Principles of livestock management that lead to healthy land, livestock and people. The following principles are an affirmation of what the members of Country Natural Beef strive for in the management of their resources. We believe good management is goal driven. In addition the members describe the actions they are taking to achieve these goals.
Water is our most limiting natural resource.
We manage the land to get the precipitation we receive into the soil that it falls upon and make it available for plant growth for as long as possible. To achieve this we strive for a dense stand of perennial plants with the spaces between plants occupied by decaying litter. When water enters streams we want the streams to flow year-round and have a minimum of sediment in them. We want the streams to be lined with shrubby vegetation. Grazing by our livestock during the times of year when grass plants are growing is done in a manner that minimized the re-biting of plants after they have been grazed and maximizes the time of rest between grazing.