Building Productivity with Grazing Management with Steve Kenyon

In this episode, you will meet Steve Kenyon.

Steve owns a custom grazing business in Alberta, Canada under the name of Greener Pastures Ranching Ltd.  He currently runs just over 1400 head of livestock on 3500 acres of leased land with regenerative grazing management. By using extended grazing techniques he is able to pasture cattle year round. This is done by using a combination of intensive cell grazing, dormant season grazing, swath grazing, crop residue grazing and bale grazing.  Steve has become well respected in the agriculture community for his business management and innovative ideas.  

Steve has been teaching sustainable grazing management for more than 15 years and has been a keynote speaker at many conferences and seminars throughout Canada and the U.S.  He is a writer for the Stockman Grass Farmer magazine and also for the Canadian Cattleman Magazine. Steve has developed and instructs the “Year Round Grazing Systems” Agricultural Business Management Course. This three-day course includes a human resource component, economics, finances, grazing principles, cell design and pasture rejuvenation. This course will take you right into design and planning of a year round grazing system. He has also teamed up with the Stockman Grass Farmer and Joel Salatin and co-instructs the "Take this Farm and Love It!" business management school.  

During today’s show, we will discuss some of the topics Steve spoke about during the ‘Start Your Grazing Plan’ workshop on May 3, 2022 kicking off the MBFI Grazing Workshop Series. Topics covered in the workshop included the ability to sequester carbon in the agriculture industry, integration of livestock on agricultural land and drought planning and preparation. A recording of the presentation is available at www.mbfi.ca/video-gallery.  

Steve also shares information on the upcoming Advanced Grazing Systems Mentorship Program curriculum that he has prepared in collaboration with Canadian Forage and Grassland Association for the Farmers for Climate Solutions Farm Resilience Mentorship Program (FaRM). 

For more information on the overall FaRM program visit, https://farmersforclimatesolutions.ca/mentorship

For more information for the Advanced Grazing Systems mentorship program

https://www.canadianfga.ca/projects/advanced-grazing-systems/ 

Steve’s Contact Info: 

Website: www.greenerpasturesranching.com    

Email: skenyon@greenerpasturesranching.com 

Facebook: @SteveKenyon 

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Upcoming Grazing Workshop Series Dates:

• June 1st - Fence and water solutions workshop
• July 6th - Health Check your pastures and soils
• August 3rd - Diversify your grazing 
• Register at www.mbfi.ca/registration 

Thank you to Manitoba Agriculture for your partnership on the “Start your Grazing Plan Workshop,” help May 3rd, 2022.  To find out more information about Manitoba Agriculture, please visit https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/  or @MBGovAg

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada and Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA).