Your Regenerative Journey Begins Here
At Understanding Ag, we believe that education and understanding is so powerful that once you begin your regenerative journey, you will never turn back.
The Foundation for Your Success
Learn why UA’s consulting and educational components form a critical foundation for the implementation of the soil health principles and adaptive grazing rules for your regenerative success.
Your Partners in Regeneration
On the road to regeneration with Understanding Ag. With years of experience working on diversified specialty crop operations, Understanding Ag consultant Chuck Schembre has a lot of expertise to help growers successfully implement regenerative cropping and grazing practices in their orchards, vineyards and vegetable fields. But if ever runs into an area where he has a knowledge gap, Chuck says he can pull somebody in from UA’s amazing team to fill that gap.
We’re excited to announce that Understanding Ag will have six of its regenerative farming and ranching experts speaking at the 49th Acres U.S.A. Eco-Ag Conference this year. During the conference, Gabe Brown, Allen Williams, Ph.D., Brian Dougherty, Chuck Schembre, Derek Schmitz and Luke Jones will share their insights with a community dedicated to sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
When and Where: December 2nd - 5th in Madison, Wisconsin. The first two days are full-day workshops (Eco-Ag U) where each workshop is chock full of opportunities to learn from expert instructors, ask questions, and connect with others through dedicated networking times. December 4th and 5th will be the conference, featuring general session presentations and a trade show full of vendors dedicated to helping ecological farmers.
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Over his decades of farming and ranching, Understanding Ag's Gabe Brown has noticed a troubling trend: the conventional farming techniques he used were degrading the soil and negatively affecting life. He shares how his family farm turned things around by adopting regenerative agricultural practices — and shows how the wider food system can use these same methods to improve food quality and revitalize the land. Click here to watch this important TedTalk.
Regardless of the cropping or grazing system, UA’s specialists can help you grow and profit regeneratively.
Understanding Ag’s rancher-consultants will help you understand, then successfully and profitably apply, adaptive grazing and soil health principles. Our ag sector fact sheets explain how and further detail several specific areas of our consultants’ expertise.
How We Help
UA provides you, farmers and ranchers, with the guidance and tools to achieve your goals, success and profitability.
Regen Ag 101’s Virtual Learning Course Now Free to FFA & 4-H Advisors, Vo-Ag Instructors
Thanks to a grant from global food company General Mills, vocational agriculture instructors and FFA & 4-H advisors for grades 7-12 will be provided free access to the regenerative agriculture online course, Regen Ag 101. Continuing education units available.
Consulting and Planning
Understanding Ag can help you achieve your regenerative agricultural goals and objective.
Soil Health
Learn how to improve soil health through practical regenerative agricultural principles.
Resources and Videos
Learn about the principles and practice of regenerative agriculture in the resource and video library.
Regenerative Successes
Regenerative agriculture principles and practices have improved our clients' farms, profits and communities.
Helping our clients grow healthier soil, foods, farms and profits
Read what our clients have to say about how Understanding Ag's consultants have helped them make successful and profitable transitions from input-intensive conventional agriculture to soil health-and profit-improving regenerative agriculture.
“Gabe Brown has been one of the most influential people in my life when it comes to regenerative agriculture and soil health. He and the team at Understanding Ag have helped propel our farm forward by leaps and bounds with their great understanding of how the soil functions. We would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for Gabe and the team.”
Brad McIntyre
McIntyre Pastures, Caldwell, ID
"The people at UA have done, and continue to do, so much to help us find our way down this path of regeneration… We are forever grateful. The progress we are making in such a short time is invigorating.
"We are doing all we can within our circle of influence here to promote regenerative agriculture and help others down the same path."
- John Hays
Hays Family Farm
Bainbridge, IN
“Gabe Brown originally inspired me to try regenerative agriculture. Any success I have, I must give thanks to him. He helped save my family from crippling debt and gave me hope for a better future of my soil. He helped change my family farm.”
Macauley Kincaid, Jasper, MO
“Understanding Ag is an outstanding consultancy for anyone committed to advancing their agricultural practices through regenerative methods. Their unparalleled expertise, customized solutions, practical implementation, educational focus, proven results, commitment to improvement, and innovative mindset make them a valuable ally in the journey towards a more regenerative and productive future in agriculture.
“Partnering with Understanding Ag is an investment that promises to yield significant dividends for both the farmer and the environment.”
Benina Montes
Burroughs Family Farm, Denair, CA
"I honestly didn’t look at the soil as a living thing. Going along on this journey, it makes you realize there is so much more than just dirt on the ground... There are living organisms down there... making that all mesh – it’s already there. Why do that synthetically when you can let nature take its course?”
Kyle Rhodd
Ioway Farms Manager, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska:
“I had a budding interest in soil health before the project but had a very limited understanding of both the theory and practical implementation. As I was coached by Understanding Ag, I began to understand both better. Being a part of the UA project has given me hope that there is a better way to farm.”
Timothy Yoder
Hutchinson, Kansas
“I was running out of hope before the folks at Understanding Ag showed me there was a more profitable and enjoyable way to farm. It completely revolutionized our farm.”
Derek Schmitz
The Derek Schmitz family, Cold Spring, MN
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