Cliff thank you for this video. Regenerative- for those of us along this journey, we don’t want to spray chemicals. However if we don’t get the weeds under control we don’t have the forage for our livestock. Of course the question is - why is there a weed? Mother Nature has a very good skill at covering her land with something. I sprayed with a pull behind this year to control Western Ragweed. Your pastures looks great sir.
Regenerative is only a name. Its not a way of life ! Greg Judy keeps bush hogging his pasture only stimulating the growth of many weeds. Example multi-flora rose..... It only thrives under clipping conditions ! The reason there are weeds.... most times its because we humans brought the weeds in........then walk away..... its not my fault ! Control is primary. No way to rid them.... because most neighbors do nothing to control or get rid of the nasty weeds. After all.......they live a different means of " regenerative " farming ! Allow weeds to thrive ! Like Greg Judy does !
Great video, and I appreciate the info. We just moved out to your neck of the woods, and I'm now trying to control the same weeds and improve my pasture just as you have done. It's nice to see someone who has already been there and done that share their experience and knowledge. I've often said that "Some of my best ideas have come from someone else." Thanks, SK.
I really agree with your grass management style Cliff. We are also working to get away from the wholesale spraying of our pastures once the grass is established. As you said, that kills out the clover and other benificial broadleaf plants as well as the undesirables. I don't think that a monoculture pasture with only one type of grass is a smart management practice. Keep the great content coming! I really enjoy it.
Thanks for bringing us along Mr. Cliff. I think that weed you are calling iron weed is actually Dog Fennel or commonly known as summer cedar and you are right about it taking over a place if left unmanaged. It will get about 5 feet tall and when it gets mature in the fall it will be covered top to bottom in some very fine fluffy seed.
Very nice looking pasture you have.Looks like a hay meadow.Driving through the country sure can see who does improved pasture management and who don't has nothing but weeds.
Thanks for showing how you’re improving your pastures. Do you know if is possible to spray in the fall? We’re in central and west Texas. Certain issues caused us not to get to spray this spring. After the temperatures got so hot we heard the spraying wasn’t too effective. Thank you.
Cliff, thank you for sharing this info about pasturegard. I have a fairly bad weed problem in my pastures and dont have enough cattle to effectively trample the weeds down like judy or salatin would do using high pound per acre mob if cows on a small area. I also cant run a herd of sheep or goats because i use a combo of single, double, and three strand high tinsle electric fence. Good enough to keep cows in but i would he chasing goats all over my county! After doing some homework i can see why you use this product. Triclopyr, and flouroxypyr have some of the lowest carryover rates into manure and soil of most herbicides on the market, have lower groundwater contamination potential compared to something like a picloram or 2,4,D style broadleaf herbicide. The half life in soil on the high end from what im seeing is 90 days. Picloram has been detected in soils for years afterward. No thanks. Dont get me wrong, i hate that i am even going to use herbicides in my fields, but i dont have any other effective, less toxic options. Your info has been vital in developing a strategy to help get my weeds under control giving my cattle more to graze and saving me money by reducing the amount of winter hay to buy due to increased stockpiled forage. For anyone on the fence about pasturegard, look into those main active ingredients, yes its poison, but a very mild one that breaks down in soils quickly and wont be detectable in your soil for years to come. Hope this helps someone. EDIT: even though this product has zero grazing restrictions, i do not intend on spraying weeds in the same paddock as my cattle are in. Instead, i plan to spray the paddock they just previously grazed for two reasons. One, it will be easier to more easily weeds in an already grazed field, and two, to give the product a minimum of 30 to 45 days to degrade and start breaking down as the pasture rests.
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Ok, I was wondering how long it lasted you. I was debating to get a 5 gallon dewalt backpack unit, but now Im thinking that may be too small.
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Thanks for the advice and wisdom sir! Learning a lot from your vids. I lost two sheep to poisonous plants this week, so its time for me to get serious about weed management.
Beautiful place. I just bought a 300 gallon boomless spray trailer. I’m waging war on weeds next year. What do you use on Bahia grass? Pasture guard or Graz on? Thanks
PastureGard HL also has no grazing restrictions for any livestock except lactating dairy cattle. That means you either don't need a secondary pasture to rotate to or you can immediately return animals to the pasture after spraying. I never take them off the pasture.
Great video. I'm in Victoria county and our place has a saltgrass problem, iron weed and greenbriar. Is there any herbacide that will work on saltgrass?
Boy, that’s out of my league. I have no idea about salt grass. This is what I found online. aquaplant.tamu.edu/management-options/how-to-control-salt-grass/ Hope you have no issues from the hurricane! Be safe!
Does Pasturegard kill Youpon? We have anew property that is filled with goat weed and youpon. A neighbor runs cattle on the property and we would like to improve the pasture.
The Ironweed on your ranch looks like Dog Fennel, which is a very common name for it. That’s what it looks like in video. Yes, it’s invasive and useless. Only good thing about it is it smells good (subjective) when it’s brush hogged ( as long as you don’t have allergies.)
