By Heather Smith Thomas
Most stockmen using intensive grazing systems are in relatively humid climates or us irrigated pastures, but a few are trying these methods on arid rangelands. It has to be done a bit differently because of the harsher, more brittle environment but many of the principles are still the same.
Gary Wofford, a rancher new Pueblo, Colorado, has been using Holistic Management and a dry-land version of mob grazing and says it has changed his situation dramatically. He feels that the greatest potential for improving soils and grass production is in the West, where some areas have suffered damage from overgrazing. These areas have a huge potential for increasing productivity by changing the grazing management to allow longer recovery time for the plants.
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