Greetings from Bosnia!!! Thank you ser for sharing your knowledge to us !!! I am learning a lot from you! I am cattle herder and I have a Busha type cattle small but tuff . My cattle is grazing on the mountain 3000 feet hight so lot of things i am implementing from you !!! Thank you professor and GOD Bless You and your families!
I used to doubt your comments about calves weaning themselves, but after just one year of trying it with mob grazed sheep I now know you were right! Makes such a difference moving every day and a growing lamb with fresh grass in front of it just seems to lose that craving for milk way before we would think about separating them to wean. It’s almost like nature planned it that way…!
I haven’t eaten a cookie in at least 15 months the colour of that cow pat made me think of Mums Molasses cookies thank you for the memories. I have made cookies with my granddaughter and not been tempted to eat them now I will think of them as appetizing as the perfect cow pat….not much.! I am just finished my second round of a thirty six hour fast still not a bit hungry but I have plans for the (no sugar)cowboy bacon and scallops that I will make for one of my three meals today in prep for tomorrow’s fast. I look forward to seeing you later have a great day 🌟💝😘💞💝🌟🍀👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🍀🦫☃️🦫🙋🏼♀️
My Hank Will Landrace x St. Croix cross sheep are thriving! I worried forage looks poor so I checked their tail heads. Everyone of them are still solid with fat! Thank you for teaching so well!
Amazing 🤩, healthy and happy cattle grazing quietly good forage for this time of the year . You must be one of the most happier rancher.you deserve it!
Thanks so much for that info on the manure patties. I feel good after what you showed in your video. Thank you again Gregg. Be safe and good health, Farmer rod.
Thanks again for all your videos! My grass is a lot thinner than that since I seed it down spring 2020 but I’m putting a lot of carbon (hay)down along with manure and urine. I’m doing one section at a time. I bet it will totally look different next fall. I did notice a huge difference where I fed hay last winter winter this past summer. You could tell right till the fence line.
Interesting question. I have always thought sheep manure is like goats, pellets. Even then, you could learn it. I suppose some Ag department or other would have info.
@@jasonlheath yeah, the wetter, "cow pie" sheep manure is typical of excess protein. It tends to correct itself on its own, unless there are other issues, like parasites.
@@Velacreations thanks for the info. Do you have a link to research papers or other data on qualitative visual assessment of typical vs too little vs too much protein sheep manure? It would be a great in the field assessment tool to know when to supplement more/less especially where we are in a summer drought Mediterranean climate when the standing grass degrades in quality
If the manure is stacking up this time of the year, supplement with some protein. We use cottonseed meal to keep the protein levels where they need to be. It helps a lot on winter stockpile.
None of my business but I hope you are introducing the most promising of your young helpers to your landowners to keep it going in the future. It may be different where you are, but here it will be the fight of their life to get acreage to use. It wasn't like that just a decade ago.
So true….. I’m 50 and it was so so incredibly hard to get my USDA beginner farm loan, it took 3yrs them saying we didn’t qualify- finally it took me using their rules/regulations against them every step of the way to get my small land loan. It’s not right - beginner farmer means beginner …….
Looks like your waking up to snow this morning. Hopefully just enough to make it pretty. 3 degrees here in Massachusetts this morning storm coming Sunday/Monday
I've got some cattle that are 25 year old you take care of your cattle and they will take care of you the last of my dad is still to me when I was eight year old
Trying to change fertility of soil on 35 acres. 15 cows. Five new calves. 10 more on the way. Would. you recommend dragging pasture in couple months to spread the cow pats? Objective is changing soil fertility.
Greg, what do you recommend to remedy the stacking of Manure? Does switching from Tiffton hay to alfalfa correct it or do you supplement feed? And at what rate & how long does it take to visually notice an improvement? Thx Phil
Greg I’d like to see the grass height and thickness when you WOULD NOT bring the cows back. I’m seeing a lot of bare ground TODAY in my pastures.(1-15-2022) What you showed in this video is the height I’m turning into. So am I eating it down to close? Elton
Burning puts the carbon into the atmosphere. Litter and trampling increase soil carbon content, shortens the cycle, doesn't go up in smoke. I'm going with the carbon direct into the ground as preferred. But anyone can easily do trials on his/her own land. Try it side by side for a couple of years, or as long as it takes to see which suits your situation best.
