Voisin's classic is still in great demand, nearly three-quarters of a century after it was first written and published.
The main point of it, that grass is more productive when shorn and given time to re-grow, is the core base of all the current popular works on rotational and "mob" grazing.
A regular re-study of Voison's work brings new understanding and simplicity to anyone's grazing operation.
The underlying basic to this work is that through managed grazing, the cows can be more productive and help the soil regenerate through the interaction of the cow and grass, very similar to how the vast roaming herds of grazing and browsing animals across the Western plains developed and maintained the prairies. The sheer size of these herds proved the land was capable of supporting massive tonnage of livestock through grazing—and following natural patterns.
That the same land a few decades later both developed a massive Dust Bowl, and then recovered from it—says a lot about our own human arrogance, and our ability to use humility to learn from our mistakes.
First, we work make our farming more sustainable and pay its own way, then we encourage it to save our futures by restoring the land, and producing higher quality beef and forage than it has in centuries.
