Advancing Eco Agriculture | Alvin Peachey's regenerative practices for his 100% grass-fed dairy farm @AdvancingEcoAgriculture | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Alvin Peachey is an Amish organic dairy farmer from central Pennsylvania. Over the course of more than a decade, Alvin has grown his operation to 90 100% grass-fed cows on 92 acres, implementing regenerative practices that flips the script of the status quo for dairy farmers.
In this thought provoking and practical conversation, Alvin and John discuss:
-Alvin’s background as a dairy farmer starting with only 25 cows and 10 replacements.
-The difference between rotational grazing and management-intensive grazing.
-How Alvin tracks and manages his cost of production and how his economic models diverge from the mainstream.
-Unique approaches to creating balanced and diverse nutritional profiles, not just in grazable forages, but also in stored winter feeds.
-Important considerations for maximizing sugars and proteins in baleage.
-The genetic and structural qualities Alvin looks for in dairy cows.
-Alvin’s thoughts and observations on the financial future of dairy farming.
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“For the crop production acres, we have no budget on fertilizer… because we have unlimited potential, so why would we have a budget? Right?” -Alvin Peachey
Alvin Peachey is an Amish organic dairy farmer from central Pennsylvania. Over the course of more than a decade, Alvin has grown his operation to 90 100% grass-fed cows on 92 acres, implementing regenerative practices that flips the script of the status quo for dairy farmers.
In this thought provoking and practical conversation, Alvin and John discuss:
-Alvin’s background as a dairy farmer starting with only 25 cows and 10 replacements.
-The difference between rotational grazing and management-intensive grazing.
-How Alvin tracks and manages his cost of production and how his economic models diverge from the mainstream.
-Unique approaches to creating balanced and diverse nutritional profiles, not just in grazable forages, but also in stored winter feeds.
-Important considerations for maximizing sugars and proteins in baleage.
-The genetic and structural qualities Alvin looks for in dairy cows.
-Alvin’s thoughts and observations on the financial future of dairy farming.
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“For the crop production acres, we have no budget on fertilizer… because we have unlimited potential, so why would we have a budget? Right?” -Alvin Peachey
