Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Seven years ago, Chris Moore and Lyndsey Smith decided they needed more acres if they were going run a viable sheep farm. Read More Seven years ago, Chris Moore and Lyndsey Smith decided they needed more acres if they were going run a viable sheep farm. What started as.

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ProAg

AUGUST 3, 2023

Drought conditions and low hay supplies triggered the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) to open Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres to livestock producers in 89 Illinois counties. According to Travis Meteer, University of Illinois commercial beef Extension educator, the hay located on CRP acres is generally poor quality.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Texas Panhandle wildfires have consumed more than 500,000 acres. Homes and cattle have been lost as well. Donation supply points are being established.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 1, 2023

Over a 50 year time period, the returns from grain farming are $508/acre higher than cow-calf production, according to the research modelling. Read More

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Those who participate in the Ducks Unlimited Canada Marginal Areas Program and are clients of Farm Credit Canada may be able to access additional funds per acre. Read More Those who participate in the Ducks Unlimited Canada Marginal Areas Program and are clients of Farm Credit Canada may be able to access additional funds per acre.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 13, 2023

The meeting of food production and solar power off the same acre has a name — agrivoltaics. Read More The meeting of food production and solar power off the same acre has a name — agrivoltaics. It’s both a new term and a new concept, still in the beginning stages of an industry in Canada.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Devastating wildfires are burning in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region and the Smokehouse Creek Fire has already become the second largest in Texas history, consuming at least half a million acres.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 23, 2024

Saskatchewan has approximately 6 million acres of Crown land under grazing leases. The Government of Saskatchewan is freezing the 2024 Crown land grazing rates at 2022 levels, as the industry continues to deal with the effects of several years of dry conditions, the province says. Crown grazing rates are set annually using a formula based.

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

Samples were collected from irrigation waters, soil, sediments, air/dust, animal fecal material, wildlife scat, and other sources across approximately a 54 mile (7,000 acres) area of the southwest growing region.” [ It’s about time the FDA did this ]. birds and other wildlife do not appear to be significant sources of STEC or E.

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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Wildfires leave damages across more than 1 million acres Donations of hay, feed, fencing supplies, cow feed and milk replacer are needed to support livestock owners impacted by the devastating wildfires that have scorched ranchland across a large portion of the Texas Panhandle.

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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. He applied two tons of lime per acre that year, but did not apply any more lime after that. and recommended two tons/acre of high magnesium lime, along with 80 pounds of P and K.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Farmers Weekly Agroforestry has gone from a novel idea to a core part of a resilient farming model at Yeo Valley in Somerset, with 405ha (1,000 acres) of woodland grazing targeted by 2028.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Farmers Weekly Innovative grazing practices have enabled a Cumbrian estate to capitalise on more than 1,000ha (2,471 acres) of saltmarsh, giving a beef finishing system an extensive, low-input store period.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The yield monitor counted 730t freshweight off 12.14ha (30 acres), which is about 60t/ha. Farmers Weekly The maize is in the clamps. The best bits yielded more than 100t/ha at 34-36% dry matter. After 19 weeks in the ground, it is a massive yield for only 100kg/ha of purchased fertiliser.

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West Texas Livestock

MAY 28, 2024

million acres of hay harvested in Texas in 2023 underscore the pivotal role of hay production in sustaining livestock operations. The staggering 4.6

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 29, 2023

About 80ha (200 acres) of third cut was taken on 5 July, down slightly on area after giving 16ha (40 acres) of silage ground to the grazing cows. Farmers Weekly The changeable weather seems to be providing a good year for producing forage. Drier summers suit us here in south Cumbria.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 5, 2024

AgriLife Extension helps Texas Panhandle ranchers identify nutritional needs of displaced livestock Truckloads of hay are rolling in from across Texas and beyond, bringing much-needed feed for cattle in the wake of more than 1.2 million acres of ranchland and pastures blackened by wildfires across the Texas Panhandle. According to U.S.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A typical farmer can pull out a file of papers and start ticking off the various environmental elements that pay him: a woodpecker nest, $1,000; a goose nest by the creek, $1,000; a two-acre hillside abandoned to wildflowers, $5,000; a tree with squirrel nests in it, $2,000.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The $13 million facility is a joint.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversubsidizes the production of corn and soybeans, which are used for livestock feed, ethanol, and to create sugars, starches, and oils that end up in highly processed foods. The number of U.S.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The Missouri Climate Resilient Crop and Livestock (CRCL) Project helps farmers implement climate-smart agricultural practices through direct payments and education. Applications are open until January 31, 2025.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Begin by assessing the purpose of your landwhether it's for crop production, livestock grazing, forestry, or a combination of activities. Takeaways: Identify the type of farming you want to pursue (crop, livestock, mixed). Farm Land Checklist What are the tillable acres? Determine your budget and financial resources.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 14, 2025

