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.
Hope Below Our Feet
Peer-Reviewed Publications on Grazing as a Means of Improving Rangeland Ecology, Building Soil Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming (2008 – 2021)
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.
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.
The Soil Story
The Soil Story is an engaging video that examines important connections between soil, farming, compost, and the carbon cycle on Earth. Created by Kiss the Ground, the video is narrated by Pashon Murray, the founder of the formidable nonprofit, Detroit … Continued
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
Soil stewardship in New Mexico
A small sample of farms and ranches showcasing innovative and time tested approaches to management for soil health being implemented in our state.