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How farmers are taking the jeopardy out of egg production

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Philip Wright and his family have been farming their 600 acre farm in Norfolk for four generations. Predominantly focused on arable, about 15 years ago he diversified into egg production and since then has become one of the largest free range producers in the region.

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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

The ATF predicts that more than 300 million acres of farmland and ranch land could change ownership within the next two decades, with some of it transitioning out of agriculture use permanently. million acres of farmland and ranchland through conservation easements. But real estate developers can afford it.

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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

acre Niwot Homestead in a suburban yard that belongs to a family she found through Nextdoor. “We Whenever issues arise, such as the roaming habits of free-range chickens, they all sit down “as humans” to talk them through and come to a solution together. Relationship-Based Land Stewardship Amy Scanes-Wolfe runs the 1.4-acre

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BACKYARD CHICKENS

The Lunatic Farmer

People are cultishly fixated on free-range chickens. Virtually everyone had a story about predators, from hawks to neighbors’ dogs, attacking and eating these free range birds. While chickens free ranging on your 1-acre homestead are pretty, seeing the carnage after a predator attack is not.

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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

This herd, however, is not quite as free-range as it appears. More (Virtual) Fencing Facilitates Animal Movement Sam’s family has been farming Georges Mills’ 90 acres since the 1750s, and the infrastructure harkens back to a time before farmers used even simple machinery.

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Soil for Water Video Case Studies

ATTRA

Becky raises South Poll cattle as a cow-calf operation, breeds replacement heifers, and sells seed stock on 160-acres of land. Holsinger Homeplace Farms now provides other families excellent grassfed beef and eggs from free-range laying hens. Buck and AJ share their motivations and how they have a generational perspective.

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