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George Heller
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2012
Multi species grazing, hair sheep and south poll cattle. Located in central Minnesota. Regenerative agriculture
How we install Timeless Fence, New Zealand corner posts, in the swamp.
Showing how we installed a Timeless New Zealand corner in the swamp.
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Ghconcrete@gmail.com
sfa-mn.org/events/forage-council-grazing-school/
#grazing #grassfed #cow #sheepfarm #farming #rotationalgrazing #gregjudy #cattle #minnesota
#timeless
Ghconcrete@gmail.com
sfa-mn.org/events/forage-council-grazing-school/
#grazing #grassfed #cow #sheepfarm #farming #rotationalgrazing #gregjudy #cattle #minnesota
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September grazing school coming soon in central Minnesota
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September 27 and 28 Grazing school in Wadena Minnesota sfa-mn.org/events/forage-council-grazing-school/ #farming #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #cow #gregjudy #hairsheep #minnesota #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Pastures improving with ruminants!
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looking at the fourth rotation on the farm, grass is vegetative and high in energy, making the cattle fat! secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #farming #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #gregjudy #hairsheep #minnesota #cow #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Low input hair sheep, ready for your farm
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2024 ram lambs available ghconcrete@gmail.com secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #farming #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #gregjudy #hairsheep #minnesota #cow #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Storing winter feed in central Minnesota
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showing you how we store our winter feed, and a sneak peek of the new farm #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #farming #gregjudy #minnesota #cow #hairsheep #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473
Fat cattle on foxtail
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the cattle are pig fat on the tips of highly vegetative grass. secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #farming #gregjudy #minnesota #cow #hairsheep #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Southpoll bull for sale!
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Yearling southpoll bull for sale. Northern climate adapted southpoll out of Judy genetics. ghconcrete@gmail.com secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #grazing #regenerativeagriculture #farming #gregjudy #cow #hairsheep #minnesota #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Animal performance in August!
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ending of the third rotation, cattle are fat and happy secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 ghconcrete@gmail.com #farming #regenerativeagriculture #grazing #gregjudy #cow #hairsheep #minnesota #soilbuilding #grazing #grassfed
Just the tips, keeping it vegetative!
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high quality feed throughout the grazing season by managing for vegetative grass. secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #regenerativeagriculture #farming #grazing #gregjudy #cow #hairsheep #minnesota #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Sheep on the high desert.
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talking about our up coming grazing school, and sheep on diverse forage. secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 #regenerativeagriculture #farming #grazing #gregjudy #cow #hairsheep #minnesota #soilbuilding #southpollcattle #timeless
Greg Judy coming to the West 80!
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Greg Judy , and his farm manager, Isaac Tappenden will be giving a two day school focused on grazing, soil health, and animal performance. secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473 also lamb cuts available ghconcrete@gmail.com
Where's the Energy!
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the animals can harvest the energy they need if they are given a chance to do so. Grazing School, September 27&28 featuring @gregjudyregenerativerancher and. Isaac Tappenden secure.sfa-mn.org/np/clients/sfamn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=7473
Regenerative Rock Stars @WholesomeFamilyFarms
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moving sheep at the LSP Driftless Grazing School, @WholesomeFamilyFarms #gregjudy #regenerativeagriculture #hairsheep #farming #minnesota #regenerativeagriculture #grazing
Harvest the money off the top of the plants, and put the rest in the carbon bank!
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Harvest the money off the top of the plants, and put the rest in the carbon bank!
Spend your money on carbon, not covers.
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Spend your money on carbon, not covers.
Adaptive management being taught at the end of the month
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Adaptive management being taught at the end of the month
Southpoll bull headed for new territory.
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Southpoll bull headed for new territory.
Pasture improvement with Carbon and Cows
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Pasture improvement with Carbon and Cows
Rambling about lambs, rams, and dogs.
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Rambling about lambs, rams, and dogs.
A conversation with @gregjudyregenerativerancher
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A conversation with @gregjudyregenerativerancher
maintaining animal performance in a drought part 2
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maintaining animal performance in a drought part 2
maintaining animal performance in a drought part 1
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maintaining animal performance in a drought part 1
Thanks for the video! I bet your pasture will change once you get to move them to the other farm.
Wow great use of as much of the land as possible using cement in that wet area👍
Thanks Ronald, I'm pretty excited to get over there
What do you use if your fence line makes a turn? Does timeless make a stout post that works for a change of direction in the line, or do you use something else?
