Regenerative Grazing - Part 1

Following-on from the Soil Health & RegenAg for Farmers, this course will give you the skills and knowledge to:

• Implement the soil- and pasture health principles on your farm
• Design a basic farm layout that facilitates your management goals
• Create a grazing plan to maximise potential of forage resources, and minimise work

Objectives

• Save time and facilitate adaptive pasture management
• Fast-track regeneration on your grazing operation
• Design farm layouts & permanent infrastructure, trees, fences, water etc.
• Understand criteria for selecting appropriate breeds
• Minimise capital expenditure by selecting flexible infrastructure

Discounts Codes

Available for: PFLA & selected farm clusters (check with your coordinator)

Topics

• Principles of grazing management
• Grazing management systems: mob grazing & planned grazing
• Time-saving strategies for management of land & livestock
• Animal performance & breed selection
  
• Monitoring, data gathering & Soilmentor
• Trials & feedback – exclusion cages, split-field treatments etc

Grazing Planning

• Grazing charts and plans
• Calculating live weight & group numbers
• Herd management schedule
• Forage budgeting

Whole Farm Planning

• Hedge management for function & biodiversity
• Water – infrastructure & layout
• Fencing – temporary/permanent
• Access – tracks, gates etc
• Manure management – composting, introduction

Course Essentials

• Farm maps (Field Margin, Google Earth or hard copy)
• Up-to-date list of field name and sizes
• Livestock numbers, age-class or liveweights
• Grazing diary (optional)
• List of key dates: prescriptions, testing etc (as comprehensive as poss)
• Laptop/tablet – running Excel etc
• Webcam/smartphone

Tools & Technology

Field Margin app 

Niels Corfield Bio

Niels Corfield has been working to deliver truly sustainable food and farming systems for more than 15 years. He is a researcher, adviser, educator, designer and tree nurseryman.

He has 12 years’ experience teaching adults and is formally trained in Holistic Management and Regenerative Agriculture Design.

On a mission to create regenerative landscapes and farms in the UK and Europe, Niels focuses on agroecological systems that are low maintenance yet productive.

His clients include:

• Southanan Estate,
• Fir Farm,
• Fosse Tillery Farm,
• Devon Wildlife Trust,
• Anglian Water,
• High Weald AONB,
• Cahment Sensitive Farming,
• Soil Association Scotland.