Greg Judy's Guide to Effective Grazing Operations from Ground Zero

Dive into the transformative world of regenerative agriculture with expert Greg Judy. Explore his cutting-edge Greg Judy grazing management techniques that optimize forage use, enhance soil health, and boost livestock health and productivity. Discover how rotational grazing techniques and other holistic methods positively impact plant diversity, carbon sequestration, and farm sustainability.
Learn about the essential role of clean water for livestock and the beneficial impact of dung beetles on soil fertility through organic matter recycling. Greg also delves into the prudent use of controlled burning and underscores the significance of ongoing learning and experimentation within sustainable farming practices.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:03 Brad Moore introduces Greg Judy, an expert in grazing.
02:01 Importance of rainfall and perennial grasses in grazing, explained by Greg Judy.
06:42 Greg discusses focusing on soil microbes to benefit livestock.
12:02 Greg advises on pasture monitoring to prevent overgrazing.
16:57 Benefits of mob grazing and frequent livestock movement by Greg.
23:08 Greg on controlled burning: useful but requires caution.
28:36 The critical role of clean water for livestock health, is highlighted by Greg.
34:38 Greg shares impact of holistic grazing on soil and biodiversity.
39:18 Importance of dung beetles in soil fertility, discussed by Greg.
Taken from 2021 Regenerative Agricultural Summit, Day 1.
Click the link below to download a comprehensive PDF of Greg Judy's presentation, which complements the insights shared in this video.
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[@danielmaclean8932]

Good stuff

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Didn’t Einstein say that the best invention ever was a blade of grass?
Well maybe it was Edison:
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.”
- Thomas A. Edison

[@thistles]

Joel Salatin talks about the benefits of keeping animals off the pasture in the winter because the manure doesn’t compost and fertilize, but instead leaches into the ground water or off gasses ammonia.
How can I reconcile keeping animals out on winter stockpile with preserving as much of the fertility from the manure and urine as possible?

[@SinandLerd]

I'm no expert but in nature animals are outside all year, so i do think nature has ways of dealing with manure in winter. As I recall Joel Salatin always talk about the carbonatious diaper. Isn't grass residue and the carbon in the soil just that? So it might only hold true on badly managed pasture / soil.

[@thistles]

@@SinandLerd Thank you for taking the time to answer 🙂 I don't think that's what Joel means because he did specifically talk about taking his cattle off pasture and putting them in the barn over winter. He also talked about the problem with waste over winter not being broken down immediately. It's cold. so the decomposers aren't as active. In the summer, I think you're correct, but Joel seemed to think winter was different.

[@SinandLerd]

@@thistles As far as i know the biggest reasons for putting cattle in a barn in winter are to prevent muddy pastures (depending on lots of things), loss of calves (depending on the calving season). Also Obviously everything is a little easier in a barn. Feeding Hey, Water etc. except clearing out the manure. Also the cattle get a little fatter in a barn.
Back to the manure: When it's freezing outside the manure freezes as well and nothing happens to it. Then when it isn't frozen volatile compounds can be absorbed by carbon compounds on top or in the soil. At last as you mentioned the decomposers start their work on the non volatile stuff only when it's warm enough outside. Which is coincidentally the same time that the grass starts growing again. 😆
Another reason specifically to Joel is that he uses the manure as gardening soil.

[@NATPatty26]

Manure pile up by the barn does the same thing as far as offgassing and losing nutrients