Quivira Coalition’s Soil to Supper project supports producers to get more meat and other livestock products into regional supply chains while reducing waste, increasing soil health, and building climate resilience.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The FAO assessment adds that grassland soils have “suffered” from human activities such as intensive livestock grazing and agriculture. The assessment says that governments should work with the livestock industry to incentivize rotational, planned, or adaptive grazing methods. In terms of the assessment’s impact on U.S.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

He and 100 caprine teammates can clear about an acre a day. “I Founded in 2020, Happy Goat farm sits on a 2,000-acre property in Mariposa County, near Yosemite National Park. That amounts to approximately 200 acres in addition to the 220 acres the goats take on each year back at the farm. Photo by Craig Kohlruss.

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Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

There are not a lot of hog farmers…But there are kids that want to be handling livestock.” Often families will purchase livestock for these types of programs using interest-free youth loans. To me, Niman Ranch is a way they can afford five acres of property and they could actually raise livestock, they could have a small business.”

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness. The Precision Farmer Case Study One inspiring case is a midwestern farmer who adopted drone technology and IoT sensors across their 500-acre corn farm.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 7, 2025

They raise fruit, vegetables, flowers, and animals on farms and urban gardens from New Hampshire to Kentucky, on operations that range in size from less than an acre to more than 40 acres. In this series, we spotlight some of the farmers and ranchers NCAT supports. But these differences mean very little. Wayne Riley , London, KY.

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ATTRA

JULY 16, 2024

The Missouri Climate-Resilient Crop and Livestock (CRCL) Project led by the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at the University of Missouri is offering incentive payment initiatives for climate-smart practices aimed at creating more resilient crop and livestock systems. The incentive payments range from $15 to $40 per acre.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

For example, the Census shows increasing use of key practices like conservation tillage and cover crops and durable protection of acres in conservation easements. million acres with cover crops (a 17% increase) in 2022 than in 2017 and a 50% increase in acres with cover crops from 2012. Since the 1997 high of 66.4

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 24, 2024

Nearly four decades ago, Ron Mardesen and his wife Denise stopped using antibiotics on their hog farm, A-Frame Acres, in Elliot, Iowa. In 2002, Mardesen started selling his pork to Niman Ranch, a network of independent family farmers that raise livestock without antibiotics or added hormones.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 16, 2023

The trial took place in north Norfolk on 16ha (40 acres) across two sites run by LSB Pigs. Farmers Weekly Grass mixes can establish well and withstand grazing by outdoor pigs, helping protect soils and watercourses, a three-year trial has shown.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Colorado’s semi-arid climate can be unpredictable, presenting challenges for ranchers and livestock producers. PRF insurance is available for haying and grazing, and you can insure part or all your acres. The post PRF Insurance: Safeguarding Livestock and Land in Colorado appeared first on Farm Credit of Southern Colorado.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This was soon after the Zachmans founded Feathered Acres Learning Farm & Inn with substantial startup expenses. Fertilizer costs rose by more than 33 percent from 2020 to 2021 because of several factors, including extreme weather events and the Russian war against Ukraine.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 6, 2024

New research sheds light on the scope of the livestock industry’s influence over prominent agricultural research centers at two public universities. While Mitloehner is right to single out cow burps, he misses the broader issue: Livestock and fossil fuels are both significant drivers of climate change.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 8, 2024

Without farmland to grow crops or ranchland for livestock, we don’t eat. 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. Conserving farmland underpins a stable local food supply.

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Agwired

JANUARY 29, 2025

The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) hailed the House passage of two significant land management bills that are strongly supported by Americas livestock producers: the ACRES Act and the Fix Our Forests Act.

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