Pasture crop fall 2021

We are in year two of the CCTA-Farms Advancing Regenerative Management Systems project. For our experience in year 1, refer to these two posts: Pasture Crop Fall 2020 Pasture Crop – Year One Experience Rain makes you look smart The cover crops (pasture crop)…

Livestock on the land film

“When the cows leave the farm, the people eventually leave, and the community crumbles, lets bring them back.” livestock on the land What a powerful quote from the film “Livestock On The Land”. A film by our friends at the Practical Farmers of Iowa….

Pasture crop – Year One Experience

We completed year one of the CCTA-Farms Advancing Regenerative Management Systems project. The main practice we tried out was seeding annual covers into perennial grass pasture. Refer back to our September and October blog posts for more information and early results. Bale grazed area…

Pasture Crop fall 2020

As described in our previous post, we are trying our first Pasture Crop as part of the CCTA-Farms Advancing Regenerative Management Systems project. Pasture cropping is simply planting an annual crop into existing pasture. The pasture is made up of primarily warm season perennial…

Soil health project

We are excited to be working with the Colorado Conservation Tillage Association in the FARMS (Farmers advancing regenerative management systems) project. Previously on this blog, we have discussed the importance of soil health and how it relates to all of us. Healthy Soils =…