Does it feel like you don’t have enough time, money, or energy to make your farm or ranch a fulfilling business? We’ll provide you with the integrated management tools that help you work with nature to develop a profitable business, reduce your stress, and increase land health and productivity.
Interactive Online Classes
Learn from anywhere in a live classroom with like-minded peers while receiving personal feedback from our instructors. Live classes are also recorded for later viewing. These courses are great options for those who enjoy learning in groups. Scholarships are available.
Transfer Planning Workshop: Lessons in Leaving a Land Legacy
Sept 22 – Oct 13, 2021
Holistic Management provides a straightforward and effective framework for creating a step-by-step farm/ranch transition plan. A carefully thought-out succession plan is essential in shaping expectations to enable a smooth and equitable transition. In this virtual workshop series, we will explore how farm and ranch families have used Holistic Management to develop the trust, vision, and authentic communication required to successfully create transfer plans for their farms and ranches. Participants will work through a number of exercises and worksheets designed to create a strong foundation for effective communication and conflict resolution in creating successful transfer plans in this four-week course.
Holistic Management® Foundation
Oct 4 – Nov 8, 2021
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
Low Risk, Low Cost Online Grazing Course
Oct 25, 2021
Because changing grazing management from traditional to more regenerative practices is perceived as risky and expensive, this course puts forward techniques and plans to lower the cost and risk of starting out with Holistic Planned Grazing.
1-on-1 Learning
A full 1-on-1 technical assistance program in Holistic Management with a Certified Educator. We help you address your most pressing business management issues as outlined in the module you select. Courses can be purchased individually or as a discounted package. Scholarships are available.
Holistic Management® Foundation
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
Financial Planning*
Learn how to work on your business, not just in your business. This step-by-step financial planning approach will help you understand the big picture view, plan for profit, control costs, and make critical production decisions based on a clear analysis of your different enterprises. You will develop a financial plan for improved financial decisions on both annual budgets and long-term investments.
Grazing Planning*
Learn the key grazing planning principles and practices for improving land and soil health and animal productivity. Understand the relationships between forage and livestock, how to better monitor livestock health, and how to address critical grazing considerations. Learn how to determine available forage, monitor livestock health, and create a step-by-step grazing plan that allows sufficient range recovery and promotes long-term productivity.
Cropping Planning
Learn how to effectively manage your cropland to increase soil fertility and resilience as well as increase profitability. Learn the latest regenerative cropping practices and a step-by-step planning process to improve crop health and production in the context of regenerative and conservation agriculture.
Marketing / Business Planning
Learn key business model and planning concepts while exploring pricing, marketing channels, opportunities, and challenges. Create your own business plan while determining viable markets for your farm or ranch.
Biological Monitoring
Develop skills to “read the land” so you can evaluate ecosystem health on a daily basis and better understand the impact of your land and livestock management practices. Learn simple monitoring techniques to annually measure changes over time and determine which monitoring techniques will give you the information to increase productivity and build long-term biodiversity and resilience.
Land Planning
Develop a land plan that optimizes your farm or ranch infrastructure to fit your environment and supports your long-term production plans. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of your current infrastructure, and prioritize implementation of infrastructure changes for financial payback.
*FSA approved in several USA states.
Workshops
Our workshops are pack-filled days with boots-on-the-ground learning at Holistically Managed farms and ranches. Come learn together with like-minded peers, ask questions, and make connections.
COVID-19 Policy:
Of note, the format and/or requirements for event attendance may change in light of shifting CDC and state public health guidelines. HMI will make every effort to communicate these changes in a timely fashion.
Lazy M Ranch Field Day: Holistic Grazing Planning for Healthy Soils and Productive Lands – September 24, 2021, Angel Fire, NM
This field tour will be geared towards Holistic Grazing planning, goals, and practices connecting healthy range to healthy livestock. We will have HMI educators share more about goal setting, financial planning, and small acreage grazing as well and learn more about the Ranching to Schools Program in Taos, connecting the school lunch system to grass fed beef producers in the area.
Advanced Grazing Workshop – October 7-8, 2021, Decatur, TX
This two-day event is a hands-on workshop where you will participate in the implementation and monitoring of a safe-to-fail grazing trial at the Leo Ranch in Texas led by HMI Executive Director and HMI Professional Certified Educator, Wayne Knight. Topics include:
- Establishing the priorities – a case for low-cost, low-risk ranching
- The importance of ecosystem health and key monitoring to ensure results
- Identifying risks and how to manage, monitor, and correct deviations from the plan
- Steps to accelerate your learning with certainty and confidence
- Determining optimal plant recovery times for your land
- Identifying, managing, and monitoring key indicators – animal production, ecosystem function, and quality of life
- Financial considerations and decisions for healthy profits
- Considering risk, stress, and quality of life in production decisions
- Takeaway actions for you to implement on your ranch
The Regen Ranch Field Day: Healthy Soil, Healthy Livestock, Healthy People – October 15, 2021, Oakwood, TX
This workshop will focus on the crucial connection between soil health and human health. Visit woman-owned and operated The Regen Ranch and see how Christine Martin uses Holistic Management practices to manage her land for increased soil health and productivity. Learn how healthy soil leads to healthy livestock, more nutrient-dense foods, and healthy people! Hear Dr. Fred Provenza and Stephan van Vliet speak on the nutritional value of grass-fed meat vs. grain-fed. Wayne Knight will speak about holistic grazing management and monitoring practices that build healthy soil and create long-term benefits for the land and the people managing it. Betsy Ross and Brandon Bing will discuss pasture soil health. Doctor and rancher, Dr. Arland Hill will present on ranching for high nutrient density.
Ogallala Field Day: Coming Together at the Water Table – October 27, 2021, Hereford, TX
Making every drop of rain count! In uncertain times like these, farming and ranching can be stressful. Solutions seem hard to come by. It can be reassuring to know that some folks within the Ogallala Aquifer Region are finding ways to improve their situation. Come hear their High Plains successes and explore how you might want to try out some of the practical techniques with little risk.
REGENERATE 2021 registration is OPEN. Early Pricing expires Sept 15, space is limited!
Certified Educator Training Program
Join our community of professional HMI Certified Educators and be a force for regenerative agriculture in the world! Graduates of our 1-on-1 learning courses have the opportunity to apply for our Certified Educator Training Program.
Not Sure Where to Start?
We will work with you on the best path forward for your farm or ranch operation. Complete our Holistic Help form for a free 30-minute phone consultation. No pressure, no strings attached!
Training with Results
- Participants who are motivated to change management practices after training: 89%
- A majority of trainees increased net profit an average of 39%
- Participants who had increased forage: 59%
- Participants who had improved herd health: 71%
- Increased water infiltration by as much as 800%
- Increased organic matter from 1% to 6%
- Participants who extended their grazing season: 59%
