Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing in a Nutshell
AMP involves managing livestock using multiple small paddocks to provide periods of short duration/high stock density grazing followed by adequate forage rest and recovery periods.
Cattle are part of the climate solution
A conversation with rangeland ecologist Richard Teague, PhD, analyzing the role that adaptive multi-paddock cattle grazing plays in sequestering carbon.
Healthy Soil: Our Future
Happy National Soil Health Day! We’re celebrating with the release of a short video, featuring New Mexico ranchers sharing the principles & benefits of planned grazing for greater soil health.
10 Tips for Summer Grazing Success
Practice these tips by Dr. Allen Williams of Understanding Ag routinely for a great grazing season. Bonus: you will learn more with each day you spend in the pastures with your livestock.
Managing cattle for soil and watershed health
In contrast to the popular view of cattle as climate destroyers, they can actually help mitigate climate change. Excerpted from Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity by Sandra Postel.
Restoring the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands
Produced by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies this video shows the importance of whole ecosystem thinking to improve landscape productivity and enhance grasslands for wildlife.
Berlier Ranch –Stewardship with Vision
This Western Landowners Alliance film by filmmaker Evangeline Koonce features New Mexico rancher and Soil Health Champion Jim Berlier. Through planned grazing that provides adequate pasture recovery time, strategic stocking rates, drought planning and brush removal, the Berlier Ranch has … Continued
Richard Teague: The Science of Holistic Grazing
Richard Teague is Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Texas A&M University. He shares his deep understanding of the science of holistic management, soil science, and the psychology of changing over to new practices and paradigms … Continued