Holistic Management International Texas

HMI Texas hosts Ian Mitchell-Innes
for More Ian Intensives,
October 8-16, 2009

You asked for more and HMI Texas will deliver. This October Ian Mitchell-Innes returns to Texas for more great training in mob grazing, Holistic Management, low-cost ranching and a special series of going deeper in your management practices.

Mark your calendar for October 8-16, 2009 and get your name on the list right away as participation is limited so that each gets the maximum HMI Texas Lands-on Learning experience from Ian Mitchell-Innes.

Here is what we are creating for you:

October 8 – Mob Grazing Workshop at Richards Ranch, Jacksboro, Texas includes experience with Brent Hackley’s mob moving about the Richards Ranch. ($100 HMI Texas members / $120 non-members)

October 9, 10, 11 – Holistic Management short-course at Richards Ranch
Ian’s unique spin on all the famous HM techniques for success. This is a basic class that will serve as overview of HM to give beginners a feel for what the overall process is and how to get to practicing it right away, And give returning students a fresh look at what they have learned before. Ian will teach a half-day each on:
1) wholes/goals/testing,
2) ecosystem processes
3) generating wealth
4) grazing planning
5) monitoring Animals AND plants/land
6) land planning.

We will get out on the land every day for some "lands-on Learning.” ($800 members / $850 non-members)

October 12-13 – Land Tours with Ian. These tours will include casual consulting, answering questions and pointing out what is happening on the land. Learn from others’ successes and mistakes. Learn to read the land.

October 12 – Ranch tour with Ian at one of the Dixon Ranches near Ft. Worth ($50members / $60 non-members)

October 13 – Ranch tour with Ian at Brett Addison’s ranch in southern Oklahoma ($50members / $60 non-members)

October 14, 15, 16 – advanced training with Ian – Richards Ranch
Starting points for discussion are:
1) Achieving animal performance, while improving soils
2) Economics of Holistic Management Planned Grazing and getting it in Sink with Energy Cycles in Nature
3) Fencing and Watering Strategies to maximize the benefits of High Density Grazing
4) Understanding the Brittleness Scale and the effects of animal impact

This training will be limited to 30 ranchers. Each day a different 10 of the ranchers will be “the ones” who can bring forward their individual questions and challenges for consultation with Ian while the other 20 ranchers watch and learn, participating in brainstorming and discussions. This is your chance for individual attention and custom consulting. ($800 members / $850 non-members)

Here are some of the comments from folks attending the 08 October Intensives in Bowie, Texas:

“best job of putting hmi teachings into practice. Learned how to use different configurations in rotational grazing to accomplish different results. Ian was great! thank you for bringing him to us.”
—Betsy Ross

“I learned more from Ian than any other educator because he had done it himself and had learned to go slowly to avoid pitfalls and be able to make adjustments. In particular he mentioned animal performance, which is of vital importance and is under-emphasized by most educators. He has developed a particularly effective and flexible way of using electric fencing and many other practical tips one learns from a successful rancher who has done it himself. I have always learned most from successful rancher practitioners and I think we need to build on this to keep putting on effective programs.”
—Dr. Richard Teague

“We learned much more than we have time to write.
Some key things.
1. In the Biological monitoring class for the first time I actually learned to see what I was looking at. Litter 1, Litter 2, worm castings, etc.
2. I had actually been through Dick Divens class and knew that it made since to calve in the summer, but could not figure out what to do with the calves after that. I got the answer at this school.
3. I learned how to work with weaning date, calving date, and breeding date without sacrificing the health and body condition of my animals.
4. I learned the thinking process of temporary fencing and ways that we could use them to achieve things that are important to us.
We have already combined our cow herd and our yearling herd, thus increasing our stock density. We have sold our older bulls and have an order for bull calves as a stop-gap until we can use our own. We will be moving our calving and breeding dates this year to better match our correct biological calendar.
This was the best and most motivating Holistic Management school I have ever attended. I have received lots of information at other schools, but Ian is practicing HM in the trenches of ranching. That made a big difference to me.
I'm ready for another one.”
—Jerry Addison