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Will Brinkerhoff

Will Brinkerhoff

Soil scientist and chef, PhD candidate at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, researching regenerative row-crop fertility via rotational grazing and urine-derived fertilizers.

Aug 27, 2026

JordanHOST
32:08
But how did the animals relate to this? Are they getting, are they coming into graze specifically the cover crop during that winter and during those few days and then getting off the land again? Is that how it works?
32:22
Yeah, for the most part.
32:23
So we have two different case studies, basically.
32:26
One, which is a corn, soy, wheat farmer who already has a small herd of cows.
32:31
And in the United States, that's pretty common, but it's becoming less and less common.
32:37
So most of those farmers are selling off their cattle to the huge feedlot If you would have come around my part of the country, maybe 50 years ago, almost any farm, no matter what they were growing, would have had a few cattle because they're great to graze down extra fields and then their food for the family who's growing the food.
32:58
We're seeing that a lot less.
JordanHOST
36:53
Is this something that you are then thinking about trying to connect for people or help people with? on their farms of keeping resources, inputs, this whole regenerative style, trying to convince them away from this chemical approach.

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