System and Energy
Understand how the farm functions as a living organism, where energy, flow, and consistency determine the herd's performance.
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What is “Available Energy” and Why Does it Matter More Than Protein or Gross Energy?
In the field, there's a lot of talk about protein, minerals, NDF (Total Digestible Nutrients), and gross energy. But we almost never discuss the element…
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The Farm as a Single Organism (Animal + Soil + Flow)
For a long time, we viewed the farm as a collection of parts: livestock on one side, pasture on the other, soil as support,...
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Noise vs. Coherence
Every productive system — human, biological, or environmental — operates based on flow. Flow of energy, of nutrients, of information,…
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Where the Invisible Value of Regenerative Livestock Farming is Born
Most of the value generated in livestock farming doesn't appear in the short term or in the numbers we traditionally monitor. There is a…
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Positive Net Energy
Productivity is an old metric. It only looks at what came off the farm—arrobas, liters, tons. But there is a metric…
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Consistency as an Indicator of System Health
In the field, there is a more sensitive and precise indicator than any number on a spreadsheet: consistency. Consistency in consumption…
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When the System Speaks
Every farm has its own unique behavior. It reacts, communicates, and sends back signals long before any numbers change on the spreadsheet. The challenge…
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The Invisible Energy of the Field
In the field, almost everything that really matters doesn't appear immediately. Herd performance, soil life, and…
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The Field as a Living Organism
When we think about the daily life in the countryside, it's common to only see what's right in front of our eyes: the cattle, the pasture,...
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