Contact Greg about speaking at your event: gtjudy4099@gmail.com

Greg’s popularity as a speaker and author comes from his willingness to describe how anyone can use his grazing and business techniques to create lush forage, a sustainable environment and a successful business. From fencing systems, to managing a mob, building healthy forage and soils with only livestock for inputs, working with the right animals, and working with landowners to build a business on leased land, Greg gives clear, precise instructions on how to get out of debt, leave your off-farm job and be a happy successful farmer/rancher. Greg is a down-to-earth speaker who works hard to make his success accessible to everyone around him. His example, shared in the two books he authored, has inspired people to change the way people look at their farming and ranching operations. Comeback Farms covers multi-species grazing, developing parasite-resistant hair sheep flocks and grass-genetic cattle, and how to select, train and care for livestock guardian dogs. It includes High Density Grazing fencing techniques, diagrams for HDG fencing and paddock moves; and how to calve with High Density Grazing. No Risk Ranching describes how he found and managed his first and subsequent leases, taking him from dead broke to a custom grazing operation of 1100 cattle. He offers a detailed guide for other graziers to follow on how to find idle land to lease; calculate the cost of a lease, draft and write a land lease contract (with examples included), develop good water and portable fencing on leased land, promote wildlife and improve timber stands, keep accurate records and more. Greg also writes for On Pasture and you can read all his articles here.

Here are some of the topics Greg speaks about:

• Building healthy soil and profit with planned grazing • Monitoring daily animal performance for maximum health • The advantages of developing silvopasture on your farm • Developing economical grazing leases • Developing economical water for grazing operations • Fencing techniques for planned grazing • Multi-species grazing advantages • Developing a parasite resistant hair sheep flock • Tips for securing and developing trained guardian dogs • Shitaki mushroom production on logs • Drought management practices that may save your farm • Winter stockpiling forage to reduce hay feeding • Farm product marketing • Developing your own grass genetic cattle herd • Custom grazing on leased land • Setting up a profitable grazing operation from scratch • Grass finishing livestock with perennial pastures • Developing wildlife habitat with grazing practices