Innovating to succeed is a trademark of the 130,000-acre C.S. Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico run by the Davis family since 1873. The CS Ranch is comprised of three main sections of land: Headquarters at 29,000, the Clayton Place over near Springer at 40,000 acres, and the Crow Creek which is 60,000 ... Read More
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Australian Holistic Management® Restoration Story
Long-time Holistic Management practitioners Chris and Jacqueline Henngeler, from Kachana Station in the Northern Territory of Australia, recently shared their Holistic Management journey in a blog titled "Natural Capitalism and an Economy Driven by Sunshine". This blog was a presentation that ... Read More
2019 REGENERATE Conference a Success
On November 19-22, 2019, HMI co-hosted the 2019 REGENERATE Conference with the Quivira Coalition and the American Grassfed Association (AGA) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over 500 people attended the conference. This year’s theme was “Health from the Soil Up.” Presenters included Fred Provenza, Nicole ... Read More
Small Scale Colorado Sheep Operation Gets $630/Acre Gross Profit
The following blog is an article from HMI's journal, IN PRACTICE, titled "Restoring Old Pastures with Holistic Grazing Planning at Arriola Sunshine Farm" by Cindy Dvergsten and Mike Rich At Arriola Sunshine Farm (near Dolores, Colorado) we aim to create healthy land, healthy animals and healthy ... Read More
Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet Guide
HMI is pleased to announce that we have been listed in Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet-A Philanthropic Action Guide. This guide was developed to help focus the philanthropic and investment communities on the opportunities to invest in work being done to promote healthy soils and soil carbon ... Read More
New Grazing Strategies Improve NM Cattle and Land Production
JT Land & Cattle, Newkirk, New Mexico “It wasn’t easy finding our ranch, but after a lengthy, determined search, a few false starts, a lucky break, and an impulsive willingness to take a chance, we came upon a good one,” say Jim and Carol Thorpe who have owned JT Land & Cattle near ... Read More
NM Ranch Study Shows Improved Grazing Strategy Increases Forage Production
The following is an excerpt from an article by Rick Danvir, Gregg Simonds, and Eric Sant in the journal IN PRACTICE titled “Using Remote Sensing to Compare Ground Cover—Comparing the Effectiveness of Grazing Strategies.” The authors investigated the effects of grazing management practices, at a ... Read More
A Conservation Ranching Perspective for Birds and Beef
Guest Blog By Nancy Ranney Land health has been my foremost interest from a childhood on a horse to work in environmental planning to assuming the management of our family ranch in New Mexico in 2002. I was initially intrigued by the Audubon Conservation Ranching Program for its dual potential to ... Read More
