Bob KinfordOwner, 2lazy4U Livestock & Literary Co · Owner at 2lazy4U Livestock & Literary Co

Combining the Yeoman Plow and Planned Grazing

11 Aug 2013 · 2 min

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In this field narration, the speaker compares two adjacent parcels along a fence line after a recent rainstorm. On the neighbor’s side, most of the water runs off, leaving only a few damp spots. On the Circle Ranch side, recent land‑management actions—removing creosote, mowing it down, and then using a Yeomans plow—have created a soil surface that absorbs the rain, leaving the ground visibly wet. The speaker explains that this increased infiltration will promote more weeds and forbs. He points to areas where vegetation has already begun to appear and describes a site that, four years ago, was pure creosote. After the Yeomans plow and a single season of intensive (planned) grazing, the area now shows a diverse plant community despite a drought. The overall message is that the combination of the Yeomans plow and intensive grazing can transform creosote‑dominated desert rangeland into more productive, moisture‑retentive vegetation.

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This area had a pretty good rain last night, ran a lot of water. And this is down the fence line between the neighbors and the Circle Ranch. If you look over here on the neighbors, the water ran off. There's a few spots where you can see where it looks damp, but by and large, the water simply ran off. On the other side of the fence, the Circle Ranch has recently taken and, and cut out, mowed all the creosote, and then they went ahead and used the Yeoman's plow, and you can see that the ground is actually wet. All the water went into the ground, and that's going to result in More weeds and forbs going up. As you can see, in some of these places like right there, they've already gotten a good start. Here's another area that 4 years ago was basically nothing but creosote. Circle Ranch used the, the Yeomans plow and then followed that up With one season of intensive grazing. And during the drought, this has gone from straight creosote to what you see now. Combination of the Yeomans plow and intensive grazing.