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Total Grazing Academy

The complete system, apply the 4 Pillars for maximum ease and profit.

Join 4000+ Ranchers growing better land and building a more profitable herd.

Take the first step toward transforming your ranch and achieving real, regenerative results.

Here’s Everything You’ll Get When You Enroll Today:

Lifetime access to 4 comprehensive online courses, designed to equip you with the knowledge and practical principles to revolutionize your operation:

  • Total Grazing Program 
  • Adapted Genetics  
  • Nutrition 
  • Optimal Calving Season 

Each course includes 4-6 on-demand modules led by Jim Elizondo to help you:

  • Create lush pastures
  • Improve livestock health
  • Transform your soil faster
  • Maximize productivity with higher stocking rates

$2285 value.

$997 one time payment

Total Grazing Academy

  1. Welcome to the Total Grazing Academy

    1 lesson
    1. Welcome

  2. 1st Pillar: Total Grazing

    52 lessons

    1. Module 1: Why Total grazing?

      1. Lesson 1: The difference between Over grazing and Total grazing
      2. Lesson 2: Animal impact, its importance and how it benefits the land
      3. Lesson 3: How total grazing enhances leaf production of next regrowth and grazing
      4. Lesson 4: Litter or strong fat roots, which of these should be the focus we need for maximum productivity?
      5. Lesson 5: Once a Day Move in the Green Growing Season
      6. Lesson 6: Better Animal Performance with Once a Day Move in the brown season and twice a day in the green season
      7. Lesson 7: When a paddock or break is small but not small enough
      8. Downloadable Guideline - Why Total Grazing

    2. Module 2: Grazing in the growing season

      1. Lesson 1: Knowing when your forage has fully recovered
      2. Lesson 2: Enhancing body condition through best nutrition and stage of maturity
      3. Lesson 3: C3 and C4 forages, there is a huge difference in their grazing management regarding maturity
      4. Lesson 4: Getting the best results as pertains to animal health
      5. Lesson 5: How the plant functions in terms of photosynthesis, energy stored and productivity
      6. Assessment 1
      7. Lesson 6: Plant maturity, the more mature the higher the yield but the lower the quality
      8. Lesson 7: Increasing harvest efficiency when grazing
      9. Lesson 8: Avoiding manure and urine spots refusal
      10. Downloadable Guideline - Grazing in the green growing season

    3. Module 3: Grazing in the non-growing season (deferred forages)

      1. Lesson 1: When and how to stockpile
      2. Lesson 2: When to start total grazing on stockpile
      3. Lesson 3: Why do we alternate sections when convenient
      4. Lesson 4: How to determine how many days of grazing we have available in our stockpile
      5. Lesson 5: How is humus formed and what can we do to enhance its formation?
      6. Lesson 6: Why is nutritional adaptation so important in getting more cow days per acre
      7. Lesson 7: Why total grazing helps the plant get through the non growing season with more energy root reserves
      8. Assessment 2
      9. Downloadable Guideline - Grazing in the non growing season

    4. Module 4: Supplementation on pasture, only when needed

      1. Lesson 1: Why starches and sugars inhibit fiber digestion of our forages
      2. Lesson 2: What to use for energy source on different forages, C3 and C4
      3. Lesson 3: When to supplement minimum protein to allow the rumen to digest fiber efficiently
      4. Lesson 4: Why does a protein shortage leads to lower forage consumption thus lower body condition
      5. Lesson 5: What happens in the rumen
      6. Lesson 6: Biochar to improve fiber digestion
      7. Downloadable Guideline - Supplementation on pasture

    5. Module 5: Modified/Follower system at very high stocking rates

      1. Lesson 1: Which classes of animals need better quality of grazing and why
      2. Lesson 2: How to implement a modified leader/follower system
      3. Lesson 3: Leader herd grazes more selective and follower group cleans up the plate to allow for better leaf regrowth next grazing by the leader group
      4. Assessment 3
      5. Downloadable Guideline - Modified follower/leader system at very high stocking rates

    6. Module 6: Setting up the infrastructure

      1. Lesson 1: Planning the paddocks layout
      2. Lesson 2: Water corridors doubling as lanes to take the herd or herds around the farm or to central corral
      3. Lesson 3: Pressurized water systems vs ponds doubling as giant water troughs
      4. Lesson 4: Water system depends on environment and number of animals
      5. Lesson 5: Simple high volume gravity flow valve for water troughs
      6. Lesson 6: Paddock layout on steep slopes
      7. Lesson 7: Mud, what to do about it
      8. Lesson 8: Maximum animals per herd
      9. Assessment 4
      10. Downloadable Guideline - Correct fencing and watering systems

    7. Module 7: Grazing your Land in Three Sections

      1. Grazing your Property in Thirds

    8. Module 8: The Art of Jumping Paddocks

      1. The Art of Jumping Paddocks

    9. First Pillar Wrap Up

      1. Wrapping Things Up

  3. 2nd Pillar: Adapted Genetics and Selection

    38 lessons
    1. Welcome to the Adapted Genetics and Selection Pillar

    1. Module 1: What is wrong with modern genetics?

      1. Introduction to What is wrong with current modern genetics
      2. Lesson 2: The need for better animals
      3. Lesson 3: EPDs why we need our own observation selection criteria
      4. Lesson 4: Incorrect approaches when selecting our livestock
      5. Lesson 5: Is ranch or real life fertility highly heritable?
      6. Lesson 6: REAL forage conversion efficiency
      7. Lesson 7: What is wrong with larger frame sizes - how it affects age at first calving
      8. Lesson 8: What is wrong with high weaning weights?
      9. Assessment 1

