I have never heard anyone love manure as much as Greg.

"I love that manure pat!" Sniffs loudly "It almost makes my eyes water!"....Mr. Judy, you teach so well!

i'm addicted to these Greg Judy stories. So much hope in all this goodness.

Gotta love this guy who is so in tune with his environment.

Never heard anyone wax so eloquent on the joys of manure. Well said sir.

Shalom and Howdy Mr. Greg. Why I never thought looking and spreading cow patties would be so interesting. I tell you and anybody who wants to know, you are the best teacher ever was in Cattle and pasture. Blessings to you and the family!

@NotoriousPepe

3 жыл бұрын

missmamtube We say hello here.

@nickwojtow6787

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotoriousPepe lol exactly!!! Shalom? GTFO!!

@antoniskoutsouras7684

Жыл бұрын

@@nickwojtow6787 In the fed, whitehouse, wall street, Hollywood, any place of power of influence they say shalom nowadays. Its americas unfortunate reality.

Wonderful message, Greg. Thanks for bring up the point that we spraying poison on our food.

@1mtstewart

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! A small 1/4 acre under hoop frame plastic and another 1/2 acre of food crops outside and you can make your mortgage, taxes and insurance. Then buy a small place and rent all you can around it! Life is good!

A man in love with the land. Bless you.

Laugh. Laugh out loud. When you get excited over poop!! Wonderful. Never!! Never struck that before. Love your channel/ teaching

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Great Cow poop gets me excited!!

It's a good, fun day when I get to look at cow manure pats with Greg Judy! Thank you!

Greg, your enthusiasm is INCREDIBLE!! 👍

We bought 2 acres it was an alfalfa field for decades. They sucked every last bit of life and happiness out of the land and left us with dust. Thank you for this video. There is hope... 😢

I just started watching your videos and have learned a lot. I started unrolling my hay this past week. I’m stoked to see the outcome. I’m tired of looking at bare dirt.

I love your message. I’ve been sharing a lot of your videos on Facebook lately trying to drive traffic for you and help you spread the word. You’re doing great work Greg.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much for helping me spread the word!!

What a true enthusiast and advocate for his trade. Good show Greg

I'm in awe at that amazing looking herd of cattle Greg. Anyone can look at your herd and see how happy, content and well nourished every single one are. God Bless my friend.

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

And thats at the end of a winter spent foraging. If they were going to look dodgy, I am fairly sure now would be the worst they'd be.

@silvergrizzly316

4 жыл бұрын

@@movinon1242 I agree totally, this time of year it's nothing to see cattle fields that are mud holes especially around a round bale feeder and the cattle looking like hogs, covered in so much mud. Greg has definitely got it right!

Thank you Greg Judy for video. We do need more people. Keep up the good work

So inspiring Mr Judy, I have never come across a passion so evident as you portray here - it's like a tonic!

Hi Mr. Judy, I'm a pretty new subscriber and binge watching your videos. Incredibly inspiring! I've placed my first ad today looking to lease land got a reply back on 8 acres. Unfortunately no water source on the property. But I got started! Thank you for all your generosity here!

I just got your 1st book, and loving the videos dude. Between you Joel Saletin I have learned so much. Thank you sir.

It's refreshing to see how much you love your animals

Beautiful herd! They look so happy and healthy! Love it!

Just watched you on Stoney Ridge Farmer and came to your site and subscribed. Great information.

Always love to hear your passion in your teachings

thanks to SRF ive found your channel, great ideas thanks again

A lot of good info. Thanks for sharing

The meaning of life is to be as happy as Greg Judy is about livestock poop.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

Ty, I may need to use that slogan on my t-shirts that we are having made up!!! Awesome man.

@SailOrNothing

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher Hahahaha yes absolutely!

@mouthpiece200

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Or "find a wife who loves you like Greg Judy loves his cow manure".

@rmar127

3 жыл бұрын

@@mouthpiece200 🤣🤣🤣

@rmar127

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to be this happy. 😀

Great video thank you for sharing this important information listening from Brownwood Texas

Thank you Greg!

