14. Key Ingredients
to a good
grazing plan:
Adequate rest in between
grazings
Clipping pastures when
needed
Providing water in every
paddock
Move the animals often
(every 12-48 hours)
Appropriate size of paddocks
15. Infrastructure
Improvements
• Water to every pasture
(gravity feed), piping
• Perimeter Fencing and
other improvements
through NRCS
• Returning tree plantation
back to pasture
• Diverting water away from
a pasture & barn and
capturing it for use
16. Brontosaurus
Hired in 2010 to
chip up the debris
(tree tops, stumps,
shrubs on 4 acres
or what was white
and red pine
18. Grazing was
making a
difference,
But we wanted to
ramp it up:
• Become more self
sufficient
• Provide a more
nutrient dense
food for our
livestock
• Increase the
biological activity
in our soil
19. What I wanted
to Address
• Increase Disease &
Pest Resistance
• Increase Plant
Species Diversity
• Increase Forage
Yields
• Reduce Livestock
Health Issues
• Have longer
growing season
(productive life of
plants)
22. Important Conversions
Important Conversion Values:
PPM – Parts per million
PPA = Pounds per Acre
PPA = 2(PPM)
There are 2 million lbs of soil in the top 6 inches of soil
500 lbs per acre = 11.5 lbs per 1000 sq feet
100 lbs per acre = 2.3 lbs per 1000 sq feet
20 lbs per acre = .46 lbs per 1000 sq feet
5 lbs per acre = 2 ounces per 1000 sq feet
23. Macro Nutrients available
in natural forms:
Magnesium Sulfate (epsom salts) = 20% Mg, 30% S
Gypsum = 23% Ca, 19% S
Sul-Po-Mag = 22%S, 22% K, 11% Mg
Soft Rock Phosphate = 22% P, 20% Ca
Hi Cal Lime = 38-40% Ca
Dolomitic Lime = 30% Ca, 10% Mg
P2O5: 75 PPM x 4.6 = 350 #/a