Herder, low stress livestock handler, and cowboy poet Bob Kinford joins us to talk about herding as a strategy for improved grazing planning and management. Topics of discussion include the ecological, economic, wildlife, and animal performance advantages of herding grazing livestock. Also discussed is the use of social media and agricultural entertainers to raise interest and awareness in agriculture.
Visit Bob Kinford’s blog at cowherdmanagement.blogspot.com
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One response to “Episode #118: Cowherd Management”
Somehow I ended up reading Sam Bingham’s “The Last Ranch”… did I get connected to that through this podcast somehow? A good book with a Holistic Management perspective about a complex Colorado ranching community. Near the end of the book, Bud Williams is mentioned, a man who corrals cattle and other herd animals by walking and moving around them, often at a distance — a very subtle way of getting them to move. As far as I can tell, Williams popularized this “low stress livestock” method, though many others may have figured it out before him, and have picked up on it since.
Perhaps some leads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpGjbbHE6YI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mL3qj5cAQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsypquo5BM