I just love listening to you talk -- not only just fantastic information that we can definitely learn from going forward, but just the way you talk is just so genuine. Loved hearing you talk about whipping the cockleburrs! Thanks for being awesome and sharing all this with the world.

Shared this vid on a regenerative farming group on FB and it's had quite a few shares....expect more subscribers, Mr. Judy! Have a great day!

Greg that cow pie looks delicious, your eyes might be watering but I gotta tell you, my mouth is starting to water!!

Sure wish there was some one you teaches like you about extreme dryland ranching... when you only get 13 in of rain a year its hard to get grass growth like that.

@ColonelKlink100

3 жыл бұрын

Put the animals that do best in dry places - sheep and cattle, maybe chickens, and go with whatever forage does best in dry places. Might not be grass.

@1mtstewart

3 жыл бұрын

Look up Jim Gerrish. He lived and worked here in MO for many years. Was a contributor at the UM grassland forage researcher at Linneus, MO for many years. Moved to Idaho about 20 years or so ago. He has written books on grazing and others. He is a great resource. He writes for the Stockman Grass Farmer and other publications also. Best regards.

thank you Greg

Really enjoy your videos. Interesting

I may some day get to do that on my neighbors farm. It used to be pasture when my neighbor was growing up 80yrs ago. She allows farmers come in & plant corn or soybeans. Told her I want to rent the land. & 1st thing I would do let it a year. I might mow it 2x to get whatever grows to be dropped than following yr to put steers on it. I'm loving your videos

Mine looks pretty much the same as the drought goes on. Thanks forthe this class on recovering this kind of dirt.

Thank you for the video

It's so enlightening that you are relating regenerative agriculture and healing the soil with human health. If use use regenerative agriculture, we automatically also achieve regenerative health when we eat the produce from it!

That was one perfect cow pat! Just perfect!

Greg you're so wise, thanks sharing the concerns you have. I agree, we're poisoning ourselves and it is having impacts on all aspects of life.

pleaseant to see these videos..sooo relaxing..i'm happy to see people returning to the roots, healthy food is the future for smart persons...

You are right Greg. It is the food

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 very funny 😁 when you talk about the poop 💩😅

There is suppose to be plant growth hormones on the wet part of the cows nose. This also helps stimulate plant growth after grazing

@downbntout

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting!

Hey Greg. Would you possibly be able to do a KZread video going over your daily routine when you had a day job and were just getting started? I couldnt find a video of you covering that. I also ordered your first book and can’t wait to read it! Should be here today.

This is really informative and specific, I am looking to get pasture land and put in the needed effort to make it healthy for my very small dexter herd i will be getting. Pasture first, then cows come later.

We’re thinking of buying a ragged out farm, grazed to death looks like it has alien crop circles on it, in southern MO, these videos are worth they weight in gold. 👍🏻

290 cows on 1600 acres...... only way to do this is leasing land. Folks your not out there to own the land just manage it. But it can be done on a small scale. Im doing it with 4 cows on 2acres. In three years ive gained one inch of top soil and im in the south west corner of Missouri. I believe we need to prepare for a drought with all the rain the last two years. This year i planted perennial native grasses. As i rolled out hay over broom sedge on a new leased 6 acre hay field. Let the cows do all the tilling trampling hay 4 inchs into the mud then ill let it rest for a long time with all the little farm ponds from the pug marks. I just get the cows off before they compact the soil. Bought my hay for 35 a bail this year 1300 lb of fertilizer with good seed heads.

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

Great job! 4 cows on 2 acres sounds like you are pushing the envelope. Greg has 2-5 acres per cow, you have 2 cows per acre!

@IamBethIam

4 жыл бұрын

@@movinon1242 sorry i was miss leading i am purposely over stocked to get the right impact on the soil. Im running 2500 lbs on 2.4 acres. I use an extension cord reel and polly wire to move them every day. And to protect the hay bail as i roll some out for them every day i can put a single strand of polly wire around it.

@IamBethIam

4 жыл бұрын

@@movinon1242 on april 1 i will be back down to two. And i will let that pasture rest for almost the whole growing season.

The Mr Rodgers of Cattle!

