Channel Title: Noble Research Institute Channel Description: Noble Research Institute is the nation’s largest independent agriculture research organization, supporting ranchers and farmers with research, education and mentorship for regenerating soil health to improve their land, livestock and livelihood. Since 1945, Noble Research Institute has been a leading, trusted resource in agricultural research and education dedicated to land stewardship. Demonstrating our ongoing commitment to regenerating our nation’s grazing lands, Noble actively manages 13,500 acres of working ranch lands to provide real-world insights and applications for farmers and ranchers. To learn more about Noble Research Institute, visit www.noble.org <video> Water Infrastructure on Our Ranch! - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 4 Description: With 7 different research ranches, we need to have creative solutions to get water to our cattle. As we graze with a more regenerative mindset, we have to think about how we can graze to get the best impact, but that also involves how we can water our cattle as well. In this episode we go through what we have, what we need, and what we have planned for the future of our water infrastructure on our ranches. 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Our Current Needs for Water 03:07 Coffey Ranch Water Infrastructure 06:15 Oswalt Ranch Water Infrastructure 09:25 PDF Water Infrastructure 11:43 Tip for Stock Tank Algae 13:09 Red River Ranch Water Infrastructure </video> <video> We Need These Cover Crops to Grow - Regenerating The Ranch Ep 7 - Regenerative Grazing Description: Cover crops are a vital part of our grazing operation, especially in our introduced pastures. Because of the drought we have not had success during our growing seasons to carry our our current numbers. Why are cover crops important anyways? </video> <video> Adapting our Cow Herd - Episode 2 of Regenerating the Ranch! Description: Episode 2 of our Docuseries is launching on August 30th! Please subscribe so you don't miss an episode! We are transitioning our ranches to be more mindful of our soil health and to be more profitable. Follow us along on our journey! #RegeneratingTheRanch #rtr #Shorts </video> <video> Cover Crops - Vital Forage for Regenerative Grazing - RTR Episode 7 - Teaser Description: We need forage for our livestock, and the drought is not helping much! #shorts #regenerativeagriculture #regeneratingtheranch </video> <video> How We Are Adapting Our Cow Herd To Regenerative Ag - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 2 Description: One of the major steps in regenerative agriculture is to adapt your livestock herd to your land. Developing a herd that adapts well to your system is more profitable for you in the end and can make a better, more positive, impact on your land in how you graze them. 📺Subscribe To This Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/NobleResearchInstitute/?sub_confirmation=1 Want to know more about regenerative agriculture? Go to https://www.noble.org/subscribe This is a free weekly newsletter that over 9,000 producers have subscribed to and get valuable tools and information to achieve land stewardship for improved soil health in grazing animal production with lasting producer profitability. </video> <video> Adding 500 Goats to Our Ranch - Regenerating the Ranch Ep 5 Description: We have a huge brush encroachment problem. Utilizing several different methods to correct it, we decided to add goats to our Oswalt Ranch. On our native range ranches, good portions are not grazeable by our cattle, so by adding these goats we are looking to generate another enterprise on the same amount of acres by also slowly increasing the amount of grazeable forage for our cattle. Check out this article - https://www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/livestock/how-to-set-up-your-ranch-to-diversify-species-and-income/ "We want to manage for diversity in pastures. There needs to be more than just grasses. There need to be forbs, trees, etc. Cattle prefer grasses. Sheep prefer forbs, and goats are browsers. See what resources you have on your land and see how they can graze it.” - Joe Pokay 00:00 Introduction 01:12 Benefits of adding goats 02:46 Our problem with brush 03:38 Water for 500 goats 04:37 Guardian dogs 06:14 Fence and paddocks 07:19 Adding a portable charger 08:41 Moving 500 goats 09:55 What we have learned about our goats </video> <video> Raising Grass Fed Sheep on our Ranch - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 3 Description: Links to articles below! --- For 75 years, we have focused our efforts on creating healthy soil, with