Three weeks ago we started mob grazing our herd of 35 Dexter beef cattle on our small farm. While it’s too early to understand the full effects of mob grazing, we’ve seen some immediate changes in our pastures and herd behavior. Is mob grazing worth the extra effort and what are its implications for a small farm like ours? Join me as I discuss the pros & cons of mob grazing!
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Not sure if i agree with trampling the grass
Damn bro i would eat that grass
I like the balance analogy
Pete …many thanks for your honesty
Love these vids – find I'm bing watching. Has there been an update on this one? Would be great to get your view now after a few years. Thanks anyway for taking the time to explain this sort of thing.
Where are you Pete?
Man. Most people talk for hours and never say anything worth listening too. You talked so fast, that I had to listen twice to get it all. Great video. Just slow down a little bit. Us country folk are slow. Lol
Do you move water every day you move them?
Good try
Missed this video when you put it out. Seems YouTube knows what your thinking about as I am considering this style of grazing mainly due to going full time with the cows. That is probably one of the biggest cons on this style of grazing, the time factor that is required. Thanks Pete as always a good video with plenty of grist for the mind millðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡º
Does your bull get ornery when separated from the cow herd if you do that to control calving season? If so, how do you move your fence and remain safe doing so?
A local farmer was recently killed by his “safe†bull when rotating his cattle. I’m looking for suggestions as to how we can rotationally graze our two bulls (move the temporary polybraid daily) from March 1 to July 1 (when separated from the cow herd) and not get in harms way? Thank you.
This man purposely stepped in cow poop with both feet
Do you still believe mob grazing it the way to go?
Maybe you should give them a smaller patch so you dont have such a big problem with trampled uneaten grass
Hell yes. Amazing.
Thank you for explaing everything in detail, it really helped me for my project
I think your saying change is hard, but being flexible is probably what is needed, to meet changing conditions. I wonder if running over those mob grazed fields with a brush hog to condition all the long grass heads would let the legumes do better when the rains start. I'm saying to mow it at about 5 to 6 inches height.
Wouldn’t this also depend on the volume of animals using the land?
With mob grazing, will you see a point on diminishing returns, where the added productivity tapers off, and it becomes a better idea to strip graze again? Maybe have a rotation of mob/strip/hay production for the fields on a 2/2/3 rotation?
How do you keep them on water?