I use 2 1/8" posts, just a slight bend, can use h posts for tighter bends
I just about finished my fencing project for the year. Just in time to take a break and then start again next year. Reeds canary has been fine post frost for me as a supplementary feed. Seems like they take a bite of hay and a bite of standing reeds canary. - Peter
@TheBurkelFarm it's been a slow burn here, feeling relieved to be ready for wire
classic timeless fence 😀
Thanks for the video! Your pasture is starting to change for the better. It amazing what rolling hay and bale grazing does for the ground. I have to cull one of my sheep too. We don’t have many though, but I looked at her foot I didn’t see anything wrong but she still has a limp. She is a goofy one too as being a little spooky compared to the rest, but we can pet most of our animals 😂. Some of our animals come to us to be petted where others we have to walk up to them.
Make hot dogs out of that cull ! There delicious!
Sounds like a good idea
Amazing what you've done with sugar sand ! Let's hear it for bale grazing and moving them often!
Thank you Gary, I appreciate that.
Pastures look great George. Culling is tough but necessary. It feels like going backwards, but really is stepping forward. Im probably too aggressive woth culling myself. - Peter
You have a super nice flock as a result.
The harder you cull off the bottom, the better the herd/flock.
That’s amazing
That’s a great looking bull!!!
Thank you
@@georgeheller2281 no problem! I hope our bull turns out like that
With the understanding of a child, none of this is complicated. It's supposed to be a simple thing, great intelligence is not needed. Great video appreciate it.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the video! Are you getting your fence done? I really enjoy sheep. I say sheep is probably my favorite animal. My ram looks like the red one you have there too. He’s red with a vanilla color head.
@@marvinbaier3627 I'm hoping to get some work done on it this weekend. Sheep are pretty cool.
The sheep im helping with here on Montana (Columbias) eat the mature drying thistles too.
@raybankes7668 how's it going Ray
I like his partially blonde tail and his horns. Yes, good bull!! You go out and make great babies!!❤❤
He has some real nice calves from this past calving
Evening George❗ Looks like you need more 🐑🐄
@@markodeen4105 I sure do
A good bull
I have some fencing projects myself to get done here. We got a nice 1.75 inch yesterday. Grass had gone dormant already. This will wake it up.
Glad you got some rain, hope things are going well for you
Please show us more about the winter waterers
Thanks for the video! How do you like the ref grass? Every once in a while, I see that grass for sale. We are rounding up our hay too. I got 1/3 of my hay now and sometime next week I’ll get more of it. I looked at the chicken manure tea the other day. I will say it is a little darker greener than the control where I didn’t put any on. The 1:17 ratio is the darkest too. I did 2 more experiments on August 13 which one is no dilution and the other ratio is 1:1. I hope I don’t burn the plants being that strong. My plan is to use up all the chicken manure tea before it freezes. We are getting some moisture now so I’m hoping that will make a difference too.
I haven't fed any yet, we will find out this winter.
Nice feeling to have winter feed stocked up, one less concern later 😊
@@dougpeterson5257 absolutely Doug, getting ahead of the game for once.
We just finished baling rounds for ourselves and are moving into squares for customers. Glad you're having a good year. - Peter
Your cattle are looking good down there, looks like it has dried up a little for you.
i like how you dont fus about the mullen. i heard they have really deep tap roots.
@@MrWild7474 I love the look of it, and it has many uses.
Tip grazing is lots of energy for great body condition. Was that ribs or rolls of fat on the ribs of the red close up cow?
Hey George when you move you multi species how do you figure up how much forage to give them on your daily moves? Do you just figure up the cattle only because they would need to consume more than the sheep?
@bryanblackburn7074 it's really just a daily observation, I have a general idea of how much space to give them, based on that, what the current paddock looks like, and available forage I make my best guess at the size of the next paddock. My eyes are the most used tool when setting the next area.
There are grazing calculators available, which require you to be able to gauge the quality of forage. In it, 6 sheep = 1 cow. Then you figure how much space you have, quality of forage, and how long you would have before they would expect to be starting a second pass through the grass. You can read up on how to estimate these things.
@@seandoherty4236 I'm fully aware of grazing calculators I just wondering how he does it? I've been following Greg Judy's channel for ten years now!
Thanks for the video! I need some rain. We got some rain a couple weeks ago but the dew in the morning is awesome though. I just moved my flerd this morning and I will move them later today too. If possible I’m trying to move them twice a day if time allows. I bet the darker grass is probably where they left their manure and urine in the past. I got get my other fence ready for tonight now. I hope you get your other property done very soon. With the rain you got it will make it easy putting fence post in the ground.
How's the compost tea experiment working out?
@@georgeheller2281 I just got done checking it. I’ll say it’s a little more darker green where I sprayed it compared to my control area. I think I’m going to spray a spot where I don’t dilute it at all. It will be about the same area too.
In north central PA, we got 5.25+" yesterday.
