Mr. Judy, you make more sense to me than anyone I have ever listened to in my 79 1/2 years. The Regenative Farming concept is good for farming and good for the environment including people and our fish and game. I'm thinking clean water, something we have been destroying for 200 years. The water you keep on your land not only provides good grass it also contributes to the water table. The rain falls on your pastures, gives up its minerals to your grass and the rest is cleaned by nature's most efficient and effective water filtration system, our soil (pre-filter) and the underlying sand and gravel (intermediate and final filters) and ultimately get stored in our huge reservoirs (aquifers.) When the reservoirs are full they discharge their clean, cool water into our lakes and streams where our trout, bass, pan fish and all the rest of the insect life that make this land a Garden of Eden. People benefit from this in many ways as long as they are careful to avoid polluting the resource. It also provides employment opportunities to individuals requiring jobs in herding, protecting, moving fences, etc. These jobs are wonderful jobs for those who enjoy caring for and protecting animals and wild life. Stream restoration is a primary benefit since the animals are not turning the stream banks into mud because they are not there long enough. This type of agriculture also provides some jobs that can't be done better than a robot. Additionally, calm and peaceful animals provide a therapeutic benefit for individuals struggling with emotional challenges. And for many of us, the best thing we can do is spend time walking in the beautiful fields. In addition, I could envision people learning to grow, market and/or preserve their food. My Dad died in a car accident when I was in high school. I worked for this honorable man as his hired hand on the farm through high school and junior college. I made $5 per day and took home groceries everyday in addition to my $5. I became a member of that family. I learned how to work from that man. You are an excellent role model of the 21st century farmer. There will always be a need to grow some sort of grains, etc. however I cannot understand how many of the huge farms can exist with the debt load they must carry. I recall what happened in the late 60s, land prices went up, banks loaned money on land that was valued as it would for a subdivision and many of the farmers around my area borrowed as much as they could, bought new and big equipment, took on leased land and thought they were going to be rich. Then when interest rates went up the land was not capable of servicing the debt let alone paying it off. The farmer I worked for didn't borrow money for anything, paid cash or found another way to meet his needs. He used to say, "Why do I spend money on expensive tractors with buckets and expensive hay loaders and such. I can hire a young guy like you, provide a healthy job for him and I don't need the equipment. Besides interest rates only need to go up another percent and they won't be able to pay the interest on their loans." My buddies thought he was an old fuddyduddy, backward.
Mr. Judy, when the dust settled my old fuddyduddy employer wound up purchasing the farm next to him for pennies on the dollar because he had the cash. When he died he left his son a debt free 450 acre farm and enough cash to treat his daughter fairly. I see you as the same type of farmer. A smart one that understands if you take care of the animals and the land, they will take care of you.
you prolly dont care at all but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
Greg, Gabe, and Joel have changed my whole perception and outlook for my land. Cannot wait to get some grazers working for me. I've got some fences to install and others to mend. Regenerative Ag has to happen.
Greg said this few times: predators on your land know have learnt not to touch your livestock. New predators haven't and will try to do that before they also learn the lesson
jotapits If livestock are licking at the water instead of taking full gulps, it usually means there is too much bacteria in the water. It could also be a nitrate problem. For bacteria, you can use a small chlorine tablet, or even a small chunk of a chlorine tablet in a smaller water tub. For nitrates, contact Free Choice Enterprises. They sell a nitrate test kit and will be able to advise you on what to do. Good water is important, obviously for animal health, but also because they will overeat forage to get water if their water tank is not satisfactory.
I made the mistake of burning my pasture last spring. By Kansas burning standards it was a good burn. Late spring early evening slow burn. A nice hot thatch burning fire. Slow growth last year. Open ground between blades of grass. Still have some of that legacy one year later. My concern is did I effectively wipe out most of my seed bank?
How can high intensity grazing not only regenerate biodiversity and plant life while also being sustainable in the long run? #livetree #sustainability #oldworldtechniques #fairweb
kugmoco I can't speak for Greg. But, I suspect the guard dogs have trained the local predators to leave the livestock alone. If you shoot that particular predator the one that replaces him will be untrained and will attack the herd.
Neither Ian nor Greg are correct. A good farmer is an earthworm herder. That's the indicator that everything below is in order and with luck (rain, management,...) everything above can be in order. You still don't name the earthworms either.
