Git Along Little Dogies

Third generation (and going on fourth) rancher Loy Sneary of Sneary Cattle just outside Bay City was interviewed about his grazing practices. In particular, he was an early adopter of the Adaptive Multi-Paddock grazing method that is integral to Jim Blackburn's TCX and BCarbon initiatives. This grazing practice encourages ranchers to move their cattle to new paddocks frequently. The regular movement to fresh paddocks allows the coastal grasses that are the cattle's foraged food, to be protected from overgrazing, and therefore maintain and grow deeper roots. The deeper the roots, the greater the grasses' ability to sequester carbon.

Jim Blackburn has developed a commercial carbon market around AMP grazing. If a rancher agrees to implement this system of grazing, the increase of carbon sequestration is monitored, measured and ultimately monetized. Organizations, individuals and companies who want to reduce their carbon footprints pay the ranchers for their good environmental practices and the resulting sequestration. BCarbon was formed to make this market value measurable and valued at an agreed-upon level. 

Loy has already benefitted from this extra stream of income, and he enthusiastically advocates  AMP to his ranching neighbors and, through this interview, to Texas and the nation.