Holistic management handbook: healthy land, healthy profits

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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Holistic Management Financial Planning: Making a Healthy Profit; Mastering the Basics; Your Holisticgoal: Aligning Your Financial Decisions; The Testing Guidelines: Reducing Decision-Making Stress; Management Tips and Good Ideas; Planning Forms; Creating Your Plan; Planning the Planning: Laying the Foundation; Preliminary Planning: Taking a Hard Look; Putting the Plan on Paper; Monitoring Your Plan to Ensure Profits; Summary. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Boxes Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Holistic Management Financial Planning: Making a Healthy Profit Mastering the Basics Your Holisticgoal: Aligning Your Financial Decisions The Testing Guidelines: Reducing Decision-Making Stress Management Tips and Good Ideas Planning Forms Creating Your Plan Planning the Planning: Laying the Foundation Preliminary Planning: Taking a Hard Look Putting the Plan on Paper Monitoring Your Plan to Ensure Profits Summary. Part II: Holistic Management Grazing Planning: Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time for the Right ReasonsMastering the Basics Why Plan Your Grazing? Measuring Forage Utilization-in Days Grazing, Overgrazing, and Growth Rates Grazing Periods and Recovery Periods Time, Paddocks, and Land Divisions Forage and Drought Reserves The Critical Non- or Slow-Growing Season Managing a Drought Watering Large Herds Creating Herd Effect Single versus Multiple Herds Wild Grazers and Browsers Matching Animal Cycles to Land Cycles Pests, Parasites, and Other Headaches. Creating Your PlanGuidelines for Planning The Aide Memoire for Holistic Management Grazing Planning Summary Part III: Holistic Management Biological Monitoring: Monitoring to Make What You Want Happen Mastering the Basics General Observations Key Land Health Indicators: The Four Ecosystems Processes Soil Capping: Its Development and Effects Reading Plant Form Identifying Species: It's Not Just a Name Game Grazing Patterns-and What They Can Tell You Living Organisms: Community Dynamics Revisited Monitoring Your Land The Monitoring Procedures Gathering the Data Basic Monitoring. Comprehensive MonitoringA Note on Shortcuts Summary Part IV: Holistic Management Land Planning: Designing the Ideal Layout of Your Infrastructure Mastering the Basics Gathering Important Information Preparing Maps and Overlays Deciding on Herd and Cell Sizes Creating Your Plan Preparing Maps for Planning Holding the Planning Session Implementing Your Plan Layouts and Hardware Epilogue Appendices Appendix 1.A: The Testing Guidelines in Summary Appendix 1.B: Financial Planning Forms Appendix 2.A: Grazing Planning Forms Appendix 2.B: Grazing Two or More Herds in the Same Cell. Appendix 2.C: A More Refined Method for Calculating Grazing Period Adjustments Based on Herd Size ChangesAppendix 3.A: Interpreting Your Monitoring: Five Scenarios Appendix 3.B: Biological Monitoring Forms Appendix 4: Holistic Management International Glossary Index.