Ouch.......yes rather expensive ! Pathfinder costs 325 dollars per 5 gallons. And you only use a " quart " at a time in a hand pump sprayer. A squirt is all it takes ! ( Of course Pathfinder is for brush / trees )
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher been meaning to ask what county you're in, how many head on how many acres. I know where your office is just not where your pastures are. Just curious if you're meeting the 1-d-1 requirements for the county or fi you've increased it by a good bit
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Thanks for the reply. Any other helpful hints to get rid of cacti? We've been told to cut them and be sure to remove the plant clippings from the pasture as the pads will re-establish themselves. I've watched lots of Greg Judy's videos, but because you are in TX we are following you closely as we have land in Weatherford, TX, with a goal of having our pasture eventually look like yours! Thanks for all you do!
I don’t have Dallas grass, so no knowledge there. I like Johnson grass for grazing though. It grows where I put out Johnson grass hay bales but the cattle graze it down and it doesn’t come back usually.
How about running some sheep from time to time on those weeddie pastures. It should lower the weed rate and lessen the chemical load on you pastures and in your cattle. Just sying.
Cliff thank you for this video. Regenerative- for those of us along this journey, we don’t want to spray chemicals. However if we don’t get the weeds under control we don’t have the forage for our livestock. Of course the question is - why is there a weed? Mother Nature has a very good skill at covering her land with something. I sprayed with a pull behind this year to control Western Ragweed. Your pastures looks great sir.
Regenerative is only a name. Its not a way of life ! Greg Judy keeps bush hogging his pasture only stimulating the growth of many weeds. Example multi-flora rose..... It only thrives under clipping conditions ! The reason there are weeds.... most times its because we humans brought the weeds in........then walk away..... its not my fault ! Control is primary. No way to rid them.... because most neighbors do nothing to control or get rid of the nasty weeds. After all.......they live a different means of " regenerative " farming ! Allow weeds to thrive ! Like Greg Judy does !
Great video, and I appreciate the info. We just moved out to your neck of the woods, and I'm now trying to control the same weeds and improve my pasture just as you have done. It's nice to see someone who has already been there and done that share their experience and knowledge. I've often said that "Some of my best ideas have come from someone else." Thanks, SK.
Good luck! Reach out or come by if you want to chat.
I really agree with your grass management style Cliff. We are also working to get away from the wholesale spraying of our pastures once the grass is established. As you said, that kills out the clover and other benificial broadleaf plants as well as the undesirables. I don't think that a monoculture pasture with only one type of grass is a smart management practice.
Keep the great content coming! I really enjoy it.
Also, I noticed the old blue Chevy in the background. I would love to see it in a future video!
Thanks Eric!
Thanks for bringing us along Mr. Cliff. I think that weed you are calling iron weed is actually Dog Fennel or commonly known as summer cedar and you are right about it taking over a place if left unmanaged. It will get about 5 feet tall and when it gets mature in the fall it will be covered top to bottom in some very fine fluffy seed.
You are exactly right, that’s what it is! Thanks!
Very nice looking pasture you have.Looks like a hay meadow.Driving through the country sure can see who does improved pasture management and who don't has nothing but weeds.
The key is persistence. You got nice pastures.
You are 100% correct. Gotta keep plugging along a little at a time.
Your pasture looks like a public park, Good job young man!!!
Butch
Ashland Ohio
Thank you sir!
Thanks for showing how you’re improving your pastures. Do you know if is possible to spray in the fall? We’re in central and west Texas. Certain issues caused us not to get to spray this spring. After the temperatures got so hot we heard the spraying wasn’t too effective. Thank you.
The weeds are mature this time a year and herbicide not very effective at killing them. Best to shred them in my opinion. Good luck!
@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Thanks! That might work best.
Cliff thanks for sharing this weeds will over take the pictures . Looking at getting some of that kinda weed spray .
Cliff, thank you for sharing this info about pasturegard. I have a fairly bad weed problem in my pastures and dont have enough cattle to effectively trample the weeds down like judy or salatin would do using high pound per acre mob if cows on a small area. I also cant run a herd of sheep or goats because i use a combo of single, double, and three strand high tinsle electric fence. Good enough to keep cows in but i would he chasing goats all over my county!
After doing some homework i can see why you use this product.
Triclopyr, and flouroxypyr have some of the lowest carryover rates into manure and soil of most herbicides on the market, have lower groundwater contamination potential compared to something like a picloram or 2,4,D style broadleaf herbicide. The half life in soil on the high end from what im seeing is 90 days. Picloram has been detected in soils for years afterward. No thanks.
Dont get me wrong, i hate that i am even going to use herbicides in my fields, but i dont have any other effective, less toxic options. Your info has been vital in developing a strategy to help get my weeds under control giving my cattle more to graze and saving me money by reducing the amount of winter hay to buy due to increased stockpiled forage.
For anyone on the fence about pasturegard, look into those main active ingredients, yes its poison, but a very mild one that breaks down in soils quickly and wont be detectable in your soil for years to come. Hope this helps someone.
