#72 What is Nutritional Adaptation Determined by Genetics | Que es la adaptación nutricional por Genética

Uncategorized May 30, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

Last week I talked about Epigenetics on my podcast, did you get a chance to hear it?

It is a very interesting topic because it explains how the expression of a gene is turned on or off by marks in the genes due to the environment.

It is what explains how a cell can develop an eye, hair, hands, or heart. This is so because all the cells of an animal contain the necessary information, and genes, to do so. But, did you know that the environment in which the animal is found will determine which genes will be expressed and which ones will not?

Furthermore, we now know that these changes in gene expression are inherited for up to three generations.
Interesting, right?

Well, we also know that the epigenome, which "epi" means above, is affected or shaped by the environment and...

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#71 What is Epigentics | Que es La Epigenética

Uncategorized May 23, 2023

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 Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

Epigenetics, buzzword? Or a reality that we can use to our advantage?

Surely you have heard this word and how what happened to our parents or grandparents has an impact on our lives and behavior. It turns out that it is true and that the memory of events or the environment is in each of our cells.

That is why when an organ is transplanted to someone, they begin to have cravings and behaviors that are different from those they had before and resemble those of the organ donor.

It is a very interesting subject and also, in animal genetics, there are people who are trying to predict the genetic potential of an animal from a young age.

I am not going to talk about that, because I consider that it is still in its infancy and the results or predictions are not very reliable.

It...

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#70 So you want to be a minimum cost producer? | Entonces, quieres ser un productor de mínimo costo?

Uncategorized May 16, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

Do you want to be a minimum-cost producer? If that is your goal, there are many things you need to consider.
First is that most beef or mutton producers have been led to higher and higher production per individual animal and this increases inputs and costs dramatically.
Peer pressure is real and what most producers talk about is individual animal performance and not profits per acre or per ranch per year.
Does this sound familiar?

Whenever cattlemen gather at the local coffee shop they will discuss the weather, politics, local economy, and weaning or slaughter weights.

None of these subjects leads to maximum profits and certainly not to a minimum cost of production.

Now, we do not want to shoot ourselves in the foot by scrimping money on necessary things, but, many times people...

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#69 Why Regenerating is my Passion | Porque el Regenerar la Tierra es mi Pasión

Uncategorized May 09, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

If we have lived for long enough around ranches/farms, and are observant of what is happening around us AND have listened to old cattlemen or ranchers, we can relate to what I am going to tell you.

First, let us picture how the land must have looked like and produced when the first white men came to America. We can find historical records of the abundance of game and the rich deep soils that they encountered. We can also read how the wildlife became depleted and how the soils and grasslands have degraded since then.

Why has this happened? Researchers have blundered in trying to find the reason that explains it. Grazing gurus have made huge mistakes by not considering how the land functioned before modern men and why the land degraded. I mean, they know some parts of the puzzle,...

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#68 Advantages of Creating a Soil Sponge | Ventajas de Crear un Suelo Esponjoso

Uncategorized Apr 25, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

A sponge will hold water and be absorbent, right?

We want our soil to absorb a lot of water and hold it and allow plant growth for a much longer time.

Creating a soil sponge is crucial for microorganisms that allow our forages to produce more, both in quantity and in quality. Besides microorganisms, we know that the gas interchange in our soil with the air above it needs to be enhanced and it is another reason we want a soft or spongy soil. When we can walk on spongy soil after walking on compacted soil, if we are good at observation, we will feel it in our feet and will see the huge difference it makes in grass production, biodiversity and soil health.

What happens when we create a spongy soil?

Everything starts to work as nature intended! The natural processes develop...

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#67 The Importance of Explaining Complex Subjects in a Digestible Way | La Importancia de Explicar Temas Complejos en Una Forma Fácil de Digerir

Uncategorized Apr 18, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

Did I tell you I love complex subjects? I really enjoy building new businesses and projects and regenerating ranches or farms with livestock which requires complex and in-depth knowledge for it to work properly.

Today I will speak of the importance of explaining complex subjects in a digestible way. Please share this podcast with any person you think may enjoy and benefit from it. 

I have made podcasts about how to make long-term decisions, how to decide on which livestock species fit our enterprise better, taking into account the whole which includes man, society, profits, land and grass improvement, in-depth goals, family time, etcetera.

To be able to give such advice, it is essential that one has the experience and success record in these matters to show and to give...

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#66 Nutritional Adaptation, Why is it so Important? | Adaptación Nutricional

Uncategorized Apr 11, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

Today, I want to talk about nutritional adaptation.

Nutritional adaptation is a genetic trait that allows certain lines or breeds of livestock to continue consuming low-quality forage and maintain good body condition when other individuals diminish their intake and lose body condition.

It is a very important trait and it is inherited, so we can select for it and reap the rewards!

If you happen to know of someone that would like to increase his or her land productivity with low-cost biological methods, please share this podcast with them.

Is nutritional adaptation something you can train or adapt your livestock to? Or is it a genetically determined trait?

It is a genetically determined trait as its individual appetite, and it is theorized it comes from natural selection when some...

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#65 Tall Grazing | Pastoreo Selectivo de Plantas más Altas

Uncategorized Apr 04, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest.

I have heard a lot of criticism and also good things about a grazing program called Tall Grazing. In it, they try to always allow the grass plants to grow tall before grazing them, and they also want the said plants to remain tall or with a very high residual and trampled after grazing.

While allowing the grass plants to grow tall before grazing is a good thing, allowing the livestock to select the best and leave the rest is not good for the plant’s energy reserves and very bad for the establishment of new seedlings of the best forage species.

If you know of someone that would like to hear this podcast, please share the link with them.

If you are one of my students in the Total Grazing Program, you know that we need to have our livestock consume the grass as efficiently as...

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#64 How will you manage in the future? | ¿Cómo vas a administrar o manejar tu finca en el futuro?

Uncategorized Mar 28, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest. 

 If you are thinking about your future plans, maybe it is time to start making them become real.

I usually start by managing the way I would manage when I accomplish or reach my goals.

For example: why would I place the ear tags on my newborn calves at birth if it will be impossible to do when I reach 300-400 cows calving in a 45-day long calving season where 90% of them will calve in 30 days? So, I work as if my herd was already that size and diminish my workload in the meantime.

It is important to plan ahead and consider alternatives so that when the time comes we already have the answer and the experience to make it achievable.

The Bible says that a King, before embarking on a war with another kingdom, carefully considers his advantages and stores, before he...

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#63 Unintended Consequences | Consecuencias no Esperadas

Uncategorized Mar 21, 2023

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching where our goal is to help you achieve maximum productivity while improving your land the fastest. 

Today, I am going to talk about unintended consequences of our actions and decisions. 

Every action we make has a reaction, and every decision we take has a consequence. The same happens when we do not act or we choose not to make a decision. Not taking a decision or not acting is in itself of our choosing. 

What does this have to do with raising livestock and managing our grasses? 

When we make correct actions and take correct decisions we will be rewarded, and when we take incorrect decisions we will pay the consequences. 

The implications and effects on our grass health and the vigor of our management will be immediate, medium-term, and long-term. The implications and effects in our genetics thriftiness, resiliency, hardiness, and profitability will...

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