Source: Noble Research Institute
Regenerative is a description of the type of grazing management and land stewardship applied to a grazing land resource to rebuild and optimize soil health. These management decisions are guided by the six soil health principles, including properly integrating livestock.
That’s why we look at cattle and how they are grazed or raised as tools of regenerative management. It’s not the cow as much as the how. With that said, we can develop a list of desirable attributes and expectations of cows which can perform successfully as reproductive females in a regenerative ranching operation.
Be aware that the type of cow that performs well at a regenerative ranch in one location may perform poorly at another location. It is also likely that different types of cows can perform equally well within the same locale under different regeneratively managed operations. It is all about the cow fitting the context of any given regenerative ranch.
Generally, a “regeneratively managed cow” is moderate or optimal – not excessive – in most traits, which helps increase profit per acre.
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