American ranchers can learn a lot from the world’s calmest cattle, though maybe not much about cattle handling.
We explore the common paradigm adopted by eco-grazers for managing grass. We argue this approach has significant problems.
Nate Chisholm
Practical Serengeti Part III; Early Summer
We explore the common paradigm adopted by eco-grazers for managing grass. We argue this approach has significant problems.
Practical Serengeti, Part II Spring
We explore the common paradigm adopted by eco-grazers for managing grass. We argue this approach has significant problems.
Practical Serengeti, Part I Winter
Home About Blog Contact Home About Blog Contact February 8, 2023 Practical Serengeti, Part I Winter For a little while now, I have been thinking that our ideas about grass management, (both in the regular ranching world and in the…
Big Announcement
We had a fantastic season this year. After six years of management, including some real hardships and struggles, we came through to the other side. About mid-way through the season in 2021, about a year and a half ago, something…
Nature’s Stock Density. Hint: Its going to be different in late spring vs. early summer.
Mimicking nature is more difficult than it seems. Or maybe its more simple. One of the two. Often when grazers think they are mimicking nature they are actually mimicking their neighbors. Other times they are mimicking what they read in…
A Thinking Person’s Guide to Total Grazing / Mob Grazing Part II
Last week I looked at a recent study conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. That study brought up some uncomfortable realities about Total Grazing / Mob Grazing, as far as its proponents are concerned. I went on to discuss how…
A Thinking Person’s Guide to Total Grazing / Mob Grazing Part I
I have had an amazing season, some of which is due to mob grazing / total grazing. When I was in high school in the late nineties and saw pictures of Johann Zietzmann’s operation, I was convinced that all livestock…
A Thinking Person’s Guide to Set-Stocking Part III
10 Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Last week I discussed, extensively, of some very mundane cattle movements. One of the reasons that I opted for the play-by-play approach to presenting that information is that I want to make it clear that…
A Thinking Person’s Guide to Set-Stocking Part II
10 Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Last week I set the stage for a little set stocking experiment I did on ten acres of ground that I have always treated as ‘extra.’ It’s around the house, and I just want it…