EDIT: even though this product has zero grazing restrictions, i do not intend on spraying weeds in the same paddock as my cattle are in. Instead, i plan to spray the paddock they just previously grazed for two reasons. One, it will be easier to more easily weeds in an already grazed field, and two, to give the product a minimum of 30 to 45 days to degrade and start breaking down as the pasture rests.
Great video. I have prickly pear cactus in my pastures, not a lot, but spotty. What would you suggest to get rid of the cactus, PastureGard?
It will kill it but you will have to apply it several times.
I love the truck in the background
1949 one ton. 9’ bed, original equipment. Runs great!
Im in! How big of a sprayer do you recommend? I manage about 80 acres of pasture but only 15 acres are in what I consider bad shap.
I use a 15 gallon sprayer. If weed burden is sparse, one tank lasts several days.
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Ok, I was wondering how long it lasted you. I was debating to get a 5 gallon dewalt backpack unit, but now Im thinking that may be too small.
It is plus it’s heavy. Been there done that. Sprayers very cheap at Tractor Supply.
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Thanks for the advice and wisdom sir! Learning a lot from your vids. I lost two sheep to poisonous plants this week, so its time for me to get serious about weed management.
Great video. Good information. I like your set up.
Thank you!
Beautiful place. I just bought a 300 gallon boomless spray trailer. I’m waging war on weeds next year. What do you use on Bahia grass? Pasture guard or Graz on? Thanks
Neither will kill Bahia but both will wage war on all broadleaf weeds.
I might have missed it, but how long do you wait to graze after spraying?
PastureGard HL also has no grazing restrictions for any livestock except lactating dairy cattle. That means you either don't need a secondary pasture to rotate to or you can immediately return animals to the pasture after spraying. I never take them off the pasture.
Hes spraying such a small area.......it would never matter if the cows were out eating on the pasture.
Great video. I'm in Victoria county and our place has a saltgrass problem, iron weed and greenbriar. Is there any herbacide that will work on saltgrass?
Boy, that’s out of my league. I have no idea about salt grass. This is what I found online. aquaplant.tamu.edu/management-options/how-to-control-salt-grass/
Hope you have no issues from the hurricane! Be safe!
Does Pasturegard kill Youpon? We have anew property that is filled with goat weed and youpon. A neighbor runs cattle on the property and we would like to improve the pasture.
Yes, it does. Takes about 2 weeks to see the leaves start to die.
The Ironweed on your ranch looks like Dog Fennel, which is a very common name for it. That’s what it looks like in video. Yes, it’s invasive and useless. Only good thing about it is it smells good (subjective) when it’s brush hogged ( as long as you don’t have allergies.)
Thanks for that information! I looked at images online. You are correct. Much appreciated!!
The weeds at 16:08, what’s your plan to get rid of it? Spray the weed killer and the maybe burn it to get down to the roots?
Ouch.......yes rather expensive ! Pathfinder costs 325 dollars per 5 gallons. And you only use a " quart " at a time in a hand pump sprayer. A squirt is all it takes ! ( Of course Pathfinder is for brush / trees )
Pennies/plant.
Yeah, just keep doing what works for you.
Thanks Otis!
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher been meaning to ask what county you're in, how many head on how many acres. I know where your office is just not where your pastures are. Just curious if you're meeting the 1-d-1 requirements for the county or fi you've increased it by a good bit
What are 1-d-1 requirements? I’m clueless about that.
How long can you leave the mixture in your sprayer tank ?
I’ve not used what’s on the tank for a month and it still worked fine. I would think likely nearly indefinitely.
Does PastureGuard work on water sedge?
Hi David, I don’t know for sure but it looks like a grass of sorts on the internet, so I would doubt it. Pastureguard only kills broadleaf plants.
Does the PastureGard work on cacti? Thanks for sharing all of this with us.
It will but you have to apply it numerous times. It’s not quick. Thanks for watching!
@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher Thanks for the reply. Any other helpful hints to get rid of cacti? We've been told to cut them and be sure to remove the plant clippings from the pasture as the pads will re-establish themselves. I've watched lots of Greg Judy's videos, but because you are in TX we are following you closely as we have land in Weatherford, TX, with a goal of having our pasture eventually look like yours! Thanks for all you do!
How do you tackle Dallas grass and Johnson grass ?
I don’t have Dallas grass, so no knowledge there. I like Johnson grass for grazing though. It grows where I put out Johnson grass hay bales but the cattle graze it down and it doesn’t come back usually.
How about running some sheep from time to time on those weeddie pastures. It should lower the weed rate and lessen the chemical load on you pastures and in your cattle. Just sying.
I’m just not set up for that. Need guard dogs etc and I just don’t need one more thing to do. Great idea but not in my future.
Why cows don't eat these weeds?
If they are hungry and have no other choice, would they eat it?
Harmful if they are forced to eat it?
I’ve never seen a cow eat these two weeds in 30 years, even when the grass was super short before I became acquainted with regenerative Ranching.
Good video
Thanks Ronnie!