a large effort towards beef cattle production. We have found that there is huge value in creating a diverse ecosystem as well as operation. So, we decided to add sheep to our grazing operation! They can be extremely profitable with outstanding soil and forage impact without hurting our carrying capacity! https://www.noble.org/legacy/going-where-no-sheep-has-gone-before/ https://www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/producer-perspectives/7-lessons-we-learned-when-we-added-sheep-to-our-regenerative-ranch/ https://www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/livestock/how-to-set-up-your-ranch-to-diversify-species-and-income/ 00:00 Introduction 01:12 Day 1 of Getting the Sheep 02:35 After 90 Days with the Sheep 04:48 Those Darn Cats! 05:50 After 1 Year with Sheep 07:36 Fence Height with Sheep 08:25 Watering the Sheep 09:27 The Success and Failures with our Sheep 11:05 Economic Impact of the Sheep </video> <video> Goats to Help our Brush Problem - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 5 Teaser Description: We have a big brush problem on some of our ranches. We added goats to help us knock that down and add more grazable acres to our pastures. #regenerativeagriculture #goatfarming #rtr #soilhealth #shorts </video> <video> Our Ranch Water Systems - RTR Episode 4 Teaser Description: In our upcoming episode of Regenerating the Ranch we take a look at the water infrastructure across several of our research ranches. Episode 4 Drops Tuesday September 27th! #shorts #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativeranching </video> <video> New kid and calves at the ranch! Description: We have our first kid on the ground as well as some new calves! The flies were a bit crazy around the tree they were trying to shade up under. #shorts </video> <video> Goats at work on the ranch! Description: He have over 500 goats working on the brush at our Oswalt Ranch #shorts #goatfarming #regenerativeagriculture </video> <video> Temporary Fence Post Trick in a Drought. Description: The ground is getting dry and hard and we needed to find a way to get temporary fence posts in the ground easier since we are still moving cows everyday. #shorts #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativeranching </video> <video> We Have Sheep! Description: Check out our upcoming episode on how we have introduced grass fed sheep to our grazing operation! #shorts #regeneratingtheranch #soilhealth #sheepfarming </video> <video> Our Worst Drought in 10 Years - Regenerating the Ranch Episode 6 Description: We are dealing with the worst drought we have experienced in at least a decade. Over the course of almost a year behind our scheduled amount of precipitation, which has impacted our growing seasons drastically. As we focused more on managing with regenerative ranching principles, we noticed big improvements when we would get even the smallest amounts of precipitation. We needed to focus our attention to our stewardship. Stewardship of our livestock and our forage, not only that, but still try to keep improving our land through one of the worst droughts in a decade. Can it be done? Want more info on how to manage through a drought? Check out the articles below. https://www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/drought/prepare-for-drought-with-regenerative-ag-mindset/ https://www.noble.org/regenerative-agriculture/drought/4-pieces-of-drought-advice-from-a-regenerative-rancher-whos-seen-it-all/ 00:00 Introduction 01:09 The Start of the Drought 03:23 Drought Management Step 1 05:42 Pulling the Bulls 08:27 Preg-Checking Time! 11:05 Good Things in the Drought 14:14 Tips and Advice 19:46 November Rain </video> <video> Ranching in a Drought - RTR Eps 6 Teaser Description: We are dealing with the worst drought we have experienced in at least a decade. Stay tuned tomorrow for the release of how we have navigated through it. #shorts #regenerativeagriculture #RegeneratingTheRanch </video>

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Noble Research Institute is the nation’s largest independent agriculture research organization, supporting ranchers and farmers with research, education and mentorship for regenerating soil health to improve their land, livestock and livelihood. Since 1945, Noble Research Institute has been a leading, trusted resource in agricultural research and education dedicated to land stewardship. Demonstrating our ongoing commitment to regenerating our nation’s grazing lands, Noble actively manages 13,500 acres of working ranch lands to provide real-world insights and applications for farmers and ranchers.


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