Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

acre Niwot Homestead in a suburban yard that belongs to a family she found through Nextdoor. “We The Homestead grows vegetables, herbs, grains, and animals such as ducks, pigs, and chickens. She moved on to manage a two-acre cut flower parcel at a large market farm for a couple of years.

Real Estate 117

Real Estate Farming Farming Acre 117

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 8, 2023

Alfalfa hay, the nutrient-rich backbone of the dairy, beef and horse industries in the West, produces more protein per acre than any other field crop. Al Noorda of Cedar Fort, Utah started using fodder for his grass-fed beef cattle and horses in 2014, following years of drought at his mixed-use ranch.

Cattle 98

Cattle Technology Ranching Acre 98

Daily Yonder

JUNE 18, 2024

As Mark and Tammy Copenhaver looked to the future, they saw nearly 3,000 acres and a family legacy on the vast Montana horizon in both literal and figurative ways. Everything that someone would need to know for a healthy farm or ranch business.” Each week is dedicated to a different farm-business-health topic,” Buckner said.

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Ranching Cattle Farming Farming 113

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

Agriculture 142

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 142

NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

While some agricultural and forestry projects might fit into the existing priority project categories, opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon through changes in farm, forest and ranch management would more appropriately fall under additional project categories. We urge the U.S.

Greenhouse 130

Greenhouse Forestry Finance Supply Chain 130

The Equation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that these dollars will help hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers apply conservation to millions of acres of land. Flooding, excessive heat, and drought wreaked havoc on farms and ranches around the country, from California to Texas to Massachusetts.

Food 129

Food Ruralism Farming Farming 129

NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc.

Farming 130

Farming Farming Seeding Ruralism 130

Food Tank

MARCH 8, 2024

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Food 98

Food Ranching Aquaculture Farming 98

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

Supply Chain 145

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

Todays Farmer Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Average farm size increased to 463 acres compared to 441 in 2017, but total farmland decreased by 2% to 880 million acres, a loss of about 20 million acres. farms and ranches produced $543 billion in agricultural products, up from $389 billion in 2017. farms and operated 84% of land in farms. • In 2022, there were 1.2

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 52

Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In 2023, farm real estate value rose $280 per acre to an average of $4,080. Cropland Prices Cropland values increased $410 per acre to an average of $5,460. Pasture Prices Pasture and ranch land values increased $110 per acre to an average of $1,760. That is a 7.4 That is an 8.1 That is an 8.1 That is a 6.7

Farmland 59

Farmland Real Estate Pasture Acre 59

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The 10-acre farm outside Hamilton, Montana is run by Noah Jackson and Mary Bricker, who dedicate four irrigated acres of pasture to their laying hens. Organic, GMO-free feed and whole grains, moved to fresh pasture regularly. It displays the SweetRoot Farm logo—a beet sticking out of a row of dirt—and the text “Pastured eggs.

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Pasture Food Production Farming 127

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Now, as I design landscapes for my residential clients close to home—and work with farmers and ranchers as a consultant with Understanding Ag—I see better how we can’t really parse out the home landscape “flower beds” from the vegetable garden, or either of those from the 1,000-acre fields of wheat or corn in the Midwest and Great Plains.

Soil Science 93

Soil Science Science Soil Compaction Pesticide 93

Agwired

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Through the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, USDA also partners with several organizations to offer mental health resources. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Grain Stocks report. More program information is also available online at farmers.gov. 1, 2024 totaled 1.76

Ranching 45

Ranching Agriculture Agriculture Farming 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Prairie strips are one means of increasing biodiversity and perennial presence in fields Diversification in practice Diversification may mean a variety of changes in a farm or ranch system. That includes agroforestry systems, perennial pasture systems, and perennial grain crops.

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 87

UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

farm production more than doubled, and farm size increased from an average of 215 acres in 1950 to 464 acres in 2023. farm output nearly tripled, while global grain production has more than quadrupled since 1950 and has doubled since 1975. is losing an average of two tons of topsoil per acre annually. 50% of U.S.

Food 98

Food Acre Pesticide Fertilizer 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

By the early 20 th century, decades of timber-cutting and overgrazing had left the ranching region in southern states barren, its nutrient-rich native grasses replaced by a motley assortment of plants that made poor forage. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading. But ranchers have been slow to embrace it. He loves the results.

Ranching 111

Ranching Pasture Forage Cattle 111

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Each of these three conservation activities represents a holistic approach to improving conservation across an entire operation, either by requiring producers to adopt multiple practice enhancements on the same acres or to pursue ambitious, measurable soil health goals, such as increasing organic matter (OM) over the life of their CSP contract.

Farming 83

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. For some, such as Nevada’s Frey Ranch , the sustainability of the spirit is infused in every aspect of their business.

Ranching 140

Ranching Acre Forestry Processing 140

RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. Today, Tim and Joanne manage WR Grazing in collaboration with Doug and other family members on 3000 acres of land.

Ranching 52

Ranching Cattle Crop Acre 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

As CEO, one of his first actions was to send an employee on a quest: Find the “most regenerative” ranch, he instructed. Do not bring me a small ranch,” he said. The September Montana ranch tour and presentation. He combined it with a smaller ranch called La Cense, which he bought the same year. But they have to be big.

Ranching 143

Ranching Cattle Production Food 143

UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Below is a basic diagram showing how carbon cycles through a corn field yielding around 200 bu/acre. of carbon per acre in the top two feet of soil. of carbon per acre annually. Another portion of carbon is removed when the grain is harvested. Carbon flow estimates for a 200 bu/acre corn crop. That’s a big number!

Compost 91

Compost Acre Processing Crop 91

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

The US agriculture sector covers 654 million acres of pasture and rangeland for grazing cattle and another 391 million acres to produce corn, soybeans and other field crop monocultures—and all of them pollute one way or another. Let me give you a better idea of what we’re up against. By 2017, they accounted for only 1.6

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Audubon Society, United States Recognizing the link between food systems and wildlife conservation, the Audubon Society launched the Conservation Ranching Initiative. To help feed the world sustainably, their goal is to conserve 10 billion acres of ocean, 1.6 billion acres of land, and 620,000 miles of rivers.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. As we enter a new quarter century, here are 125 organizations to follow and support in 2025.

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

Food 137

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 137

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

That changed, however, after Moyer and her partner established an organic farm on 10 acres in the Sierra foothills of California. In On Gold Hill , Moyer weaves together her attempt to grow the grain with the story she unearths of her family through the generations. Might this obscure wheat contain within it a door to my own heritage?”

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145

Agwired

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These investments cover over 11 million acres in fiscal year 2024, contributing to the highest total investment in private lands conservation in any year in the history of USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Grain 45

Grain Yield Agriculture Agriculture 45