UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In the following discussion, I would like to share some thoughts on how to add net profit into a grazing operation, as well as share my own experiences reducing hay inputs with the grass-finished beef herd that roams across our northern Michigan family farm. Early spring grazing is another advantage to having a stockpile of forage.

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Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

In fact, from 2008-2016, croplands expanded at a rate of over one million acres per year, with the eastern half of the Dakotas leading the charge. In 1971, the soils on his family farm in Ohio contained 0.75% organic matter and a pH as low as 4.2 ton/acre/year. Unfortunately, 69.5% in some spots.

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Acre Fertilizer Pasture Crop 64

Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

Rebecca was recently notified by the State Water Board that she may be prohibited from pumping water from a well on the three acres that she leases. Fines for violating the order are as high as $1,000 per day of violation and $2,500 for each acre-food of water diverted. She farms 1.5 I am losing crops by the bed.

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Family Farming Farming Farming Water Rights 52

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Upon leaving her family farm to study agriculture at Stanford, she took up a work-study program investigating the economic viability of grass-fed beef. “It The same year that Carman returned to her family farm, a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, was detected in the US.

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Cattle Ranching Supply Chain Forage 136

Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. More Eyes Per Acre As one of California’s oldest cheesemakers, Rumiano Cheese has a storied presence in the North Coast’s dairy shed. These approaches often run counter to the commodity-driven model of CAFOs.

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Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain 142

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Half the largest herd—which lives in a 2,900-acre reserve with a fence that protects nearby ranches—died mostly due to insufficient forage. Albert Straus, the CEO of Straus Family Creamery , said the seashore’s five organic dairies, two of which supply 15 percent of his creamery’s milk, may not survive.

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Ranching Acre Food Farming 144

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

On the back 16 acres of Walla Walla Community College, 30 Red Angus cows stand munching on hairy vetch, ryegrass and other cover crops that were planted to help restore the soil. Most of the people in our ag program are coming from an agrarian background but are trying to be innovative with new ways to approach farming,” says Leventhal.

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Food Farming Farming Agroecology 98