Category

Cow

With over 13 million head, Texas has the largest cattle population among the 50 states. However, a history of continuous grazing has caused the state’s grasslands to lose diversity and ground cover, and gain in mesquite, huisache, juniper and other brush species.

Interviews

Narrator: Malcolm BeckTitle: Continuous GrazingDuration: 00:01:46Date: April 18, 2002Malcolm Beck wrote extensively about sustainable agriculture, while at the same time running Garden-Ville, a San Antonio firm selling mulch, digested sludge, compost and other additives to improve soils. Here he explains how Texas prairies lost their native diversity and ground cover due to continuous grazing and haying.Narrator: Richard SechristTitle: Rotational GrazingDuration: 00:02:18Date: April 19, 2002Richard Sechrist operated an organic beef cattle operation in Fredericksburg, the first certified in Texas, where he implemented an intensive rotational grazing system to improve plant diversity, groundcover, and water infiltration.