This has happened to me and its actually not as bad as it looks. Just let it rest. It actually shows the immense power of the grazing herd as a tool and demostrates how a subtle change in management can leave a dramatic impact. Youre still doing a great job. Dont sweat it, there is so much seed on that grass and you have your recovery long enough to where it will be fine.
We just had a similar situation with not so good forage. I'm reclaiming old pasture that was brush hogged clear of willow brush last summer. The first few cells of that land this year they did awesome eating back the new willow growth, but the last cell, not so much. They were mad at me before they went in and pretty much refused to eat it, so we moved them to the best area we have to get the gut working again. I'm very new to this and learning every day also.
Soooo…mad respect for you and your regenerative farmer cohorts…..conventional ag has had generations of land grant university research (us here it’s MSU and they do doo great work actually) and certainly the USDuh interference and the farm lobby bull crap too…but you pioneers soldier on and without a lot of good research but wisdom and intuition from others and your own brave hard work in that regard too….so I like to see vids like this…it shows you care about your operation….you do have a lot of success and this situation-it did rain a lot here 125 miles NW of you-will surely give you a lot of wisdom….good fortune to ya ….ya legend
Awesome video brother,mistakes makes us better ,we all make them ,that’s what I appreciate about yours and Josh’s channels,the good the bad and the ugly ,if you only tell the good it’s doesn’t help others avoid the bad I for one appreciate that
@drumhillerfarms6858 it would be better for the cattle to skip all the rank lignified forage, and go after the newly recovered lush green forage, then use high density with multiple moves per day to trample the carbon to the ground. Converting solar energy into a marketable product is what grazing is, finding the most efficient way to do that will lead to success.
Hey bud. Love your videos. We holistically graze over her in nz. We’ve done just what you’ve done on really wet days. It takes longer to come back but don’t beat yourself up. We now give the cattle more area when heavy rain is coming. Most importantly though apart from this we graze in the end of the blaze of growth stage when the grass is converting the most solar energy into growth. Leave it too long and solar conversion / growth slows. Graze too early and you don’t convert the optimum amount of the suns energy. You have to really monitor grass more closely to achieve this. Looks like where the cattle are going your pastures are left too long. On that paddock you said you overgrazed last time, it looks like you could graze that now before the blaze of growth flattens off. Same deal as you’re doing but looking at grass recovery and basing your rounds on that. Grass recovery and minimising over recovery is really important to convert the maximum amount of the suns energy into grass. How much the cattle eat isn’t so important as you’ve seen on your first muck up
I am with everyone else, it will come back, and may surprise you with how good it is. On another topic, where did you find the Murry Gray genetics? Heard good things about their carcass quality.
Another great video. I don't think it's the quality of the forage that's the problem as much as certain animals need more nutrition. Those South polls are awesome and do really well! Anything else not doing as well on your system should be culled. Eventually you'll have an entire herd that thrives on your system. I can't recall if you use minerals in addition to your forage. I'd try using free-choice minerals if you aren't already.
I learned this the other day with only 5 head of cows. No rain in Forcast but got 4" pop up over night. It was a ugly mess, but we where on bottom side of a hill also. In regards to your stacking up.... I get your none selective, but give them another 10 paces wide from what your normally doing to allow for a little more selective. I would do this with the sheep when I had them to hopefully allow them to get more of what they need. If I pushed em to hard their condition would show an they would graze way more then I wanted. Last thing... do you got more hair on your chin then your head 😂😂 seems that where most of mine grows also lol
Mimicking nature is the philosophy, not any particular brand of grazing. Sure, we all make adjustments and fine tune things, but nature is chaos. Enough unintended consequences will always come up, there is going to be chaos.
shew! Man....that's a mess....get some seed on that ...make lemonade...seed it, run the cows on it for a few hours to "hoof" it in....nail it with seed! You might have an opportunity here
@@drumhillerfarms6858 Seeds were also my first thought, buckwheat, turnip, radish, more grasses or clovers. Lots of options, that pugging is probably the biggest concern but it all is just another data point.
@drumhillerfarms6858 also didn't look bad at all! If anything the regrowth looked better than the next paddock. The pugged up spot may have some interesting plants grow back but it's all good just non selectively graze those plants also. My cows seem to rarely get majority green grass or really grass at all so you'll be surprised what a cow will eat that isn't the normal grasses
The reason your failing is because you have pastures instead of grassland ecosystems. You don't have enough plant diversity, not enough structural diversification and your not deeply rooted enough.
