In this six minute video release, we visit with A. Jay Heiss, the Manager of Lower Brule Farms, an entity of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in Lower Brule, South Dakota (SD). A. Jay manages grasslands to promote good stewardship, wildlife habitat, and healthy soil, receiving the benefits and profitability of soil health practices even in times of drought. "Every pasture will get at least 90 days of rest and recovery time before I go back in. The cattle have benefitted from it, the pounds per gain have benefitted, and we have run I'd say 40 percent more cattle on a rotation program opposed to running season long grazing."
The South Dakota Grassland Coalition (SDGC) partnered with the organizations listed below to enhance the Grassland Planner with a release of a short video story each month during 2022, promoting healthy soils, grasslands, and ecosystems. Please enjoy the "Our Amazing Grasslands" feature story for December 2022.
2022 Grassland Stewardship Communications Project Partners: SDGC, Audubon Dakota, Ducks Unlimited, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, The Nature Conservancy, Pheasants Forever, South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and South Dakota State University.
The 2023 Grassland Planner is now available! For a PDF copy, visit: bit.ly/SDGrasslandCalendar23
For a physical copy, contact the NRCS State Office at (605) 352-1200.Get the Google Calendar version at bit.ly/SDGrasslandCalendar.
If you missed previous "Our Amazing Grassland" stories, the links are below:
The 2022 Our Amazing Grassland stories:
January: Smikle Family
February: Zuya Sica Ranch
March: Moore Family
April: Hansen Family
May: Boylan Family
June: Neuharth Family
July: Thompson Family
August: Effling Family
September: Hollenbeck Family
October: Haerter Family
November: Magness Family
The 2021 Our Amazing Grassland stories:
January: Erickson Ranch
February: Bendigo Family
March: Shultz Family
April: Summit Lake Partnership
May: Shubeck Family
June: Blair Family
July: Mizera Family
August: Grandview Angus Ranch
September: Davis Family Ranch
October: Bohlander Family Ranch
November: Wind Ranch
December: Cain Creek Project
The 2020 Our Amazing Grassland stories:
January: Chuck & Koreen Anderson
February: Jeannie Franceus
March: George & Suzanne England
April: The Dells
May: Lance Vilhauer
June: Johnson Family
July: Hove Family
August: Fran Fritz
September: Rick Smith
November: Slovek Ranch
December: Perman Family
The 2019 Our Amazing Grassland stories:
January: Jody and JoAnn Brown
February: Bart and Shannon Carmichael
March: Dan and Cindi Conner
April: Stuart and Lisa Schmidt
May: Sandy and Jacki Limpert
June: Gary and Amy Cammack
July: The Ausland Family
August: The Rittberger Family
September: Charlie & Tanya Totton
October: Suelflow Family
November: Rohrbach Family
December: Little Family
Original source can be found here.
