I’ve known Nancy Ranney of the 18,000-acre Ranney Ranch near Corona, New Mexico for over 10 years and followed the work she has been doing on the Ranney Ranch for even longer. The Ranney Ranch sits at 6,200 feet in the rugged mesa and canyon country of the Gallo Canyon and was home to ancestral ... Read More
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App Review: PictureThis
I had heard about the app, PictureThis, about a year ago as a tool for plant identification. In June I finally downloaded and tried it out. A friend had shown me the app on her phone and I was ready to pay the $19.99/year annual fee given how it performed out in the field. This app works on both ... Read More
Book Review: Redefining Rich
If you are looking for a feel-good book, I highly recommend Redefining Rich: Achieving True Wealth with Small Business, Side Hustles, & Smart Living by Shannon Hayes of Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate New York. Shannon is also the author of The Grassfed Gourmet and Radical Homemakers and is ... Read More
NM Ranch Seeks Livestock Foreman
Union Land and Grazing Company’sFort Union RanchP.O. Box 116Watrous, NM 87753Position DescriptionEffective April 10, 2021 (posted at the request of Western Landowners Alliance) Job Title: Livestock ForemanLocation: The Fort Union Ranch, Watrous, NMReports to: President, Ranch Advisory ... Read More
HMI Staff Changes
It is with great sadness that HMI announces that Kathy Frisch (Harris) has left HMI. Kathy has served on our staff since 2015, most recently as HMI’s Program Director. She has been a long-time Holistic Management practitioner and became an HMI Professional Certified Educator in 2015 after serving as ... Read More
NM Case Study: Improving Land Health & Animal Performance
Between 1991 and 2001 Joan Bybee purchased land near Punta de Agua, New Mexico, leading to the establishment of the 887-acre Mesteño Draw Ranch. In 2012 she purchased additional grazing land in the Estancia Valley to bring her total to 1,370 acres on which she now has 12 pastures and runs 14 cows ... Read More
Their Son Doesn’t Want the Ranch So This Couple Came Up with an Alternative Succession Plan
The 3R Ranch of Beulah, CO is approximately 10,360 acres with about half in grazable forest, 4,530 acres in rangeland, and 720 acres of irrigated pasture and hayland nestled in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies at an elevation ranging from 7,800 to 5,700 feet. The ... Read More
2021 NM Leopold Award Finalists
Two Holistic Management ranches, Ute Creek Cattle Company and JX Ranch, have been selected as finalists for the 2021 New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award®. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who ... Read More
