PROFILES IN SOIL HEALTH
Charlie and Tanya Totton, Chamberlain, SD
“My goal was to produce more and improve natural resources at the same time. You can do either one of these easily, by overgrazing and producing more or under grazing and improving, but with mob grazing I can get more production and improve my natural resources at the same time.” -Charlie Totton
Watch the third Profiles In Soil Health video for 2019 as Charlie Totton describes the ways in which he has adjusted his grazing management to account for land variation while still ensuring profitability on rented land. Charlie attributes much of what he has learned to his attendance and hosting of the SD Grassland Coalition Grazing School, and shares how mob grazing in particular has had great results for his grasslands. Some of the improvements he has seen include increased water infiltration, or the ability for his grasslands to catch the rain in place, as well as an increase in wildlife species such as grouse, pheasants, deer and birds.
