Broadly speaking, the SOP for toxic vegetation is the same in pretty much any grazing model. It's impossible to get rid of it all. Thankfully, most toxic vegetation is unpalatable to livestock, and all livestock species have ways of dealing with incidental ingestion. Keep your livestock well fed, this reduces the likelihood that they'll gorge themselves on something that might make them ill. Rotate your livestock, this prevents overgrazing..which (among other things) opens up space for pioneer cultivars - some of which are very toxic. Maintain free access to water, salts, and minerals in the event that they do eat something that they shouldn't and because it just generally promotes good health and well being.
No matter how much effort we put in, no matter how well we take care of our livestock....some of them are going to get sick. It's inevitable. When that happens, if you're beyond your ability to address your animals concerns (which should take a little more than eating the wrong weeds)..ofc you call a vet. Keeping sick and suffering animals is not useful or profitable or ethical. Failing that, you kill them. If you can't or won't call a vet or kill an animal then all of the above is moot, your livestock operation will fail.
The only difference between a regenerative model and the standard model in this regard (or any regard) is that a regenerative model specifically demands that however we deal with the issue, we do it in a way that prevents erosion, increases the amount of organic material in the soil, improves it's water holding capacity, draws down carbon, and promotes biodiversity. Hence, regenerative..as opposed to extractive.
No matter how much effort we put in, no matter how well we take care of our livestock....some of them are going to get sick. It's inevitable. When that happens, if you're beyond your ability to address your animals concerns (which should take a little more than eating the wrong weeds)..ofc you call a vet. Keeping sick and suffering animals is not useful or profitable or ethical. Failing that, you kill them. If you can't or won't call a vet or kill an animal then all of the above is moot, your livestock operation will fail.
The only difference between a regenerative model and the standard model in this regard (or any regard) is that a regenerative model specifically demands that however we deal with the issue, we do it in a way that prevents erosion, increases the amount of organic material in the soil, improves it's water holding capacity, draws down carbon, and promotes biodiversity. Hence, regenerative..as opposed to extractive.
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