1. RANNEY RANCH

2. WORKING WITH CARBON:
RANGE MANAGEMENT
GRASSFED BEEF
WIND AND BIOMASS

39. PLANNED
ROTATIONAL GRAZING

45. MAIN HERD---GROWING SEASON
April 29, 2008
(@ 125 animal units)
April 18 Into McInnes 15 days
May 3 Into Buck 7 days
May 10 Into Love Grass 3 days
May 13 Into Shipping Pens Trap 7 days
*May 15 Bulls in until August 30
(now 160 animal units with bulls and all calved out)
May 20 Into Top Spring 7 days
***Will construct gate at top of mesa
May 27 Into Bottom Spring 22 days ( less if rain)
June 16 Into East Goat 40 days (less if rain)
*July 19 Branding in Spring pens
July 26 Into West Goat 16 days
*** Skip W. Goat if fence not repaired with Virgill
August 11 Into Top Gallo 21 days

62. WATER MANAGEMENT

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"That was some of the best beef I've ever eaten" -Theresa, Norman, OK
Free-range Grass-fed/Grass-finished Beef
At Ranney Ranch, in the beautiful high mesa country of central New Mexico, we raise Angus calves on nothing more than native grasses and mother’s
milk, producing healthy and great tasting beef while using only the most humane handling techniques and sustainable land use management and grazing
practices.
We have been at the forefront since 2004 producing and marketing entirely grass-fed/grass-finished beef and are proud to offer our superior beef directly to
customers nationwide. We sell online half and whole beeves and will arrange for you processing, dry-ageing, packaging (into 1-2 lb. portions), and shipping.
We are "Certified Grassfed" by the American Grassfed Association (AGA).
Our eco-friendly practices were profiled recently in TIME magazine (9/7/2010). Also see a story about our grassfed beef in the New York Times
Magazine (10/10/2010) by food writer, Kim Severson. Nancy Ranney will speak at the Quivira Conference in November on "The Carbon Ranch".

86. Southwest Grassfed
Livestock Alliance
(SWGLA)

97. CARRIZO VALLEY RANCH

98. SHI BEEGASHI COOP

99. GREENHOUSE GASES
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
2006 UN REPORT “LIVESTOCK’S LONG
SHADOW” DECLARES 18% OF ALL GHG’S
COME FROM LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
2008 PEW COMMISSION STUDY ON FARM
ANIMAL PRODUCTION REITERATES
MESSAGE TO PUBLIC: DON’T EAT MEAT
2010 UC-DAVIS’ MITLOEHNER REPORT: ONLY
3-4% GHG’S ASSOCIATED WITH LIVESTOCK

100. GHG BREAKDOWN
CARBON DIOXIDE(CO2) IN U.S., MAJORITY
FROM FUEL COMBUSTION IN
MACHINERY/VEHICLES IN GRAIN PRODUCTION
& SOY USE; ALSO ANIMAL TRANSPORT
NITROUS OXIDE(N2O) IN U.S., 75% FROM
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS USED IN GRAIN
PRODUCTION; 25% FROM CONC MANURE
METHANE(CH4) ENTERIC FERMENTATION IN
RUMEN...BELCHING... CONTRIBUTES 21% OF
TOTAL U.S. ANTHROPOGENIC GHG’S

101. CARBON DIOXIDE
DAVE TISCH, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE &
TECHNOLOGY SUNY COBLESKILL, 2008:
CO2 EMISSIONS PER 12 OZ STEAK GRAINFED,
NO TRANSPORTATION: 1.6 LBS
CO2 EMISSIONS 12 OZ STEAK GRASSFED,
SHIPPED COLORADO TO BOSTON: .3 LBS
COMPARE TRUCKING TYPICAL NM STEER
(RANCH TO RETAIL) 3112 MI TO GRASSFED
MAYBE MAX 500 MI TO CONSUMER

103. GHG BREAKDOWN
CARBON DIOXIDE(CO2) IN U.S., MAJORITY
FROM FUEL COMBUSTION IN
MACHINERY/VEHICLES IN GRAIN PRODUCTION
& SOY USE; ALSO ANIMAL TRANSPORT
NITROUS OXIDE(N2O) IN U.S., 75% FROM
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS USED IN GRAIN
PRODUCTION; 25% FROM CONC MANURE
METHANE(CH4) ENTERIC FERMENTATION IN
RUMEN...BELCHING... CONTRIBUTES 21% OF
TOTAL U.S. ANTHROPOGENIC GHG’S

104. NITROUS OXIDE (N20)
75% FROM COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
REMAINING 25% FROM MANURE “OFF-
GASSING” (ONLY IF CONCENTRATED)
GRASSLAND “OFF-GASSING” NATURE, APRIL
2010, STUDY SIBERIAN GRASSLANDS SHOWS
SIGNIFICANT DECREASE WITH GRAZING
CONCLUSION: GRASSFED PRODUCTION W/O
FERTILIZER USE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE;
INCREASED GRAZING MAY REDUCE N20

