a fence and an owner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2020
- At the Ranney Ranch in arid Corona, New Mexico, Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing is restoring soils and benefiting the environment while producing healthy food for consumers - and they changed to AMP grazing during a 15-year drought - this was unheard of. Ranch manager Melvin Johnson was extremely resistant to trying this new method of grazing, having been a conventional rancher all his life.
Filmed in Corona, New Mexico
3 years ago and this has only been seen by 25,000 people. This is WORLD CHANGING information. I plan to share it with anyone I know who will listen.
Good that Melvin changed his position like that, it is hard to have a change of heart, if you have been things a certain way your whole life.
Gotta swallow the pride and follow the evidence 😇
Some good caring people
I board my horse at a farm in the east. One of the biggest things I noticed and appreciated when I saw her farm was that she had split her pastures into small sections and practiced scheduled rotation. So many farms around here just use one large pasture and never give any of it a chance to rest. By the really hot days of summer, the grass is overgrazed and sparse. But she always has a fresh pasture to use. The horses are healthy and happy.
Hearts and minds. I love hearing hearts and minds changing like this. Now if we could do this in small scale backyards where cattle wouldn't make sense. I'd love to teach and talk to folks about that.
Fight the HOAs first. Give people more control over their property. Then fight against useless lawns. First two steps.
Yay! Keep up the good work!
How interesting!!!! Hopefully, others will follow....
Seeing the difference in the land on each side of that border fence should be enough evidence that the difference in how animals are managed can improve the soil & environment & be more profitable for the rancher/ farmer.
This is proof for the naysayers that say it doesn't work, it isn't profitable.
The agrichemical companies like to convince farmers and ranchers that they need their products. They don't. And it only makes sense that they will profit more if they aren't writing checks to those companies. More is coming in while less is going out. Makes sense to me!
@@wendyscott8425 you're right.
They won't believe their eyes, but they'll believe the ones selling fertilizer, insecticides, & fungicides & loose money
Not only is this a fantastic and cost-effective way to raise cattle, it produces meat that is simply fabulous to eat. There are so many benefits to regenerative agriculture I couldn't probably list them all.
I love New Mexico. I visited there a few years ago and had a wonderful time. The food is amazing! I recognize those New Mexican skies in the video. The weather was as interesting as the entertainment. So happy to know there are some trailblazers there doing their best to restore their soil and make a good living besides.
Can you taste the diference?
@@ElDuardo01 Yes. Yum! It does usually have to be cooked a little differently, at lower temperatures, but it's very tasty!
So many places could look like this if people were not so afraid to try change. The cows sure look healthy and happy.
Tougher and more gamey. People will need to adapt. Healthier. Tougher meat is actually better for the teeth and jaw though, so a feature not a bug.
@@renaissancestatesman It's not all tough, especially if it's well-marbled. The best fillet mignon I ever had was grass-fed, and I cooked it myself. But a well-marbled rib eye is wonderful, too!
This is pretty amazing. Hopefully a lot of people will watch this with an open mind, and a lot of cattle ranchers will take the leap and try this out.
Ja 30 jaar gelede het ons begin. Die man wat begin het ,mos ons ander die toepassing aanpas. Hierdie vrou het ook aan gepas met goeie resultate. N droogte is n boer se swak skakel wat hy moet op werk en sy doen dit uitstekend. Groete uit n andet woestynland Namibia.
Never seen a guy seem so bummed out by having an amazing pasture.
Man... every one of these videos brings a tear to my eye and a smile to my face. I want to do this so bad.. some day i will. Im 29 now, hopefully i can get started sooner rather than later.
Inspiring and gives hope to reversing what 200 years of working hard not smart has done to Mother Earth. Congratulations
It's incredible that those seeds laid dormant for 30 years, Or that the grass for 30 years just stayed so short they didn't see it. Amazing that it ever came back
Migrating birds may have brought in some of the seeds. But I agree, it is amazing what can lay dormant in the soil. Possibly there were isolated pockets of some of the rare grasses, that could then provide seeds for birds to spread more widely.
It takes a lot to make my eyes swell up with crocodile tears.