It would be helpful to us students of yours if you did a video on the full life cycle of fescue. Growing seasons- cool, warm, cool. Growth after rain. Growth after seed head formation. Behavior after winter dormancy (do brown blades green up, or new shoots form? ) When to clip. When to trample.
GREG, if some one were to buy one of GRAND MAs heifers would they come with a warnty? thats is the type of cow genetics i only dream about,, them and your SHEEP,,,, thank you for the tips and info
What ? I’m so confused. Havnt watched in a while if I missed the poo explained tutorial let me know. Are U saying it’s good or bad to have tall cow manure? I thought bad …..
This is just an exercise. You were wondering what a bale weighs. What I would do in actuality is, the next time I drive by the garbage transfer station, ask them if I could weigh a trailer. First time, drag an empty trailer, find out what it weighs, then weigh it another time with a bale on it. That is assuming you register your trailers. I know you fabricate them yourself. A non-registered trailer wouldn't need the safety factors of a trailer hauled on the roadway, built to D.O.T. specs. However, as an exercise, I figured this: How would I solve that? I might hunt garage sales for bathroom scales, find 8 of them, make sure they're accurate. Run the center axle through the center of the bale, and 2 beams under the axle, and 2 Jack's, sitting on a plywood pad, then the jack, then a 4 by 4 for the jack to reach the bottom of the beam on each side. Jack it up on both sides, care must be taken that it doesn't slip out, but I don't see any injury with caution. The beam can probably be moved up and down, lift one side, the other side goes down, not too far so it doesn't fall off the jack. Keep things level. Working 1 side at a time, a board or beam under each end of the beam, so with 2 Plywood or 2 by 10 or 12 pads with the scales, 2 scales each side of the beam, 4 per side, post from scale to bottom of the board or beam straddling the beam, you can jack down until there is a little weight on the scales. Do the other side, and come all off the jacks, but leave them under for safety. Make sure you keep everything level. If it failed, I don't think it'd throw any wood, just fall. You aren't lifting the bale more than a half inch, maybe a bit more to account for it settling into the scale pads. Between 8 scales, each would have, (let's say they were all equal), 212.5 pounds. Bob's your Uncle. A lot of time and effort, that was just an exercise, if I wanted to use everyday materials to weigh my bales. What I don't like about taking it to the transfer station scale is that I don't like to ask for favors. I might not want Department of Transportation attention. This is my mind, spinning in idle, finding a problem to solve.
Just to play devils advocate. Are pastures always going to need either supplemental fertilizer or outside hay to be lush? I'm new to the mob grazing concept for soil and pasture improvement, but is it normal to utilize these methods on a pasture for 20 years and it still be "poor". Or is that just a seasonal issue brought on by the previous drought?
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Right now, coastal is all we have. When we bought our small farm the soil had been ruined by agriculture. (Organic matter last spring was 1%.) The area was turned into pasture and overgrazed. When we took it over the only things growing in it were mesquite, coastal, and bare dirt. I've started planting other annual crops along with some perennials to improve the soil and I'm working on setting up a rotational grazing system.
The taller manure pies are because of a lack of available nitrogen in the rumen. If everything a cow eats in a day averages 6% protein, the cow pies will look thinner as the ones you have.
This is only accurate if the cow was standing up when it crapped. I have seen them leave 7” tall piles that happened when they were laying down and therefore had now velocity to splatter apart when it hit the ground. Main thing is for optimal performance cows need correct ratio of protein and roughage intake
We still have around 300 acres in front of us that needs it's final 2nd grazing of the winter. No rain in September or August can certainly impact your winter stockpile.
