Grazing For Rain - Alejandro Carrillo

A plenary regarding different management styles and how they influence the sustainable and efficient use of natural rainfall in dry rangelands.
Alejandro joined his family ranch back in 2004, after a successful career as software engineer in many countries. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and an MS in Technical Management from the Johns Hopkins University. Tired of the constant drought and suffering that comes with conventional ranching in the Chihuahuan desert, Alejandro searched for better ways to do things. In 2006, he adapted the principles of Holistic Planed Grazing Management to his ranch. The change from continuous grazing to adaptive high density grazing brought many challenges as well as outstanding results, such as tripling the ranch’s carrying capacity while lowering his inputs. The first step for Alejandro was educating himself on holistic, regenerative, and profitable ways of ranching in sync with Nature. He and his colleagues traveled to South America, Africa, and the United States to learn from successful ranchers. Alejandro presides Pasticultores del Desierto, a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide ongoing education for cattle ranchers and promote regenerative ranching across the world’s deserts. He also assist ranchers across the western US to adopt planned grazing management as part of the Understanding AG consulting team. His credo is to mimic and respect Nature to stay and thrive in the cattle business.

[@downbntout]

This is precious information. Deserves much wider views

[@johngault8688]

This is an outstanding video!!! More people need to be made aware of this Regenerative Ranching being done in the Chihuahuan desert!!!

[@leelindsay5618]

I want a solar donkey. Very good regeneration information. The photos are awesome.

[@rarestoration]

What a wealth of knowledge

[@SuperDuty23XL]

That’s amazing stuff. Great video; trying to put these principles to work on our small place. Looking forward to seeing changes to our soil and plants.

[@marcosferreira5726]

Thank you Alexandro for sharing, as you put it so well collaboration. God Bless you and your family

[@theoldratkiller8257]

I'd like to see this style of management in more places along with leaky damns to harvest water, no-till crops and cover crops where appropriate and intense grazing to encourage biological growth in the soil. Good Job.

[@QuiviraCoalition]

Thanks for watching, and we agree!

[@makisp.1428]

Inspirational!

[@janlabuschagne4759]

Ja Namibia het ook n groot woestyn , ons het ook begin om 15 jaar gelede die beginsel begin toepas. Wat ons ook vind om nie alles te vreet ,dit is te hard op die diere.

[@miramirez3574]

❤️‍🔥

[@jasonpaisley1535]

What are the downsides in cattle health to quitting ivermectin? There is a reason people started using it

[@pedrogarcia1238]

Me gustaría que hablase en español

[@marcosferreira5726]

Puedes colocar legendas em Espanhol.

[@AngieTagett_RchstrMI]

Pumpkin seeds and apple cider vinegar can deworn cows

[@frenchpotato2852]

I just thought pumpkins in general could deworm cows