2010 Ian Intensives – The Texas Tour
May 3-5 Mob Grazing/Financial Planning – Carrizo Springs
May 8 – South Poll Grass Cattle Field Day – Montgomery
May 12- Consulting Ranch Tour – Brookshire
May 12-14 – Graduate Seminar in HM Grazing Planning - Brookshire
Once again Holistic Management Texas is bringing Mob Grazing expert, Ian Mitchell-Innes from South Africa, to Texas for a series of trainings.
May 3-5, Ian will teach a three-day workshop in high density – short duration (Mob) grazing and the connection between financial planning and grazing planning from his unique point of view. This “Mob Grazing” workshop begins in Carrizo Springs, where class room instruction will take place in town and on-the-ground instruction will take place on the San Pedro Ranch during the afternoon of the second and third days. This is the perfect time and opportunity to learn how you can use the mob grazing technique during both the growing season and the non-growing season to increase forage production on your land. Ian has mastered the art of mob grazing during the worst drought in South African’s history and improved his land and ecosystem functions. Let’s learn together how to do the same for Texas.
Some of the focus points are:
• Money is Energy and Energy is Money – learn how and why they are interchangeable
• Being on the Land You are in the Energy Business – how is this?
• Land is a Solar Panel – how to maximize the capture of that energy
• The Bigger the Herd (Mob) the Better – why and how
• Why have Farmers and Ranchers Lost Their Social Standing? – how to rectify the situation
Fee for this 3-day intensive is $600 for one person and $1,000 for two people (includes lunch all 3 days). Class size is limited and will fill on a first come, first served basis. Register below:
May 8 - If 3 days is too much all at once, you can catch an hour or two of Ian at the South Poll Grass Cattle Field Day in Montgomery, Texas on Saturday, May 8, 8:30am-3:30pm, at the McGrady Ranch, Montgomery, TX. Cost is: $50.00 before April 15 ad $75.00 after April 15. Youth 16 and under are free. This event includes grazing talks by Ian Mitchell-Innes and Greg Judy, as well as a talk by Teddy Gentry on the breeds comprising South Poll and a special talk by Dr. Jim Sanders. For full details and reservations, click here for the South Poll website.
May 12 – Consulting Tour of Brookwood Community Ranch, in Brookshire, TX, just west of Houston. You can learn a heck of a lot by tagging along with Ian on one of his famous consulting tours. Ian will walk the land with Brookwood’s ranch manager asking his questions and offering his superb observations and advice. You can ask your questions of both parties and take home this Lands-on Learning for your own ranch. $50 per person, includes lunch.
May 12-14 - Back by popular demand is some
intensive advanced training in Holistic Management with emphasis on advanced grazing techniques. This Graduate Seminar will be for folks who have already studied Holistic Management and are not new to grazing. Ian will pick up where he left off last October in the Advanced Graziers class and will assume a basic knowledge of the principles and practices of Holistic Management. This class will be held at Brookwood Community near Katy, Texas. This seminar includes the May 12 consulting field tour. $600 for one person, $1,000 per two people (includes lunches). Class size is limited so sign up today.
Register now and with your confirmation you’ll receive directions and information on lodging and meals. If you have any questions, please email Peggy Sechrist at
sechrist @earthtones.com.
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