Greetings from Bosnia!!! Thank you ser for sharing your knowledge to us !!! I am learning a lot from you! I am cattle herder and I have a Busha type cattle small but tuff . My cattle is grazing on the mountain 3000 feet hight so lot of things i am implementing from you !!! Thank you professor and GOD Bless You and your families!
One of the best breed of cattle for sloppy mountain,s you are the right track, just adapt Greg's model to your relief condition. Good luck
Welcome to our channel. All the best to you folks in Bosnia!!
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I used to doubt your comments about calves weaning themselves, but after just one year of trying it with mob grazed sheep I now know you were right! Makes such a difference moving every day and a growing lamb with fresh grass in front of it just seems to lose that craving for milk way before we would think about separating them to wean. It’s almost like nature planned it that way…!
I haven’t eaten a cookie in at least 15 months the colour of that cow pat made me think of Mums Molasses cookies thank you for the memories. I have made cookies with my granddaughter and not been tempted to eat them now I will think of them as appetizing as the perfect cow pat….not much.! I am just finished my second round of a thirty six hour fast still not a bit hungry but I have plans for the (no sugar)cowboy bacon and scallops that I will make for one of my three meals today in prep for tomorrow’s fast. I look forward to seeing you later have a great day 🌟💝😘💞💝🌟🍀👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🍀🦫☃️🦫🙋🏼♀️
My Hank Will Landrace x St. Croix cross sheep are thriving! I worried forage looks poor so I checked their tail heads. Everyone of them are still solid with fat! Thank you for teaching so well!
What a gorgeous piece of land. I hope you are able to secure it long term!
Amazing 🤩, healthy and happy cattle grazing quietly good forage for this time of the year . You must be one of the most happier rancher.you deserve it!
Thanks so much for that info on the manure patties. I feel good after what you showed in your video. Thank you again Gregg. Be safe and good health, Farmer rod.
Thanks again for all your videos! My grass is a lot thinner than that since I seed it down spring 2020 but I’m putting a lot of carbon (hay)down along with manure and urine. I’m doing one section at a time. I bet it will totally look different next fall. I did notice a huge difference where I fed hay last winter winter this past summer. You could tell right till the fence line.
Hi Greg, do you also look for similar things in the sheep manure piles, or is it different? Thanks
Interesting question. I have always thought sheep manure is like goats, pellets. Even then, you could learn it. I suppose some Ag department or other would have info.
It's different. Sheep pellets should be dry and separated.
@@Velacreations my sheep deposit a range of manure not just pellets, sometimes it's a small 'cow pie'
@@jasonlheath yeah, the wetter, "cow pie" sheep manure is typical of excess protein. It tends to correct itself on its own, unless there are other issues, like parasites.
@@Velacreations thanks for the info. Do you have a link to research papers or other data on qualitative visual assessment of typical vs too little vs too much protein sheep manure? It would be a great in the field assessment tool to know when to supplement more/less especially where we are in a summer drought Mediterranean climate when the standing grass degrades in quality
If the manure is stacking up this time of the year, supplement with some protein. We use cottonseed meal to keep the protein levels where they need to be. It helps a lot on winter stockpile.
Good info and perfect time of year to discuss!
I enjoy your videos. Would like to see you do one on sheep poop.
Great great video Greg 👏
I heard Isaac bought a few cows. If I were him, I'd buy one of Grandma's heifers. They likely come with a warrentee...lol.
Isaac has started his own herd with our herd. He bought 3 very nice heifers from us. He is super excited, and we are pleased to see him doing well.
None of my business but I hope you are introducing the most promising of your young helpers to your landowners to keep it going in the future. It may be different where you are, but here it will be the fight of their life to get acreage to use. It wasn't like that just a decade ago.
So true….. I’m 50 and it was so so incredibly hard to get my USDA beginner farm loan, it took 3yrs them saying we didn’t qualify- finally it took me using their rules/regulations against them every step of the way to get my small land loan. It’s not right - beginner farmer means beginner …….
