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.
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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…
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part… I lost track.
For most people, water flows downhill, but on our ranch I make it flow uphill. Twice a day. Ok, fine, I don’t know how much I have to do with it. But water does flow uphill twice a day. This…
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part V
In order to successfully to mimic nature, we need to look to nature. But not just any old nature, a really natural nature. That is why we are continuing our look at the grazing ecosystem of the Serengeti. That is…
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part IV
It is Newton’s laws that have changed history more than the ideas of any other person. At least, that’s what I ‘m going to say this week. I might say something different next week. No one seems to argue with…
Serengeti grazing lessons Part III
As a rule, so far in our history, when we humans try to do natural, we end up doing a different kind of artificial. For us ranchers that can break down a few different ways. Sometimes when we set out…
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part II
Modern problems are the result of complex ideas. The solutions to modern problems will come largely from simple ideas. I was in middle school when I came across the simple idea, forwarded mostly by Allan Savory, that we can solve…
Serengeti Grazing Lessons Part I
You only know that you are on the path to truth, god, reality, or whatever you want to call it, when your ideas are challenged. In this age of political polarization, whether left or right, there are a hundred people…