’ll be trying to combine the principles of rotational grazing with regenerative agriculture. I’d be looking at trying to improve the quality of the paddocks whilst making sure I keep my stock numbers to a level where I can maintain them without degrading the land further.
@@rmar127 Look in to holistic management and holistic planned grazing, that will help you make complex decisions and thereby give you the best possible life.
rotational grazing is a system and doesnt take in consideration complexity and therefor it doesnt work.
Would I be correct in thinking that the healthier and more resilient the soil becomes, that the grasses then become thicker and healthier and this then means your weaners able to get to market weight quicker and therefore sell at a better price as there are less cattle on the market at that time?
Healthier soils benefit grasses immensely! There are so many ways that soil health and overall biodiversity can help improve agriculture and grazing.
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