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Please come to Southern Oregon.
I think the community of Ashland will be receptive.
I work in my garden every day.
Just yesterday I asked myself...
"Where are the birds ?"
There is a huge field behind my yard.
In winter I watch through the chain link fence every morning, as the geese fly in and spend the whole day.
But in late spring, the field is mowed down.
And the geese aren't around much.
I see A butterfly once in awhile. Maybe 5 or 6 a year.
This has to change !
Takes a big man; takes a brave woman.
The lack of hordes and hordes of flies is what consistently amazes me with all your videos. That in and of itself should tell you how much healthier it is
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY
YOU TUBE WON'T LET ME LIKE YOUR VIDEOS ?
This has never happend to me before.
Been watching Gabe Browns stuff since about 2007 , on and off. Hopefully this snowball of intelligent management is starting to get some decent momentum.
Excellent presentation
Having been in almost all corners of New Mexico on many farms and ranches, that might be the best pastures I’ve ever seen especially in the Corona area.
It also depends on the breed of cow, angus is not meant for desert conditions but corriente are, so that affects things too.
I have 1.8 acres of pasture and rotate between 4 permanent paddocks with just two Black Angus steers, moving them into a paddock when the grass is a foot tall and letting them stay about a week until they have eaten off the top 6". (Studies show most of the nutrients in forage are in the top 6" and mature plants are the LAST things cows like to eat, and the least nutritious, too!)
Last year my two steers gained 420 pounds (on the hoof), which is about 105 lbs of meat per acre! I always mow my pasture once in June so the grass doesn't get out of hand by using a large mulching lawnmower; that mulch protects the pasture from the hot sun in July and August, which quickly dries out the plants if bare ground is exposed! (I NEVER graze to the point where any dirt is showing!!)
I grain my cows every day with 1 lb of 4-way to start, increasing it to 1.5 lbs per day half way through the season. Although these were large steers (1,230 lbs each in the beginning) the daily grain ration produced choice beef in one and nearly prime beef in the other, a noticeable upgrade for hay-fed steers!
I have part of an old homestead near Pie Town,NM. They raised beans and cattle, cattle too many years. Fenced to keep range cattle out now and allowed to recover, elk and antelope love it now.
Will recover faster with a cattle herd to rotate around it.
Way to go old dog keep learning those new tricks!
It's incredible to me that the neighboring farm wouldn't see the difference and change the practices.
So cool that random grass species are springing up.
8:30 Seeing all that standing dry grass, I'm wondering what the natural cycles of wildfires are like on 18,000 acres. Do they do anything to manage the fires, or how much can they allow "nature to take care of nature."
Great video! I'm in Corrales so pretty close to me.
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People have been convinced that they need manmade interventions. Obviously not. Look at abandoned towns and how Mother Nature consumes it all. How do you argue with that?? Common sense
Very smart people.
Anyone know how many head they run?
Just heard Shawn Baker on JRE mention Will Harris' farm being good for this but other farms not so much. This gal at the beginning gets 18" of rain. They mentioned snow and cold as a limitation. We need to find a way to get the director of this on JRE. Will has been on twice and is solid but has a slightly myopic view point. Get a big picture person on there.
Yo, but those cows walk too slow
Hahahaha!! Slow motion video. I thought the same at first. Ha!
What's absolutely amazing is 90% of ranches don't do that. Farmers might be the backbone of the country but some of the most backward stubborn people around
When you are only two failures away from losing the farm to the bank, there is big risk in "trying something new." Like the old man manager said, "I'm not sure I can let the college kid teach me another way."
@@chetmyers7041 It isn't college kids but 30-40 yr experienced men, and you never have to commit the whole farm all at once, they don't even want to try a section of land where they have to walk a little every day.
hard to feel good bout this knowing we could never be anle to buy that muxh land. next video
You don't need a huge piece of land to farm or ranch, share with family or friends. Start small with 3 or 4 animals and build up the soil quality one step at a time. Plant a garden and grow organic vegs to feed yourself. Don't give up, start a small container garden on your patio or balcony.