106. GHG BREAKDOWN
CARBON DIOXIDE(CO2) IN U.S., MAJORITY
FROM FUEL COMBUSTION IN
MACHINERY/VEHICLES IN GRAIN PRODUCTION
& SOY USE; ALSO ANIMAL TRANSPORT
NITROUS OXIDE(N2O) IN U.S., 75% FROM
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS USED IN GRAIN
PRODUCTION; 25% FROM CONC MANURE
METHANE(CH4) ENTERIC FERMENTATION IN
RUMEN...BELCHING... CONTRIBUTES 21% OF
TOTAL U.S. ANTHROPOGENIC GHG’S

107. METHANE (CH4)
25% FROM CONCENTRATED MANURE IN
FEEDLOTS AND LAGOONS OF LIQUIFEID
MANURE IN INDUSTRIAL FARMS (EPA)
75% FROM LIVESTOCK DIGESTION
1999 STUDY: GRASSFED CATTLE PRODUCE 4
TIMES AS MUCH METHANE AS GRAINFED
OVERALL: METHANE EMISSIONS ARE
INSIGNIFICANT COMP TO TOTAL GHG’S

108. GHG SUMMARY
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CO2 AND N20
EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL LIVESTOCK
OPERATIONS (FEEDLOT/FARM/FERTILIZERS)
TRANSPORTATION MILES SIGNIFICANTLY
LOWER FOR GRASSFED PRODUCTION
N20 REDUCED BY GRAZING; CH4 REDUCED BY
INTENSIVE GRAZING MANAGEMENT
OVERALL RE: GHG’S PRODUCED, RAISING
ANIMALS ON PASTURE MUCH MORE BENIGN

109. REDUCING BELCHING
SUPPLEMENTS: NUTRIENT BLOCKS, FLAX OIL,
CURRY SPICES(AK), “BEANO”(JAPAN)
VACCINES(NZ)/PILLS(GERMANY) TO INHIBIT
MICROSCOPIC METHANOGENS
REDUCE QUANTITY OF FOOD CONSUMED
IMPROVE QUALITY OF FOOD CONSUMED
(LOWER FIBER/HIGHER SUGAR?)
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS

110. WHAT CAN WE DO?
INCREASE EFFICIENCY BY WHICH ANIMAL
CONVERTS FEED TO PRODUCT (ANIMAL
HEALTH/GENETICS/DIGESTION AND IMPROVE
FORAGE QUALITY)
MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE GRAZING(MIG) IS
SHOWN TO REDUCE METHANE PRODUCTION
BY 22% PER UNIT OF WEIGHT GAIN (U OF LA,
JEQ, 2001/ROTATION ONTO FRESH PASTURE)
IMPROVE QUALITY OF RANGELAND BY SHORT
DURATION/HIGH DENSITY GRAZING (OUR
NATIVE PERENNIAL RANGE GRASSES)

111. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

135. BIOMASS AND CARBON
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145. RANGELAND IMPACTS
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WATER
ABSORPTION BY RANGELAND SOILS
LESS SPECIES DIVERSITY AND VIGOR OF
DESIRABLE FORAGE GRASSES, LESS COVER
HENCE LESS SOIL ORGANIC MATTER &
REDUCED CARBON STORAGE
INCREASED RUNOFF AND EROSION
REDUCED RECHARGE TO SPRINGS, STREAMS,
AQUIFERS

149. ONE-SEEDED JUNIPER
AVERAGE TREE CONSUMES 40 GAL WATER/DAY
OR UPWARDS OF 8-12,000 GAL/YEAR
EVERGREEN: FULL YEAR GROWING SEASON
50-90% PRECIPITATION FALLING ON TREE LOST
TO “INTERCEPTION” AND EVAPORATION, DOES
NOT ENTER SOIL
ROOTS REACH OUT 40 FT AND IMPOVERISH THE
“INTERSPACES” (SPARSE GRASS WITH LESS
VIGOR, MORE RUNOFF AND EROSION)

151. SOIL CARBON
MEASURING CARBON CHANGE RE:
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND GRAZING
HISTORY---CAN WE MARKET CARBON?
CEDAR AND GRAZING ARE THE KEYS:
UNDERSTANDING THE CARBON, SOIL AND
WATER CYCLE, NEED TO REMOVE CEDAR!
CAN WE MARKET CEDAR AS BIOMASS?
RANCH BIOMASS/CARBON MANAGEMENT
PLAN

153. THE BIOMASS PLAN
TEST JUNIPER FOR BIOMASS POTENTIAL
BTU/MOISTURE/ASH CONTENT
DESIGN RANCH MANAGEMENT PLAN
INCLUDING GRAZING, CLEARING, FIRE
EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP WITH BUYER
REMOVE, PROCESS, SHIP JUNIPER
FOLLOWUP RANGE MANAGEMENT CRITICAL

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