Looks like your waking up to snow this morning. Hopefully just enough to make it pretty. 3 degrees here in Massachusetts this morning storm coming Sunday/Monday
Yep around 5-6 inches
What would be a good pooh of cows grazing cornstalks in the fall ?
Hope to replicate your system in Zambia.
You can do it, I wish I was there with you.
What Greg does in Mo , anybody can do anywhere in this planet
Greg what product are you using on the cut stumps? I'm ready to buy some. Fencing is next.
I am interested in this as well
1 quart of Crossbow to 5 gallons of red diesel fuel. Mix together in a 5-gallon bucket. Keep lid on the bucket.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks!
Do you have to worry about last year's calves getting the colostrum before the new calf is born?
Nope
A couple of your winter videos you've mentioned not having a back fence - is that a winter thing?
I've got some cattle that are 25 year old you take care of your cattle and they will take care of you the last of my dad is still to me when I was eight year old
Never thought I would be learning about good cow poop.
Trying to change fertility of soil on 35 acres. 15 cows. Five new calves. 10 more on the way. Would. you recommend dragging pasture in couple months to spread the cow pats? Objective is changing soil fertility.
We do not drag our pastures. Waste of money and time. Let your soil critters take care of them.
Got it.
Hey buddy I love you videos
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Me gusta que yo entendí todos sus palabras, señor Riera. ¡Gracias!
Hey if I just rollout bails of hay across bare dirt will grass grow? I wouldn't be seeding it or have any animals on it yet.
Don’t do that. You need animals to work the hay into the soil surface along with their manure and urine.
How would you sell some bred cows for vs heifers /non bred ones.. I wouldn't mind getting on a waiting list
Greg, what do you recommend to remedy the stacking of Manure? Does switching from Tiffton hay to alfalfa correct it or do you supplement feed? And at what rate & how long does it take to visually notice an improvement? Thx Phil
With our stockpiled green high quality forage, we don’t get much stacking of manure.
Greg I’d like to see the grass height and thickness when you WOULD NOT bring the cows back. I’m seeing a lot of bare ground TODAY in my pastures.(1-15-2022)
What you showed in this video is the height I’m turning into. So am I eating it down to close?
Elton
If your seeing lots of bare ground, the livestock are eating it down to close.
Greg I don't recall you examining sheep manure, could you do that sometime? Thanks!!
There are some videos I made doing that.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I'll look for those, thank you
Greg, Do you harrow drag your cow patties or let it naturally take into the ground? Awesome job
Burning puts the carbon into the atmosphere. Litter and trampling increase soil carbon content, shortens the cycle, doesn't go up in smoke. I'm going with the carbon direct into the ground as preferred. But anyone can easily do trials on his/her own land. Try it side by side for a couple of years, or as long as it takes to see which suits your situation best.
Biochar is another approach.
👍🏻That’s a beautiful property. 👍🏻Cows approved.😂
What type of cattle are you grazing ?
South Poll breed
Don't forget the 3 grown men on that ATV. That thing's a little workhorse with that bail unroller attached.
Let’s give that 4 wheeler some love! Dragging a 6x6 and 3 fellas... must be a Honda.
It is a Honda 500 Rubicon, absolute beast of a 4 wheeler.
I like when magic mushrooms pop out of the cow pie after the rain.
Greg, that is one grade A cow pile. It begs to be diagrammed and made into a postcard.
Make a great post card. It was great seeing you and your sister last weekend at the Missouri Cattleman’s Conference!!
It would be helpful to us students of yours if you did a video on the full life cycle of fescue.
Growing seasons- cool, warm, cool.
Growth after rain.
Growth after seed head formation.
Behavior after winter dormancy (do brown blades green up, or new shoots form? )
When to clip. When to trample.
Great suggestion!
''There's another beautiful one''.. GJ describing a cow pie. l wonder if videos of his contented cows would replace blood pressure meds?
Probably would do better than the meds!!!
