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Introduction to Holistic Management Whole Farm/Ranch
Planning
Improve Results on Your Farm or
Ranch
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Holistic Management Whole Ranch Planning
Livermore, California
2016
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Holistic Management
Holistic Management® decision making framework
designed to:
• Help land stewards better manage resources
• Obtain sustainable environmental, economic, and
social benefits
• Enable humans to deal with complexity
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Holistic Management Principles
• Nature functions in wholes
• Understand your environment
• Plan the grazing as if the plant was important
• Embrace the predator:prey relationship
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Principle One:Nature Functions in Wholes
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“I have hitherto described this earth and generally the whole visible world
as if it were merely a machine in which there was nothing at all to consider
except the shapes and motions of its parts”
Rene Descartes Principles of Philosophy, IV
1644
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Principle Two:Understand Your Environment
The Brittleness Scale
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Principle Three:Plan Your Grazing As If
the Grass Was Important
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Principle Four:Embrace The Predator Prey
Relationship
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Holistic Management Practices
1. Define what you manage
2. State what you want
3. Aim for healthy soil
4. Consider all tools
5. Test your decisions
6. Monitor your results
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Practice One:Define What You Manage
(your inventory)
Defining management boundaries means you are better able to manage your inventory.
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Your Management Team
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Your Asset Base
• Consider resources that are:
– Physical
– Human
– Financial
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Practice Two:State What You Want
Elements of the Holistic Goal
1. Quality of Life and Values
2. Behaviors and Systems
3. Visions
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Practice Three:Aim for Healthy Soil
The Four Ecosystem Processes
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Ecosystem Processes
Water CycleMineral Cycle
Solar Energy Flow
Community Dynamics and Succession
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Dawley Ranch – Before and After
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Cockatoo Creek – Before and After
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Shelterbelt Farm– Before and After
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Tools for Managing the Ecosystem
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Practice Five:Testing Your Decisions
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1. Root CauseDoes this action
address the root cause
of the problem?
Forces you to identify the underlying issue
Avoids addressing only symptoms.
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2. Weak Link
Three types
• Social
• Biological
• Financial
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Social Weak LinkAre there any social
concerns regarding
this action?
Avoids
misunderstandings
or personal obstacles
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Biological Weak LinkDoes this action address the
weakest point in the life cycle of
this organism?
By identifying an organism’s point of
greatest vulnerability, you are better
able to address it.
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Financial Weak LinkIn my enterprise, what single thing will have the
greatest impact on my ability to generate income?
By investing funds to give the greatest
return, maximize ROI
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3. Comparing Options
Holistic Goal
Where is the biggest bang for your buck?
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4. Gross Profit Analysis
Which enterprise(s) contribute the most?
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5. Input Analysis
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6. Vision Analysis
Are you headed toward or
away from your future vision in your holistic goal?
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7. Gut Check
The decision feel right?
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Holistic Management Decision Testing Matrix
Proposed Action: Pass Fail Doesn’t Apply
Don’t Know
Notes
Root Cause
Weak Link – Social
Weak Link – Biological
Weak Link – Financial
Comparing Options
Gross Profit Analysis
Input Analysis
Vision Analysis
Decision:
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Monitoring Your Decision
Lets you quickly know
if your plan goes off track.
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Holistic Management Framework