Greg: “See that animal in front of me, 585?” She then looks over at him! She knew Greg was talking about her!

Greg you are the American version of the Savory Institute. Thank you

@downbntout

4 жыл бұрын

You mean the Savory based in Boulder Colorado?

Thank you, let's start with healthy food.

Manure connoisseurs enjoy!

Good morning Greg, I’ve watch so many videos you’ve done and so much information giving on them and learned a lot from you. My question here is when you put hay on the ground how long do you wait till you put mob to graze?

I love in a city but this sure is some interesting piles of stuff. I'd be curious to know if you ever tested for any traces of glysophates after your restoration?? That stuff is everywhere... Had to sub, Thanks for sharing..

Thank you

@immanuelaoppermann6205

4 жыл бұрын

New to this channel

@lorettarussell3235

2 жыл бұрын

@@immanuelaoppermann6205 you can learn a lot!

Greg, just curious on your thoughts about South Poll vs Longhorns in the Gulf coast of Texas. I know you like the cattle low to the ground, just curious of an experienced rancher's thoughts.

Sensational

Greg, I think you do a wonderful job raising cattle on grass. I do have a question about the process. Can we agree that when you remove an animal from your pastures, there is a net loss of nutrients on the land as a result? It seems unlikely that the animal returns all of the nutrients it consumes. I'm an old retired, traditional dairy farmer and I needed to fertilize to keep the milk flowing. Maybe you can help me understand what I am missing. Thanks and God Bless the two of you.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

We buy hay from hay contractors. By bringing outside nutrients from off the farm onto the farm, this replenishes the weight of cattle sold off our farm each year. When you can purchase 1200 lb net wrapped bales for 35 dollars, it makes no sense to bale hay on your farm.

@steveminer8341

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you for taking the time to explain that to me. I'm glad that I found your site. Best wishes my friend.

About 8 min in I think I found a friend. Someone who likes talking about poop as much as myself.

Hi Greg - can you do a video talking about whether you worm your cattle or if you have other methods or ideas for cattle and worming ?

@wendyscott8425

4 жыл бұрын

He never worms his animals. He doesn't have to! :)

Greg GREAT video, especially the part about the cow pies. Love that! But listen, we need a way to *integrate* crop growing with mob grazing of the type you practice. We live on annual crops for the most part. We need a method to grow those beans your neighbor does but in a way that can combine no till planting, no chemical input AND with cattle on the ground.

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a62EzNGhabywfc4.html

@sebastianbroich8458

4 жыл бұрын

Its possible. Gabe Brown is doing it. And Colin Seis developed pasture cropping. He drills annual crops and covercrops into a perennial pasture prepared by sheep.

@davidwalters9462

4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianbroich8458 I agree...I think. Gabe is the closest. I've attended workshops at UC Davis (I think it was there) by him, but I don't see the *methodology* he uses. Does he graze for 2 years and then plant? I don't know. He only mentions it in passing in KZread lectures but he doesn't mentioned the relationship between the no-tilling and the grazing. I'd wish he'd go into it more.

@foseninfo8954

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidwalters9462 He grazes covercrops only on his arable fields. You do not want perrenial grasses in crops. I found it very usefull to watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4mhq8aqYKecXaQ.html because small video's lack the overview needed to understand what Gabe is doing.

@chipthomas4169

3 жыл бұрын

The hope is the development of perennial grain crops from the long lived perennial grasses that are cousins to our annual crops. Dr. Wes Jackson at the Land Institute in Kansas is working on this. Once developed, such grasses could be grazed one year, hayed one year, then grain cropped two years. That's where we need to go as an agricultural society.

The real broken system is using round up.

I wish somebody looked at me the way greg judy looks at a steaming heap

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

I like that quote!

Good shit

Man, you have some beautiful cattle. I just purchased some energizers and I’m gearing up to use your technique. We just posted a video on the chargers and gave you a shout out. You are a great mentor/teacher. Question, can you use this technique with weekly rotations vs Daily?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

With weekly rotations you will get more plants overgrazed simply because the animals were there 7 days instead of 12 hours. But weekly rotations are a 1000 times better than giving your animals the whole farm at once. So I would definitely go with weekly rotations over no rotating!

