What is the cheapest ranch you will ever buy? Part 1

While sunshine and rain water are free ingredients, the landscape we use as our solar panel and water catchment is not free. Why do most ranches have too much bare ground? Because cattle stay too long in the same place and pasture and rangeland are not allowed adequate recovery time to maintain plan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Corn and Soybean Digest 2019-08
1. Verfasser: Gerrish, Jim
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:While sunshine and rain water are free ingredients, the landscape we use as our solar panel and water catchment is not free. Why do most ranches have too much bare ground? Because cattle stay too long in the same place and pasture and rangeland are not allowed adequate recovery time to maintain plant vigor. The amount of time stock are allowed to be on a particular piece of ground The time allowed for recovery That local common-knowledge guide for how many acres it takes to run a cow is fundamentally flawed because it is based on management that completely ignores the role of time management on the nature of our soil health and plant community.
ISSN:1544-1644