COWS = GRASS

This month we reach the 10 year milestone of grazing cattle here at DS Family Farm. Since July 2011 we have embraced “Fresh Grass and Move” management with the cattle herd. Prior to the cattle arriving, we spent about 15 years managing the pastures…

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…

Precision bale grazing

Actually the herd is less than precise when they munch on a bale of hay this time of year. In this post we cover HOW we decide where we want bales placed in our stockpiled pastures. If the cows aren’t picky where they find…

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 =…