    2. Module 2: What are the correct selection guidelines?

      1. Lesson 1: Select like nature does by being careful observers - take all crutches off
      2. Lesson 2: Body condition
      3. Lesson 3: The Overstuffed package vs Tall and Lanky
      4. Lesson 4: Hormone Balance
      5. Lesson 5: Secondary masculine characteristics
      6. Lesson 6: Climatic adaptation
      7. Lesson 7: Nutritional adaptation
      8. Lesson 8: Parasite and disease resistance
      9. Lesson 9: Docility
      10. Lesson 10: Meat to bone ratio
      11. Lesson 11: Easy calving
      12. Lesson 12: The importance of productive longevity for profits
      13. Assessment 2

    3. Module 3: How to select bulls

      1. Lesson 1: Why is Bull selection so important in improving your herd fertility
      2. Lesson 2: How to improve genetics faster with home bred bulls
      3. Lesson 3: How to select your future Bulls (2-12 months)
      4. Lesson 4: How to select your Bulls (+14 months)
      5. Assessment 3

    4. Module 4: How to select cows

      1. Lesson 1: The main determinant of female's fertility
      2. Lesson 2: How to select our best females to become Dams of Bulls
      3. Lesson 3: How to select bought heifers for high fertility in YOUR ranch/farm
      4. Lesson 4: The minimum number of females to maintain inbreeding at manageable levels
      5. Assessment 4

    5. Module 5: How to create your composite breed

      1. Lesson 1: Native or unimproved breeds are genetic jewels for a better composite
      2. Lesson 2: Creating your composite
      3. Lesson 3: Crossbred Bulls on crossbred Cows for better results
      4. Assessment 5

    6. Second Pillar Wrap Up

      1. Wrapping Things Up

  4. 3rd Pillar: Nutrition

    12 lessons
    1. Introduction to Nutrition Pillar

    1. Module 1: Nutrition 101

      1. Lesson 1: The importance of balanced nutrition
      2. Lesson 2: How to keep the rumen functioning correctly
      3. Lesson 3: Enhancing your livestock health

    2. Module 2: Balancing the daily intake for Oxygen

      1. Lesson 1: How Oxygen helps the cell metabolize energy and its impact on animal health
      2. Lesson 2: How Oxygen content increases while energy decreases with forage maturity
      3. Lesson 3: Minimal Protein Supplementation
      4. Lesson 4: How to graze cool season forages for optimum health
      5. Lesson 5: Energy supplementation on grass

    3. Module 3: Optimum health = High conversion efficiency

      1. Lesson 1: A protein excess in the daily intake impairs health
      2. Lesson 2: Considerations when avoiding protein excess

    4. Module 4: Practical considerations

      1. Lesson 1: Practical Considerations

  5. 4th Pillar: Optimal Calving Season

    11 lessons
    1. Introduction to 4th Pillar: Optimal Calving Season

    1. Module 1: Optimal Calving Season 101

      1. Lesson 1: How to increase real life fertility
      2. Lesson 2: Optimize the cow’s needs to your natural resources
      3. Lesson 3: Spring vs Fall calving
      4. Lesson 4: Why do cattlemen in the deep South go to Fall calving, and what to do

    2. Module 2: Breeding Season

      1. Lesson 1: Length of breeding season
      2. Lesson 2: Calving season and productivity per acre

    3. Module 3: When calving season needs to be adjusted

      1. Lesson 1: Calving in the green season allows for the best body condition at calving
      2. Lesson 2: Environments where we need to adjust
      3. Lesson 3: Working recommendations

    4. Module 4: Special Considerations

      1. Lesson 1: Special Considerations Optimal Birthing Season

Bonus

Fat Wallet Community

$94 Value.

Get immediate access to our private student group for 30 days, where the live Q&A sessions take place, and then continue with an additional 30 days of access to Fat Wallet Ranchers, our membership coaching community where transformation deepens.

Here’s a peek at what’s included in Fat Wallet Ranchers membership: 

  • Exclusive coaching forums
  • Monthly live trainings
  • Group coaching calls
  • Laser coaching sessions
  • A supportive community and valuable resources updated almost daily

(A $94 value — yours FREE for 60 days)

After the 60 days, only $47 per month. Cancel anytime.

What ranchers are saying about Total Grazing Academy:

“Total grazing has made grazing management exciting once again! The results are seen in only a week on my farm during this non growing season with excellent cow condition and more evenly distributed nutrients. Cows have learnt quickly the protocol."

- Tauna Powell, USA

“I was able to immediately start applying the concepts learned in this course on my own ranch. Great content and very well explained."

- Mark Hoimyr, Canada

“After 4 years of selective grazing I was losing my diversity and didn't want to replant or add fertilizer. I heard Jamie on a podcast. It sounded too good to be true. But it has been working just like he said. Wow!! Money well spent."

- Roman Miller, USA

“The Total Grazing course has been an unbelievable tool for us and without it, I do not believe we would still be running cattle today. Thank you so much Jaime Elizondo for all that you've done."

- Tyler Waddington, USA