@HeritageFarmsTexas

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher - thank you for the advice. I’m going to try it. Really appreciate the feedback.

well i have a different but similar problem. old railbed surrounded by pine forest. water doesnt run off it just goes straight down. also years of soil sterilant. tackling it this spring.

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck! But realize that reinvigorating that land right may take 2-3 years without much to show for it! But in the long term it will pay for itself :-D

@terrymacleod6882

4 жыл бұрын

@@movinon1242 yes ,thanks . i expect slow progress.

I'm in Georgia .Do you think this method would work for me And do you use a specific type of hay cutting such as first cutting or latter cuttings I'm new at this that's why I have ? .thank you for your channel and all that you do.

I am considering some very brittle land in west texas, only gets 13 inches of rain a year, pretty much mesquite and bare soil with a few clumps of broom sage here or there. I am thinking chickens first, to try and build out 5 or 10 acres of soil, and once I can get that going, maybe bringing in goats or sheep to maintain it, and the chickens will move over to the next 5 to 10 acres, is is over 100 acres in all, but 10-20% will have to be for rain harvesting. any suggestions, or criticisms of that plan?

It irks me too!Tell it Mr. Judy.

We use the same practices as you do but we farm the field but dont use any chemicals on our hay ground for our cattle we haul all the natural fertilizers but eventually we will get it fenced in

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

I assume you're familiar with the Browns in ND? kzread.info/dash/bejne/a62EzNGhabywfc4.html

Good video, great ideas! Caught a new sub here, from Josh, Stoney Ridge Farmer. (You channel is better than his!)

Lots of tree swallow boxes in that field. What is your spacing strategy? Any rules of thumb? Video on that in the future? Thx

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

I will do an updated video on tree swallow houses. The next two weeks are the perfect time to put them out.

Greg, if I wanted to seed to get a head start what seed would you start with?

I am new to your channel and I'm starting a small farm soon, and I want to plant Grass what would you say is the best to use ? I'm in West Virginia the land has not been used for over 30 years all I do is mow I plan on putting some cattle on it Love your Videos I found you through Stoney ridge farmer thanks

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

Our best grass that we depend on is Fescue. You could mix in some orchard grass and timothy to give you more diversity.

@stoneycarter5546

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you so much love your videos thats all iv'e been doing today is watching and learning from you

Greg, question on the going around your burr field to allow the grass to put pressure on the burrs; won't that allow them to grow up and produce seed to create more? Then you get trapped in that cycle. Somehow I'm missing how you got out of it.

@mrs.garcia6978

3 жыл бұрын

The Judys mow I think

Hey Greg, thanks for the videos. Do you buy all your hay?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

Yes we buy our hay from folks that make their living baling hay locally.

Go ahead

We have lot of overgrowth on farm but ye no interest in spraying any poison on it to kill it off id rather do some manual clearing slowly myself than poison the land! like you said look at all the health problems these days and what ppl put onto pasture or crops, bit of common sense goes a long way!

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

Run some goats through, then maybe some hogs. You might even be able to get someone to pay you to put their brush chomping livestock in there!

Do you ever no till cover crops, tillage radishes and other species to break up the soil compaction

What do you think about grazing those big powerline cuts? Is it too risky to not have a perimeter fence? Seems like the utility companies would like for it to be managed and keep the trees from growing.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

If your animals are broke well to hot wire, grazing power lines would be very doable.

@foseninfo8954

4 жыл бұрын

There is some danger in copper poisening in case one uses sensitive breed of sheep.

Greg: I forest mulched to reclaim some overgrown pasture. Was planning on unrolling round bales and putting my little South Poll herd on it. I can have several paddocks. Do you suggest I do as planned or treat it like I dont own it? thanks (have both books)

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

The sooner you get cows on it and unroll some hay in there, the quicker things will turn around

Just saw your 005 calf in Stony’s video. What is the date of this years first calf?