GREG, if some one were to buy one of GRAND MAs heifers would they come with a warnty? thats is the type of cow genetics i only dream about,, them and your SHEEP,,,, thank you for the tips and info
You will not be able to buy grandmas daughter at any price.
What ? I’m so confused. Havnt watched in a while if I missed the poo explained tutorial let me know.
Are U saying it’s good or bad to have tall cow manure? I thought bad …..
You don’t want tall manure piles. 3” or taller is bad.
What our feces looks like is a good indicator of human health, too. “Eat meat, save the humans”.
This is just an exercise. You were wondering what a bale weighs.
What I would do in actuality is, the next time I drive by the garbage transfer station, ask them if I could weigh a trailer. First time, drag an empty trailer, find out what it weighs, then weigh it another time with a bale on it. That is assuming you register your trailers. I know you fabricate them yourself. A non-registered trailer wouldn't need the safety factors of a trailer hauled on the roadway, built to D.O.T. specs.
However, as an exercise, I figured this:
How would I solve that? I might hunt garage sales for bathroom scales, find 8 of them, make sure they're accurate. Run the center axle through the center of the bale, and 2 beams under the axle, and 2 Jack's, sitting on a plywood pad, then the jack, then a 4 by 4 for the jack to reach the bottom of the beam on each side. Jack it up on both sides, care must be taken that it doesn't slip out, but I don't see any injury with caution. The beam can probably be moved up and down, lift one side, the other side goes down, not too far so it doesn't fall off the jack. Keep things level. Working 1 side at a time, a board or beam under each end of the beam, so with 2 Plywood or 2 by 10 or 12 pads with the scales, 2 scales each side of the beam, 4 per side, post from scale to bottom of the board or beam straddling the beam, you can jack down until there is a little weight on the scales. Do the other side, and come all off the jacks, but leave them under for safety. Make sure you keep everything level. If it failed, I don't think it'd throw any wood, just fall. You aren't lifting the bale more than a half inch, maybe a bit more to account for it settling into the scale pads. Between 8 scales, each would have, (let's say they were all equal), 212.5 pounds. Bob's your Uncle. A lot of time and effort, that was just an exercise, if I wanted to use everyday materials to weigh my bales. What I don't like about taking it to the transfer station scale is that I don't like to ask for favors. I might not want Department of Transportation attention.
This is my mind, spinning in idle, finding a problem to solve.
That four wheeler might be pulling it but it sure ain’t happy about it lol
Been doing it for 23 years, Honda Rubicons rock!
Can anyone make manure more exciting than Greg Judy
Examining manure. That's 10 minutes I'll never get back
Just to play devils advocate. Are pastures always going to need either supplemental fertilizer or outside hay to be lush? I'm new to the mob grazing concept for soil and pasture improvement, but is it normal to utilize these methods on a pasture for 20 years and it still be "poor". Or is that just a seasonal issue brought on by the previous drought?
Cow pies stacking up? Put your cows on coastal bermudagrass. It looks like logs coming out.
We are to far north to grow burmuda grass. Fescue is tough to beat in the dormant season for keeping cows in good condition.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Right now, coastal is all we have. When we bought our small farm the soil had been ruined by agriculture. (Organic matter last spring was 1%.) The area was turned into pasture and overgrazed. When we took it over the only things growing in it were mesquite, coastal, and bare dirt. I've started planting other annual crops along with some perennials to improve the soil and I'm working on setting up a rotational grazing system.
The taller manure pies are because of a lack of available nitrogen in the rumen. If everything a cow eats in a day averages 6% protein, the cow pies will look thinner as the ones you have.
This is only accurate if the cow was standing up when it crapped. I have seen them leave 7” tall piles that happened when they were laying down and therefore had now velocity to splatter apart when it hit the ground. Main thing is for optimal performance cows need correct ratio of protein and roughage intake
Kind of funny, I could smell it when you knocked down the pat…
That's some nice shit.
looks you need some winter grass
We still have around 300 acres in front of us that needs it's final 2nd grazing of the winter. No rain in September or August can certainly impact your winter stockpile.
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