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Just how short do the plants get grazed off?

I would say that running OVER an open cow for a year to rebreed her is a big expense, but I don't think enough people look at an open cow as an opportunity to MARKET a cow and replace her! A lot of people sell an open the week they find out she's open, but a lot of people don't realize how much money could be left on the table by doing that if they are in the season of the year where everyone else is selling their cull cows as well! An open cow can be an opportunity to run her longer, flesh her up and sell her when he's more valuable, as well as an opportunity to possibly just rebreed her for a time that might not fit your particular program, but might fight someone else's. I guess what I'm getting at is... Just because she's open, doesn't always mean its a great idea to run her to the sale barn ASAP and just take whatever she brings.

Good afternoon…. Hope things are well with all of you… hope to see a video from you soon….

I would love to see that!!!!

Cattle are Not Native to North America until the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, bringing Their Cows with Them.

So what are your goals with corriente cattle

This sucks dont know why they do this. I have dealt wifh this in cows many times over the last 30 years. Have had some success with making them claim rhe calf, but not always do I have the time and patience. I have had some luck with putting my cattle dogs in the pen with them a couple times. Force mother protection instinct especially if you can make the get scared and bawl real loud! I have one right now not claiming her calf. This is the second time for her so she will be gone! She will be moving out about April to meet the butcher! She had 2 tries that's all she gets.

Haven’t seen a video in a while. I’d love to see a video update!

How about a new video?!?

Moving to Arkansas next year. Would like to breed up some Corriente with some SP through AI. Sure as all Hell better than an office job. Lost my leg a couple years ago. So I lost my job anyway. Time for a change.

And I should be working the fence today--still have to go to town job for a few years, but I work outside anyway. It's not nearly so mind-numbing as being stuck in a building all day. I ain't made for that.

Yes. this looks like the best way for me to get into cattle. I'll use Corriente to get started and breed up to SP. A couple of generations should reveal just how they work out, and longevity will keep turnover down. The bag on that 17 year old is exactly what Teddy was going for. Great work Mr. Gentry!

What’s the latest with your herd? Just found your channel while getting up to speed on Total Grazing.

For anyone interested in this style of ranching, Check out Understanding Ag and there principles on Adaptive grazing

Adaptive grazing does not equal selective grazing nor is it a variation of selective grazing (13:55).

How do you deal with fescue toxicity?

Im 63 and never had cattle before…you are an inspiration to me Ben as I embark on my cattle journey in a soon 1.5 yrs👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Excellent I needed this👍🏼

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Excellent, clear explanation. Most Regen’ grazers now factor in context but at the same time extrapolate one finding from one context into another. This raises a question: Having had experience of most of the grazing systems do you think: ‘in a non selective approach the lower two thirds of the pasture have the same (lower)quality profile that pasture grown on a selective basis is claimed to have?’ It may be poorer than the top third of the plant in that field but is it as low a quality as it would be under selective grazing management? I suspect not, but don’t know. After all, in selective grazing the bottom half or two third never, or rarely, cycles through a ruminant digestion and is constantly aging/maturing through each successive ‘tip grazing’, whereas non selective regrowth is 80-90% new growth. IOW. Does non selective grazing improve the quality of the lower portions of the pasture plants?

Perhaps, have smaller paddocks and move the cows when overgrazed? 80/85% then grass will rest more until they came back again

Thank you for sharing and instructing our cattle community, What about north east states like PA, NY, Vermont, NH, we don’t see so much dung beetles here, what’s the verdict about deworming?

From finance to farming, hope life is treating you well Mr. Ben. :)

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Great video as usual, Ben! Patiently awaiting the next one.

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Have you noticed a difference in regrowth between all the grazing methods if in a drought

Great grazing and explanations. Imagine if the human population also focused on the human herd all performing well without a small percentage way ahead of the 99%

Please do a video on reason for choosing to sell your south pole herd . Thanks Love your content

I feel like high density or smaller areas create the competitiveness to make it non selective im not at a high enough density to get there tho so I’m selective rotation but I try to mow the weeds in behind before they go to seed

Great info, thanks!

Absolutely great video, I have been doing variations of selective grazing for years and recently decided i have to change. Even though I only feed hay for a couple weeks out of the year, i have come to realize if I switch to non-selective grazing I could significantly increase my stocking rate while still not feeding very much hay at all.

I like that you were willing to change your grazing regime, due to cattle body conditioning reasons,,,, thats the dictating thing every time,,, its no good to make a new religion out of "cattle grazing technique names". Always be fluid, always be aware of the cattles' basic needs first and not some system.

protein tubs ??? you mean nitrogen ??? you are overstocked - assume it is summer ??? you can see in condition of calves in poor condition

what does "clip" mean + what is weight of 100 pairs + what are pairs ????

BETTER WAY to Understand This is by saying "it is the amount of time for pasture recovery AFTER RAIN that needs to be considered" with several variables (1) soil type (2) amount of available ground moisture = SO THE amount of TIME after GRAZING includes seasonal factors like Winter or Summer Growth = All Adjusted to encourage Preferred Seed Set of Pasture Species ### So if your pastures are in decline and you do not have FAT Cattle = YOU are OVERSTOCKED

Good morning, and thank you for your channel! I'm relatively new to farming and have been going through the school of hard knocks. I've read books, and watched hours and hours of vids on grazing. Yours make more sense to me than anything else I've come across, thank you for taking the time to explain exactly what you're doing and how you're doing it!

Great example #naturalgramma

Great content #naturalgramma

Is anyone doing non-selective successfully in arid areas?

Enjoy your videos! Very clear. We are looking to expand to US soon with our pasture management software and keen to catch up to get your perspective. Jeremy, Founder and CTO

Everything you said here made 100% sense . Are there any good books on non-selective grazing ? If not write one yourself.

Thanks for your insights. So you stock them more densely? Move less often? How do you go about this? Would doing this in central Texas where there's already too much exposed dirt be problematic?

Thank you for sharing!! We need to do this

This is nonsense. You definitely do need a solar collector to regrow. A grass plant that is cut in half will grow back very quickly because it still has enough leaves to photosynthesize . If you graze too short it will take atleast twice as long to get back to where the half grazed plant is. You sir, are trying to promote Bermuda growth. Which most of us are trying to avoid. Bermuda is a perennial warm season grass so of course you can get away with grazing short. Bermuda has stolons and rhizomes to hold energy and grow back. This is much different than trying to promote a diversity of warm and cool season annuals. In a truly healthy pasture Bermuda grass will have little to no chance of thriving. How much Bermuda do you see in Greg Judy’s pastures?

I do agree with resting pastures but I also know plenty of old school cattle men my grandfather included who didn't overstock an grazed the same one pasture for years an years an I never remember cattle going hungry my grandfathers didn't his neighbors didn't an they raised fine cattle for years so honestly As long as you have decent pasture an go 2-3 acres per cow all that moving cattle won't be necessary an I promise the cattle will do fine

Great very helpful information. I got some heifers 4 months ago and don't have very many dung beetle. If they get wormed before I get them mabe it's why don't have much duns beetle. The pasture is only a few years old .Corn for years .

Do you feel like this style of grazing may hurt gains or not be ideal when trying to grass finish cattle? I'm not arguing against your system, just asking. I intend to try this vs my current take half leave half approach. Your explanation of benefits makes sense. Thanks for posting.

Very interesting. This new to me, but does make sense. How are the cattle doing with this approach? Are they maintaining body condition?

good video, you need to study New Zealand's pastoral farming techniques, what you are learning now is how the New Zealand farming system has worked for many decades.