Great explaination. You need to educate BBC News as they continue to blame meat production for CO2 and climate change, not understanding holistic planning and regenerative agriculture allow for meat production with climate benefit.
Just about to start as a career change first time farmer. From what I’ve experienced on a garde scale This will definitely work.. I believe it’s really all about soil biotic life and doing what you can to support it Look after the soil and the soil will look after your plants we need A clever scientist to come up with a way of measuring nutrient density and composition in plants and we should use this as a measure of quality rather than the traditional weather measure of how much the crops way.(Using gravity as a way of assessing quality always seemed a ridiculous way of assessing yield for me)
For sure, it is more complicated than 'seed heads are good for cattle'! Put lambs in there and they will rather starve. Put milk cows in there and they won't give you much milk. It all depends!
The proportion of seed heads to the volume of grass is quite small and approximately only 30% of the seeds will be eaten. 60% will be left either standing or trampled into the ground.
Have there been any studies comparing energy budgets between grain reared/finished cattle and this style of regenerative mob grazing system? It seems to me as a layman (I am a gardener in the South UK although I did study and practice forestry in Wales many years ago) that a one off (annual) grain crop; that has to be tilled, sown, fertilised, weed and pest controlled, harvested, dried and transported, maybe a tad more energy intensive than turning out your stock onto an already established pasture with a variety of vegetation to keep the animals interested and nourished (apologies if that sounds simplistic). Notwithstanding the environmental benefits of water holding capacity (reduction of instances of flash flooding further down the line?), soil erosion reduction, robust biodiversity, as opposed to introducing top predators into a landscape and then wondering where the rest of the nature has gone (I may be a little cynical about certain ‘conservation’ measures and organisations). It is very difficult to put an economic value on these environmental services that are the byproduct of these regenerative mob grazing systems, but when we have to fund flood and anti erosion measures, years and miles down the line, it may be worth a consideration from the treasury. I have a keen interest in how my food is reared, how the countryside is stewarded moving forward and how holistic and sensitive farming methods can really benefit everyone. So hats off to you guys in the farming industry for all you do in all weathers. I would love to hear from any folks employing this practice in the Dorset area; as we move out of the EU, there is an opportunity to develop our own agricultural/rural/forestry policy on a more intimate and grass root level (pun intended).
savedfaves You may be better placed than me then, to determine whether significant grain crops can be grown without tilling, I’m not a farmer so I am a bit ignorant on that score. I’m pretty sure though that even though humans have been feeding animals on grain for the transportable protein benefits, the fact is that the majority of them will thrive in natural grasslands and are excellent upcyclers of nutrient poor grasses into valuable proteins which humans get great benefit from. Apologies if my previous post seemed like a rant:-)
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Great explaination. You need to educate BBC News as they continue to blame meat production for CO2 and climate change, not understanding holistic planning and regenerative agriculture allow for meat production with climate benefit.
This really shows a different picture than meat "factories". So sustainable and fascinating. Great video, keep up with the good work😊
Mossgeil milk is absolutely brilliant.
Brilliant Informative film for those of us wanting to get started with mob grazing. Thanks Clem! xx
Glad you enjoyed it
great video clemmy -Also it gives Nutrient dense food !
Great video, what breeds would you recommend or does it matter.
Would like to replicate that idea here in Uganda!!
Just about to start as a career change first time farmer. From what I’ve experienced on a garde scale This will definitely work.. I believe it’s really all about soil biotic life and doing what you can to support it Look after the soil and the soil will look after your plants we need A clever scientist to come up with a way of measuring nutrient density and composition in plants and we should use this as a measure of quality rather than the traditional weather measure of how much the crops way.(Using gravity as a way of assessing quality always seemed a ridiculous way of assessing yield for me)
So feeding tall grass with seed heads is good? I wasn't sure if he meant that it can be fed all of the time or just some of the time.
It's fine, yes. Seed heads are not bad for the animals.
For sure, it is more complicated than 'seed heads are good for cattle'! Put lambs in there and they will rather starve. Put milk cows in there and they won't give you much milk. It all depends!
The proportion of seed heads to the volume of grass is quite small and approximately only 30% of the seeds will be eaten.
60% will be left either standing or trampled into the ground.
@@TheCommono and that’s why some farmers mob graze sheep/ lambs after the cattle.
@@sookibeulah9331 "lambs after cattle"
It doesn't make much sense to me. Any example?
Have there been any studies comparing energy budgets between grain reared/finished cattle and this style of regenerative mob grazing system? It seems to me as a layman (I am a gardener in the South UK although I did study and practice forestry in Wales many years ago) that a one off (annual) grain crop; that has to be tilled, sown, fertilised, weed and pest controlled, harvested, dried and transported, maybe a tad more energy intensive than turning out your stock onto an already established pasture with a variety of vegetation to keep the animals interested and nourished (apologies if that sounds simplistic). Notwithstanding the environmental benefits of water holding capacity (reduction of instances of flash flooding further down the line?), soil erosion reduction, robust biodiversity, as opposed to introducing top predators into a landscape and then wondering where the rest of the nature has gone (I may be a little cynical about certain ‘conservation’ measures and organisations). It is very difficult to put an economic value on these environmental services that are the byproduct of these regenerative mob grazing systems, but when we have to fund flood and anti erosion measures, years and miles down the line, it may be worth a consideration from the treasury.
I have a keen interest in how my food is reared, how the countryside is stewarded moving forward and how holistic and sensitive farming methods can really benefit everyone. So hats off to you guys in the farming industry for all you do in all weathers. I would love to hear from any folks employing this practice in the Dorset area; as we move out of the EU, there is an opportunity to develop our own agricultural/rural/forestry policy on a more intimate and grass root level (pun intended).
Diogenese Garden Grain can be grown without tilling. Also, with these systems you have more grass not less grass. I don’t get your rant.
savedfaves You may be better placed than me then, to determine whether significant grain crops can be grown without tilling, I’m not a farmer so I am a bit ignorant on that score. I’m pretty sure though that even though humans have been feeding animals on grain for the transportable protein benefits, the fact is that the majority of them will thrive in natural grasslands and are excellent upcyclers of nutrient poor grasses into valuable proteins which humans get great benefit from. Apologies if my previous post seemed like a rant:-)
Before fences and the mob death of buffalo, I suppose nature was full on mob grazing for themselves. haha
Hi boss how are you my from bangladesh so i can working u comping i can working cows plcase i no have money bangladesh my home have cow i can working plcase u sms can or no i can toking u plcase u sms