Wow, George, that red cow is a beauty. Clearly she is thriving under your grazing style and management. I loved that the dogs made you laugh and I couldn't help but laugh at their antics too. Our dog does that to hubby and I as well. It has been feeling like fall the last few days here, a few hours NW of your place.
Thank you, I sure have been enjoying the cooler weather. Those boys are always eager for a scratch and a pet.
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Thanks for the video! I’m so glad you are getting rain. We need some rain too. Some of our soils isn’t the best, but some places it looks really good. We have 2 yearling bulls too. I’m using both instead of AI this year, and they are out of Macho 814.
He looks good
Is he a #GregJudy bull? I should have waited to comment, so he's from Greg's stock
@markodeen4105 born and bred on my farm out of stock I bought from Greg
Those are some good looking animals and pasture! I find that after watching videos of yours and Greg's, the animals in some of the ads I see for grass finished beef look shaggy and have too much hip and rib and the pastures in the background are grazed too short. Thanks for all the wisdom you share!
@pamanderson1417 thank you I sure do appreciate that.
Would love to come to the grazing school, but my brothers and dad are going to the boundary water's during that time. I'm sure it will be a good one. You'll have to give a short recap afterwards.
@KeystoneFarm should be a good time up there, hopefully the mosquitos aren't too bad.
Lately I've gone in the beginning of September and there hasn't been many, so the end of September should be pretty bug free.
Thanks for the video! I hope your grazing school is a huge hit. Every time I want to go to a grazing school something comes up and I can’t go. I’m very lucky that I have someone that does rotational grazing about 10 minutes away from me. I think he went to Greg Judy grazing school in 2008.
@@marvinbaier3627 hopefully you can make it to one some day
That red and white cow that passed by the camera when you started talking about the grazing school- she is super pretty! Shorthorn?
British white
That’s rye grass
Right on, I'm still learning, probably will be until the end.
I just have to come up and visit you next summer !
@garyuselman8597 absolutely!
When you make another water tank like this, can you please film drilling the hole and putting the culvert in please 🙏🏻
Great share, thank you!
Great share, thanks!
Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for the video! I really like reeds canary grass because it grows fast and my livestock loves it too. I have a waterway that has water setting in it now and I could graze it again. The tips are all fill out for the most part, and that was on July 15 or so when I grazed it last. Today I’m planning to do my experiments on applying chicken manure tea. I’m going to dilute at different ratios. I think 1:16 to 1:240 or so. I did have to buy a filter so it wouldn’t plug my hand sprayer.
Will be interesting to see what the tea does
I struggle with the tip grazing idea. When you have diversity on the pasture sheep will take 10 bites of what they like, some bites from other plants and no bites from others. How do you keep it even without taking some plants down too much?
Tip grazing only works in theory.
It's trial and error, adjusting paddock size and shape based on available forage and animal performance. It is also a learning curve for the stock, once they get in tune with what is going on it gets easier. Keep trying different things and find what works for you.
Well come see it in practice September 27 and 28. It's been working here for the last three years.
Grasses, while vegetative and basically regardless of type, always push up the highest concentration of sweetest carbs and sugars to their tips. So if your animal takes the tip off the "tastiest" ice cream grass, it will eventually be faced with the decision "Low sugar ice cream grass or high sugar someyhing else". And eventually, the lower carb grass tops will be sweeter than the "best" grass thats already been grazed. Plus, like a lot of creatures, cattle like a little variety in their diet if given a choice. If not under the pressure of a pasture thats been overgrazed, they won't feel desperate to compete and graze not leaving anything behind them.
Looking forward to the food after hearing you talk about it!! A lot of knowledgeable, good people gonna be there too! Can’t wait
It's gonna be a good time for sure.
If fence is not done by the grazing skool have a "hands on" break out session. Lol get the help to finish it.
I hope it doesn't come to that.
Sheep look great.
Hey George...do you have any recommended resources for identification of different grass and pasture plant species for northern MN?
Not really, I myself would like to find a good book for that.
Thanks for the video! The grass is called perennial rye grass. We bought a lot of hay last year of that stuff. This year we had a lot of it pop up where we fed it at. The animals love that stuff too. What kind of plants grow there mostly on your pastures?
@@marvinbaier3627 mostly brome and bluegrass, there is a good amount of big blue stem as well
How big is your flock?. Was wondering how many acres do they run on??
@dutchmiller704 we have about 90 ewes right now, just pulled about 40 rams out two weeks ago. Also have 12 pairs and like six yearlings running on 100 acres.
It was a great school last year will definitely be going this year! Lots of new people to meet from all over good way to make some connections and likeminded people
@cliffordjohnson2345 it will definitely be a good one, looking forward to it!