Tag Archive for: Cattle
Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead
By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
The garden entrance…
How Sweet It Is: South Texas Citrus Stays Home to Delight Local School Kids
By Robert Maggiani, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
It's National…
Advanced Grazing, Session 4 – Adaptive Management
Did you know that grazing management and driving a vehicle have a lot of similarities? While driving, you monitor the road ahead of you to know whether to turn left, turn right, speed up, slow down, or even reverse direction. You make these changes whenever conditions change, like the road curving to the left, wildlife crossing in front of you, or a vehicle suddenly stopping in front of you. Just like driving a vehicle, adaptive grazing management requires that we monitor the condition of the livestock, plants, and soils to know whether we need to modify our management to keep everything on track.
Justin Morris and Lee Rinehart
Justin Morris and Lee Rinehart
Graze, Move, Repeat
By Hernan Colmenero
To understand something, we must be…
Advanced Grazing Series. Session 3: Plants and Grazing Management
In this video, the third session of NCAT's "Advanced Grazing…
Advanced Grazing Webinar, Session 2 – Plants
Is it possible for weeds to provide equal or better nutrition than alfalfa? The second session of the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s (NCAT) four-part webinar series, Advanced Grazing for Regenerating Soils and Enhancing Animal Nutrition, addresses these questions by focusing on the plant side of the grazing equation.
Justin Morris and Lee Rinehart
Justin Morris and Lee Rinehart
New Resources to Demystify Regenerative Grazing and Soil Health
The terms regenerative grazing and soil health have started to seem almost ubiquitous in the world of agriculture. This is heartening for me as a soil specialist with NCAT, where I consider it part of my job to help producers understand and take care of their soils, as it is key to their long-term success as farmers and ranchers.
Nina Prater
Nina Prater
Demystifying Regenerative Grazing and Soil Health: A Virtual Workshop
In this workshop, we hear from NCAT’s Nina Prater, Justin Morris,…
Regenerative Grazing: An Introduction
In this video, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Justin…
NCAT Webinar Series Addresses Advanced Grazing
Did you know that the most important livestock on your farm are the ones you never purchased and, in most cases, have rarely, if ever, seen? These livestock, along with plant roots, play an essential role in improving soil health, which is the foundation of any agricultural operation. But what is soil health and how does one go about improving it? The NCAT four-part webinar series Advanced Grazing for Regenerating Soils and Enhancing Animal Nutrition begins by addressing this question.
Justin Morris, NCAT Regenerative Grazing Specialist, and Lee Rinehart, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Justin Morris, NCAT Regenerative Grazing Specialist, and Lee Rinehart, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Advanced Grazing Series. Session 1: Grazing Dynamics, Soil Health, Aggregate Stability, and Water
In this video, the first session of NCAT's "Advanced Grazing…
Reflections from a Shortgrass Prairie
Erik Tucker has been ranching in Southeast Colorado since his early 20s, and although he didn’t grow up on a ranch, he has long felt that the old way of ranching just wasn’t working. He likes to observe the sunshine, rain, and natural processes of the world that culminate in pastures and healthy cattle. He knows livestock didn’t always need so much handling, especially when bison freely roamed the area. He often thinks about those times and wonders if they can be recreated in their efficiency.
By Hernán Colmenero, Sustainable Food Consultant
By Hernán Colmenero, Sustainable Food Consultant