Comeback Farms: Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Livestock Grazing Management

by Greg Judy

If you have six cows or 6000, you can utilize High Density Grazing to create fertile soils, lush pastures, and healthy livestock. Greg Judy, the master of custom grazing, shows how to earn profits with little risk while using other people's livestock on leased land. With grain and fuel prices rising, Judy details how to work with nature without costly inputs, and let the animals be your labor force. Comeback Farms takes up where Judy's previous book, No Risk Ranching ended. Here, he shows how to add sheep, goats and pigs to existing cattle operations. He details fencing and water systems that build on existing infrastructure set up for Management-intensive Grazing. Sharing his first-hand experience (the mistakes as well as successes), Judy takes graziers to the next level. He shows how High Density Grazing (HDG) on his own farm and those he leases can revitalize hayed out, scruffy, weedy pastures, and turn them into highly productive grazing landscapes that grow both green grass and greenbacks. Comeback Farms contains the
* Multi-species grazing
* Developing parasite-resistant hair sheep flocks
* Developing grass-genetic cattle
* Selecting, training, and caring for livestock guardian dogs
* Calving with High Stock Density Grazing
* High Density Grazing fencing techniques
* Judy's proven favorite fencing equipment
* Diagrams for HDG fencing and paddock moves
* Benefits of High Density Grazing
* And more By following Judy's examples, you'll keep your fields green and your livestock grazing year-round. In the process you'll be pocketing your profits.

Genres: Agriculture, Nonfiction

278 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Brad Belschner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book. Full of practical tips. However, I would have titled it differently: Risk Free Ranching, Part 2. Because that's exactly what this book is, a continuation of his earlier work. You'll find no redundancies in this book; it's all new material and new lessons. Details his experiences with multi-species grazing (sheep, goats, pigs), Holistic Management methods (hurrah!), building a grass-genetics herd, direct-marketing meat, etc. Highly recommended for anyone interested in grazing or ranching.

[Jacob · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a fine book on holistic farming techniques. The style is very informal, if you like hearing farmers tell stories you will enjoy this book. I learned more from Greg Judy's YouTube channel than the book but that is just personal preference.