Understanding Ag’s Fernando Falomir will be presenting on the application of adaptive grazing principles on native rangelands as well as grazing and forage production under irrigation.
By implementing the principles of soil health along with adaptive grazing, many producers have been able to reduce their cost of operation, utilize less water and improve profitability. By focusing on soil health you will be able to restore ecosystem function, grow better quality forages which in turn provide the required nutrients to sustain healthy animal production.
This webinar is filled with practical experience and opportunities for participants to interact. Fernando is also offering a free 30 minute consultation to participants wishing to schedule a private call!
Webinar agenda:
- Principles of soil health (15 min)
- Implementation of adaptive grazing management on native rangeland (40 min)
- Break (5 min)
- Intensive grazing management on irrigated pasture (30 min)
- Discussion Q/A (30 min)
Fernando Falomir is a fifth-generation cattle rancher from Chihuahua, Mexico. He studied biogeochemistry at the University of Colorado and began getting involved with holistic management in 2004 when his father took over the family ranch.
After several generations of poor land management, his family’s ranch was essentially a degraded, unproductive piece of land due to years of abuse and overgrazing. All the topsoil had been completely eroded, the water cycle was broken and desertification had completely set in. Ranch productivity had sunk to a historic low of 230 acres to sustain a single Animal Unit.
In 2017, after many years of hard work following regenerative principles, and the utilization of animals as the primary tool for land restoration, the family ranch reached a productivity of 40 acres per animal unit. This was despite several multi-year long droughts and the hardships associated with a low precipitation environment.
‘Growing Soil’ Through Adaptive Grazing
Fernando Falomir describes the use of cattle as the primary tool for land restoration
Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing in a Nutshell
Multiple small paddocks facilitate short duration/high stock density grazing followed by adequate rest and recovery periods
New Mexico Grazing Exchange
This interactive website facilitates matchmaking between landowners and livestock farmers or contract graziers
The Art of Grazing
The importance of high intensity planned grazing and rest to restore soil health in New Mexico’s brittle environment