I drove by 2 cattle fields yesterday. One the manure was 8 inches high the other where in a sacrifice paddock around a pond with a spring, mud up to their knees. Not sure what that dude was thinking. Some people already have them out grazing 2 inch grass. I just shake my head.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the farms around here already look like putting greens. If we get dry, their out of grass.

I enjoy your videos, and you have a lot of great insight on grass growing. However, i think it’s an unfair assumption to believe that conventional farming ruins the soil. No row cropper would stay in business long without taking care of their soil in a matter that would produce a healthy crop.

8:17-9:17.....everyone else but regenerative ranchers will honestly think that Greg Judy has lost his mind solely listening ton this one minute. Truly one of the truest monologues based on pure bullshit...or cowshit...:)

Greg there has to be at least 300 bovine on that pasture. Your full time job is cattle/sheep. How do you get your products to market? Do you sell at farmers markets? Ok in short, once you make great pastures, then what?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

We start direct marketing our animals. We sell them as grassfinished beef, stockers 600 to 800 lb steers and breeding stock.

When you bring in outside hay to the sterile field, or any time you bring hay in, are you worried about persistent herbicides?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

Not worried at all. Our hay is not sprayed with herbicide

@salvatorelivreri

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher is there a way to know that hay that I may buy is not sprayed with persistent herbicides?

I'm seeing that your getting some commercials as I watch your videos. I'm guessing that's a good thing because you will get paid for putting out the content. That's great, keep the videos coming 👍

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

I went over a year and finally monetized my channel 3 weeks ago.

Do you move the cows often and let the grass regrow?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

Жыл бұрын

Twice a day 365 days of the year

That's some good shit.

I haven't watched too many of your videos. If you could have afforded to reseed this field ,what grass seed would you reseed it with?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

4 жыл бұрын

Fescue, orchard grass, timothy and a clover

Hey Greg how many cow paddies did you count today over $500.00 dollars today.

Help Greg, please tell me how to fix a dead moon scape. There is a patch of grass here and there but not nearly enough. I accidentally over grazed my heard on it and now it isn't coming back. Do i put straw hay? Or should i put something like wheat hay or field grass? Thank you

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

You need to give your pasture time to recover from your overgrazing. There is no magic bullet, your pasture will recover with a full rest. Dont graze your plants until they have at least 4 leaves on them, then only take the top third of the plant and move them.

@hillbillyfarms3714

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you so much for your quick response

Greg-I think I’ve watched all you videos and love them. I bought 160 acres between Denver and Colorado Springs. I have plenty of water rights and will have a solar well (to holding pond) irrigation and stock watering system in a few weeks. Do you have any density/rotational advice for the high prairie region? I’ve no-till planted some test sections with a wide mix of cold/warm season and drought tolerant grasses (wheat, rye, brome) and alfalfa. I’m going to experiment on this test plot with and without irrigation. I intend to rotate cattle, goats, and chickens. Appreciate any advice. Our grasses out here are dramatically different than what you have in Missouri. Heck, a truck tire path takes years to come back.

4:30 💯🎯👍🏻

Do you drag a harrow across the ground or let piles work into soil naturally?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

Жыл бұрын

We let our earth worms work them into the soil

@mikeschwamlien8166

Жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you!

When we first moved to our farm I let a fella put in 2 one acre plots of Tobacco. He promised that the would be better than before...... wrong! I was thinking KY31 and some clover this next week here in Kentucky. At the end of this video KZread offered another channel, if you put end screens on of your videos people will click and stay on your channel making you more money. Also you can put a card in your videos were people can click for things like your Grazing School, making you more money. Needles to say Greg you inspire many folk.

@movinon1242

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of folks have those turned off, so not everyone will see those links. Few stay till the very end, and then a majority have the option turned off (I know I have had them off for almost a decade). I don't know if it would really be worth the effort.

@kiddfamilyfarmllc9962

4 жыл бұрын

I believe more people stay till the end on Greg’s channel because his content isn’t fill and fluff. I know before he started KZread I would track down his stuff and binge watch. I know it makes it easier for myself as the viewer to follow his content. If you look at the comments here people seem to be starving for this information,

About how many acres was this land when you spread the 100 round bales on it? Thank you in advance.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

20 acres