Last week I gave you links to the latest free grazing charts along with instructions on how to use the charts. I hope you’re getting started on all of that. This week I’m giving you more helpful information to add to your planning process. They’re techniques author Tom Krawiec has successfully used on a wide variety of grazing operations to increase grass growth and extend the grazing season into the winter. That’s a big deal considering he lives and works in Canada!
We’ll start by learning about the “Sweet Spot” as part of timing your grazing to match grass growth.
Next, we’ll take a look at “The Magic of 13” as a tool to help you figure out the right recovery period for your pastures.
How To Determine Your Recovery Period: The Magic Of Thirteen
Tom is also a big proponent of grazing charts and uses them like Troy Bishopp does to create time for vacations and work/life balance. In this piece, he describes how he gets time off in August.
One of the things I like best about Tom’s philosophy is that your grazing life should be easy. He calls it “Ranching Like a 12-year-old.” In this piece, he shares how having two young girls work with him on the ranch helped him develop his philosophy. I think you’ll like it!
If ranching like a 12-year-old sounds like a better way to approach your grazing life, you’ll love Tom’s book. You can read more about it here and see the Table of Contents, and you can buy it on his website here.