Mr. Judy, you make more sense to me than anyone I have ever listened to in my 79 1/2 years. The Regenative Farming concept is good for farming and good for the environment including people and our fish and game. I'm thinking clean water, something we have been destroying for 200 years. The water you keep on your land not only provides good grass it also contributes to the water table. The rain falls on your pastures, gives up its minerals to your grass and the rest is cleaned by nature's most efficient and effective water filtration system, our soil (pre-filter) and the underlying sand and gravel (intermediate and final filters) and ultimately get stored in our huge reservoirs (aquifers.) When the reservoirs are full they discharge their clean, cool water into our lakes and streams where our trout, bass, pan fish and all the rest of the insect life that make this land a Garden of Eden. People benefit from this in many ways as long as they are careful to avoid polluting the resource. It also provides employment opportunities to individuals requiring jobs in herding, protecting, moving fences, etc. These jobs are wonderful jobs for those who enjoy caring for and protecting animals and wild life. Stream restoration is a primary benefit since the animals are not turning the stream banks into mud because they are not there long enough. This type of agriculture also provides some jobs that can't be done better than a robot. Additionally, calm and peaceful animals provide a therapeutic benefit for individuals struggling with emotional challenges. And for many of us, the best thing we can do is spend time walking in the beautiful fields. In addition, I could envision people learning to grow, market and/or preserve their food. My Dad died in a car accident when I was in high school. I worked for this honorable man as his hired hand on the farm through high school and junior college. I made $5 per day and took home groceries everyday in addition to my $5. I became a member of that family. I learned how to work from that man.
You are an excellent role model of the 21st century farmer. There will always be a need to grow some sort of grains, etc. however I cannot understand how many of the huge farms can exist with the debt load they must carry. I recall what happened in the late 60s, land prices went up, banks loaned money on land that was valued as it would for a subdivision and many of the farmers around my area borrowed as much as they could, bought new and big equipment, took on leased land and thought they were going to be rich. Then when interest rates went up the land was not capable of servicing the debt let alone paying it off. The farmer I worked for didn't borrow money for anything, paid cash or found another way to meet his needs. He used to say, "Why do I spend money on expensive tractors with buckets and expensive hay loaders and such. I can hire a young guy like you, provide a healthy job for him and I don't need the equipment. Besides interest rates only need to go up another percent and they won't be able to pay the interest on their loans." My buddies thought he was an old fuddyduddy, backward.
Mr. Judy, when the dust settled my old fuddyduddy employer wound up purchasing the farm next to him for pennies on the dollar because he had the cash. When he died he left his son a debt free 450 acre farm and enough cash to treat his daughter fairly.
I see you as the same type of farmer. A smart one that understands if you take care of the animals and the land, they will take care of you.
i could listen to greg all day long..which is what im doing since a couples of days XD love him
you prolly dont care at all but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
@Tony Benedict instablaster :)
Greg, Gabe, and Joel have changed my whole perception and outlook for my land. Cannot wait to get some grazers working for me. I've got some fences to install and others to mend. Regenerative Ag has to happen.
Thank you for sharing this important information
I Love this Guy ... He knows sooooo much
I watch this monthly
Another great talk. Greg your the “GREAT AMERICAN FARMER”.
What’s the reasoning behind not shooting predators?
Greg said this few times: predators on your land know have learnt not to touch your livestock. New predators haven't and will try to do that before they also learn the lesson
Legend
Hey. You’re pretty cool. I started listening to you because of the swallows. But learning a lot more than birds!
Greg what’s the difference between moving animals daily or twice daily verse every 3 days?
very inspiring!
22:50 What does he mean by "cows shouldn't be licking the water?". And how do you prevent that from happening?
jotapits If livestock are licking at the water instead of taking full gulps, it usually means there is too much bacteria in the water. It could also be a nitrate problem. For bacteria, you can use a small chlorine tablet, or even a small chunk of a chlorine tablet in a smaller water tub. For nitrates, contact Free Choice Enterprises. They sell a nitrate test kit and will be able to advise you on what to do.
Good water is important, obviously for animal health, but also because they will overeat forage to get water if their water tank is not satisfactory.
I made the mistake of burning my pasture last spring. By Kansas burning standards it was a good burn. Late spring early evening slow burn. A nice hot thatch burning fire. Slow growth last year. Open ground between blades of grass. Still have some of that legacy one year later. My concern is did I effectively wipe out most of my seed bank?
Don't shoot the predators.?
What do you do about them then.?
How can high intensity grazing not only regenerate biodiversity and plant life while also being sustainable in the long run? #livetree #sustainability #oldworldtechniques #fairweb
31:04 "We do not shoot predators..." I don't understand. Could you explain, please.
kugmoco I can't speak for Greg. But, I suspect the guard dogs have trained the local predators to leave the livestock alone. If you shoot that particular predator the one that replaces him will be untrained and will attack the herd.
He had mentioned in another video that when you Hunt predators you mess up their hierarchy, and they start to kill for sport.
@@TS-vr9of They also have more babies. Kill an alpha female coyote and all the other females in the pack will breed.
because LGD's take care of predator concerns without killing.
I used to live in Moberly
You did name one grandma
Neither Ian nor Greg are correct. A good farmer is an earthworm herder. That's the indicator that everything below is in order and with luck (rain, management,...) everything above can be in order. You still don't name the earthworms either.