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Overview
Building Resilience in Your Pastures
A One-Day Soil Health & Adaptive Grazing Workshop
Today’s ranchers face challenges that are often beyond their control. Unpredictable weather, prolonged drought, volatile cattle markets, rising input costs, and labor shortages can make it increasingly difficult to remain profitable and maintain a healthy quality of life.
While we cannot control these challenges, we can control how we respond to them.
This workshop is designed to provide practical, proven management strategies that help producers build resilient pastures, improve soil function, reduce production costs, and increase profitability—even during difficult times. Healthy soils and productive pastures are the foundation of a successful ranching operation. When our land thrives, our businesses and families are better positioned to thrive as well.
By applying the principles of soil health and adaptive grazing management, thousands of producers working with Understanding Ag have successfully improved pasture productivity, increased carrying capacity, enhanced drought resilience, and strengthened the long-term profitability of their operations.
Understanding Ag does not sell products, receive government funding, or promote a particular agenda. We are a team of ranchers, farmers, and consultants who work alongside producers to help them make informed management decisions that improve soil health, ecosystem function, and ranch profitability.
What You’ll Learn
The Principles of Soil Health
Adaptive Grazing Management
Soil Function and Ecosystem Restoration
Building Pasture Resilience and Increasing Productivity
Irrigation Management Strategies
Reducing Input Costs
Increasing Ranch Profitability
Practical Tools for Drought Preparedness and Risk Management
Whether you manage native rangeland, irrigated pasture, or hay ground, this workshop will provide actionable strategies you can implement immediately to build a more resilient and profitable operation.
Join us for a day of practical education, producer experiences, and proven solutions for the future of ranching.
Meet Your Instructor
Fernando Falomir is a fifth-generation cattle rancher from Chihuahua, Mexico, and a consultant with Understanding Ag. Through his family’s successful ranch restoration and his work with cattle operations worldwide, Fernando has become a recognized educator in soil health, adaptive grazing, water infrastructure, and regenerative ranch management. His practical, ranch-tested approach helps producers improve profitability, increase pasture resilience, and build healthier landscapes.
Learn more about Understanding Ag:
www.understandingag.com
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Event Details
- Presented By: Routt County Conservation District
- Dates: July 25, 2026
- Location: Elk River Livestock
- Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Price: $15
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