Dad and I started using some of the management ideas that are part of holistic management (unknown to us) about 12 years ago and have played around from there, to the point of this year, when I say that I am now part of the holistic management 'types'.
I have a slug of photos to take later this fall to show all of the things I have been working on this summer, all focused around holistic management ideas.
The short idea behind holistic management is: improve your land, improve your profit, improve your life - with livestock being the driving force behind those improvements. It sounds hippie, but it's not. It's rational thinking in an irrational industry. It blends well with my management philosophy for beef cattle, so it was an easy switch for me.
You have to be prepared to think long-term in order to make it work.
Rotational grazing, stockpiled grazing and bale grazing are all part of holistic management.
One of NR's neighbours is one of the top men on the subject. :cowboy: