How to create and maintain healthy soils has been a topic of conversation and data collection for at least the past 40 years.
In that time, a growing movement of farmers and ranchers have been shifting their practices to make use of the impact that livestock can have on the soil beneath their hooves.
One such rancher is Kelly Sidoryk. A rancher, consultant and Holistic Management educator, Sidoryk has spent over 30 years working to transition her family ranch to a rotational or adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing method. And the animals, people and soils have benefited from the changes made.
In this soil school, Sidoryk and RealAgriculture’s Amber Bell talk about the history of her ranch, the five soil health principles and how those principles have directly impacted the economics, human component, and environment on this ranch located near Lloydminster, Sask.
There have been improvements in diversity, the flexibility to handle water source challenges, and an ability to link the land, livestock and people on the farm.
To this day, Sidoryk is constantly learning and adapting. Just when she thinks she has it figured out something new comes along to learn, she says.
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