Ranchers use mob grazing to better the land
(WorldNews Health)

Grazing to maintain the health of native grasses is an important strategy for ranchers in South Dakota, and for Charlie Totton, learning how to manage his grasslands has been a key tool which has allowed him to improve the health of his soil and operation as a whole. Totton ranches in Brule County with his wife Tanya. They´ve been running their seed stock/cow-calf operation north of Chamberlain since fall 1997. With their ranch located just 3 miles west of the Missouri River, they have 4,000 acres of land that varies between flat and steep areas. Totton has figured out how to use each type of land to his advantage. `Some of that poor land was a long way away from water, so we moved it into...