Nice work. You continue to improve your delivery of great education as your real world experiences inform your own understanding. Would love to see you put together a series of videos comparing the practices of your breeding operation to your finishing cattle. I find it hard to marry up doing such a great job with land and animal when breeding to then sell into the CAFO/Monocrop/Chemical industry. Great work Allround Josh and family
Man you couldn’t be more right! High density grazing is a game changer we are getting 70-80 day resting periods, and stock piling a whole farm this year. Keep up the good work budddy!
After rotational grazing several years ,everything you say is true my pasture were in decline because on overgrazing ,after switching to UHDG I have a “ projected “ recovery time of 100 + days ,I have a few cows I’m having to cater to but over all they’re transitioning well , we are very dry here and a lot of farms around me are feeding hay already,I see many benefits to this system ,the way I see it if start this at the beginning of spring you are in fact drought proofing yourself to some degree,it’s hard to argue with results 100+ days is a lot of time to catch some rain and if I don’t I’ll feed hay then but one thing for sure I’m not feeding it in July ,thanks for your videos I always look forward to them
I'm trying to learn more about stockpiles and droughts since that's a scenario we face quite often. This series of videos is great information. Thank you.
Totally agree with the selective rotational grazing it seems like you’re left with a weedy mess. What do you notice while grazing the stockpile that you can’t push the cows as much? Pats stacking up or gut fill or?
Can be issues with both quality and quantity. I have a large amount of stockpile due to being under stocked currently so rather than supplement some protein or energy that it would take to fully utilize the stockpile I’m opting to allow the cattle to graze a bit more selectively at the moment to favor performance, and mow behind the cows if necessary. If we were fully stocked a little supplemental feeding of say some very high quality alfalfa hay maybe only 3-4lbs per head per day would allow us to fully utilize the stockpile while maintaining good body condition.
@@runningtfarmsnc understood. Needing more cows in a drought is a good sign that I find myself in the same situation. I haven’t dipped into stockpile yet I am making a second pass or starting to with my groups. Everyone around us complaining about the weather but we have months of forage. East coast could deff use rain from what I hear tho
Excellent observations Josh (as always)
You do a good job Josh. Nice to have that stockpile during a drought. I hope you get some rain.
Nice work. You continue to improve your delivery of great education as your real world experiences inform your own understanding.
Would love to see you put together a series of videos comparing the practices of your breeding operation to your finishing cattle.
I find it hard to marry up doing such a great job with land and animal when breeding to then sell into the CAFO/Monocrop/Chemical industry.
Great work Allround Josh and family
Nice job. Well done
Man you couldn’t be more right! High density grazing is a game changer we are getting 70-80 day resting periods, and stock piling a whole farm this year. Keep up the good work budddy!
Nice job again
After rotational grazing several years ,everything you say is true my pasture were in decline because on overgrazing ,after switching to UHDG I have a “ projected “ recovery time of 100 + days ,I have a few cows I’m having to cater to but over all they’re transitioning well , we are very dry here and a lot of farms around me are feeding hay already,I see many benefits to this system ,the way I see it if start this at the beginning of spring you are in fact drought proofing yourself to some degree,it’s hard to argue with results 100+ days is a lot of time to catch some rain and if I don’t I’ll feed hay then but one thing for sure I’m not feeding it in July ,thanks for your videos I always look forward to them
The crutch being removed sure does reveal the good ones.
Heres a hint. Weeds are more drought tolerant and keep higher protein levels. Cows can eat weeds
I'm trying to learn more about stockpiles and droughts since that's a scenario we face quite often. This series of videos is great information. Thank you.
I've got a section where the johnson grass grows 6' plus. Can't wait to start introducing some native warm season grasses.
Totally agree with the selective rotational grazing it seems like you’re left with a weedy mess. What do you notice while grazing the stockpile that you can’t push the cows as much? Pats stacking up or gut fill or?
Can be issues with both quality and quantity. I have a large amount of stockpile due to being under stocked currently so rather than supplement some protein or energy that it would take to fully utilize the stockpile I’m opting to allow the cattle to graze a bit more selectively at the moment to favor performance, and mow behind the cows if necessary. If we were fully stocked a little supplemental feeding of say some very high quality alfalfa hay maybe only 3-4lbs per head per day would allow us to fully utilize the stockpile while maintaining good body condition.
@runningtfarmsnc thank you for this information
@@runningtfarmsnc understood. Needing more cows in a drought is a good sign that I find myself in the same situation. I haven’t dipped into stockpile yet I am making a second pass or starting to with my groups. Everyone around us complaining about the weather but we have months of forage. East coast could deff use rain from what I hear tho
Good timing on the video, Amigo!