No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land Judy GregPaperback

Greg Judy was forced to liquidate his cow herd to pay debt in 1996. A quote from Allan Nation, editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer magazine changed his whole view of ranching. By the end of the following year he was dead broke and figured the family farm was history.

By focusing on leasing rather than owning land, his grazing operation grew from 40 stockers to 1100 head. Nation said, "Your sole purpose should be not to own the land, but to make a living from the land."Inspired by that approach, Judy started looking for idle, non-developed pastureland. By custom grazing on leased land he was able to pay his entire farm and home loan within three years.

Today he has four farms and leases 12.No Risk Ranching, Custom Grazing on Leased Land describes how he found and managed his first and subsequent leases. He offers a detailed guide for other graziers to