Pasture Restoration Project
When we acquired the north section of our property in 2015, it had been overgrazed for decades, with compacted soil and minimal plant diversity. Through a combination of keyline plowing, intensive rotational grazing, and strategic seeding of diverse pasture species, we've transformed this degraded land into a thriving ecosystem. Soil organic matter has increased from 1.2% to 4.7%, water infiltration has improved by 300%, and we now support three times the animal density with better animal health outcomes. The restored pasture now sequesters an estimated 4 tons of carbon per acre annually while providing habitat for 27 bird species previously absent from the area.