Regenerative Farming For Cattle Operations in North Georgia

This paper intends to dive deep into the dynamics and complexities of cattle farming within the North Georgia Mountains. The intended focus is the utilization of different farming practices, such as regenerative farming, within the industry to minimize costs and to maximize profits, despite economic fluctuations. North Georgia is a geographically diverse region that offers many challenges in producing a successful operation. A few representative challenges that the regenerative farming industry faces are the initial start-up costs, lack of resources to gain an understanding of those practices, additional labor requirements, and the diminished yield in output that is seen during the transitional period. With a mixture of field surveys from farmers in the region and the aid of extant literature, my study presents the economic facts of the local farming industry, and it suggests how viable a successful operation should be. The research heavily relies on first-hand interviews of local farmer’s operations and the specific practices they partake in to run their individual operation. I also intend to compare different farming styles, such as the regenerative and traditional ranching, and combining multiple concepts to form the best economic model for the farming industry in North Georgia rural areas. Ultimately, through my field survey and economic analyses, I intend to investigate the economic advantages of regenerative farming practices and not only how they provide better economic benefit to the farmers, but also how that benefit can be passed on to the consumers as well.