Regenerate Outcomes works with leading experts to give farmers the best chance of success when transitioning to regenerative management.
Understanding Ag is one of the world’s leading education providers for regenerative farms. Its team combines practical farming experience with scientific expertise to mentor across all farm types and growing conditions.
Regenerate Outcomes sponsors mentorship from Gabe Brown, Dr Allen Williams and the wider team at Understanding Ag. They work closely with farms to understand their context and provide tailored advice.
Understanding Ag’s mentoring is based on six core principles:
Minimal disturbance of the soil through tillage or use of chemicals which helps to preserve soil biology
Keeping living roots in the soil for as much of the year as possible to support microbial life and build organic matter
Integrating livestock into cropping rotations to improve activity in the soil and enhance soil biology
Improving grazing management; for example, regularly moving stock to graze different areas, varying when different parts of the farm are grazed and allowing land extra time to rest between grazing
Encouraging diversity in crop, pasture, livestock and wildlife species
Ensuring management activities are appropriate to your context, including your farm environment, production goals, market conditions and desired work-life balance
Respected all over the world as one of the leading authorities on regenerative farming, Gabe Brown is perhaps best known as the author of the 2018 book Dirt to Soil, which told the story of how he brought his family farm in North Dakota back from the brink of bankruptcy to become a profitable business.
“Understanding Ag has had the pleasure of working with Regenerate Outcomes since 2020 with the philosophy of improving farm profitability while enhancing ecosystem health,” says Gabe.
“Understanding Ag's focus is on the 6-3-4: The six principles of soil health, the three rules of adaptive stewardship and the four ecosystem processes.
“Farmers are educated as to how to implement the 6-3-4 on their farm, under their context, at a rate at which they are comfortable. No prescriptions are given, it is very flexible.
“The educational process frequently begins at workshops or field days then moves to the individual farm where, during annual visits from the UA consultant, a farmer can best explain their own context.
“Seeing regeneration taking place on their own farm leads to a better understanding and results. This unique approach leads to a high rate of adoption and success.
“Success is tracked through increased farm profitability, often the result of decreased input use, along with a suite of soil health tests, including carbon, biological tests and observations. These provide valuable information to the farm team.
“The Understanding Ag team takes great pride in their relationship with Regenerate Outcomes and the farmers they serve. We look forward to continuing that relationship.”
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“It’s really beneficial to have access to all that information and experience in one place, rather than spending hours trawling through books or YouTube videos to find it and decipher it yourself.”
– Stuart Johnson, beef, sheep and arable farmer, Northumberland