UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

But of all of the regenerative farming benefits experienced since he began making the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture seven years ago, theres one benefit thats especially meaningful to the 42-year-old Bergler. I used to haul 80-100 loads of manure each year and now Im down to seven. Its not just a job.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

By Tammy Barnes , NCAT Agriculture Specialist Ah, the season of boot-sucking, tractor sliding, truck bed smashing, brown paw-printed kitchen floors, heavy pant cuffs, human swearing mud. Not to mention that no livestock owner wants to see their animals covered in mud and manure. Mud in the winter will result in soil compaction later.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

From pasture to parlor, its organic, butterfat-rich milk travels less than 10 miles, produced by a herd of Jerseys pasture-raised on the misty coast. The PCC DBII is one of four such initiatives across the country, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. The NCA5 covers a lot of ground, but this summary focuses on aspects most relevant to agriculture.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Implementing sound management practices not only benefits individual animals but also contributes to the long-term viability of the farm, fostering a resilient agricultural system that meets the demands of farm owners, farmhands, animals, consumers, and the environment. 9 ways to add effective livestock management to your farm.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 30, 2023

Manure slurry is a valuable but difficult resource to manage on dairy farms. Slurry pits must be emptied to make room for the never-ending stream of manure. Manure is often not a top priority for most dairies and handling may have to wait until seasonal fieldwork is completed. This causes the soil microbiology to go dormant.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The experience led him to start learning about regenerative agriculture and the benefits raising chickens could have for the soil fertility and sustainability of his nine acres. There isn’t a total consensus on what “regenerative agriculture” is, though, and it can sometimes include standards such as animal welfare and supporting workers.

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CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

billion, the May Revise maintains over $100 million in proposed reductions to climate smart agriculture programs while proposing a climate resilience bond. Flood Relief Funding Despite the continued economic challenges in the state, the May Revise offers some much-needed relief for agricultural communities impacted by the recent flooding.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She and Rafkin had a goal of adding diversity and value to her family’s farm through organic agriculture, but they found few organic farmers in the area at the time and none that were implementing agroforestry. It allows us to be creative again, which I think we’ve lost in agriculture,” she says.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 28, 2023

“We started with that largely because we want to get out of commodity agriculture,” Payne said. By planting 600 chestnut trees, he is bracing for a future of extreme heat by adapting an agriculture practice known as silvopasture. Here we are planting trees in our pastures, so that in 10 to twelve years we can have dappled shade.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

Dairy farmers are working to implement climate-smart manure management practices, and the COWS Act will offer the needed resources to enhance both air and water quality,” said Rob Larew, National Farmers Union President. “Getting the AMMP award sped up our plans to modernize our manure management system by about 10 years. .

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

This blog originally appeared here on the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) website, and is re-posted here with permission. CalCAN is a member of NSAC and played a part in developing the original version of the Agriculture Resilience Act. Farmers across the country are experiencing climate impacts as a crisis.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Recently we held a goat production class out in Luling, Texas, at the marvelous S3 Legacy Ranch. Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And its early success has conservationists and lawmakers hoping it can become a model for local, state, and federal farm conservation programs, and in the process serve as a way of disrupting the corn-bean-feedlot machine that dominates Midwestern agriculture. Since 2016, the U.S. farmland is regularly cover cropped.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist When I teach about the soil food web, I tend to paint with broad brushstrokes. Pasture fertility, healthy livestock, reduced nutrient runoff, all thanks to dung beetles. Another fun fact she shared made me appreciate them in a new light: did you know that dung beetles mate for life?

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

The torrent overwhelmed dams, swelled rivers and crumbled levees, inundating entire farming communities, including Lerda-Goni and a dozen other ranches, and reawakening a long-dormant lake lying beneath the vast agricultural region. It was just an insane amount of water in such a short amount of time.”

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Crucial Role of Farm Bill Advocacy The farm bill covers a wide range of agriculture and nutrition policy that has a huge impact on how our food is grown and who has access to it, and what resources farmers and ranchers will have for conservation practices, crop insurance, research, and much more.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. As Doug puts it, “Climate change is bringing more variability, not a consistent change toward a new pattern.”

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

This method is beneficial for the long-term health of your pasture and ensures that the pasture isn't overgrazed. It is known to be a top choice to grow in grazing areas, for hay, silage, and green manure or cover crops. It is best used as hay or pasture for a variety of animals, including horses, cattle, sheep, and goats.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Next, they purchased a no-drill seeder together, and it allowed them to plant rows of grain directly into orchards and pastures without tilling, a practice known to benefit the soil. France has the most developed sharing system, which includes a network of over 12,000 agricultural equipment cooperatives, involving a third of all French farms.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Regenerative Agriculture Alliance (RAA), the nonprofit he founded and now sits on the board of, also plays a key, ongoing role in developing the infrastructure behind the network and has plans to scale it up to extend across the upper portion of the corn belt. ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there. says Christofore.

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Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The event consisted of a tour through the biologically diverse farm and wrapped up with a discussion focused on the regenerative agriculture practices at Vitis and Ovis as well as issues and adaptations that farmer attendees have been dealing with on their own farms.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Regardless of the approach, implementing crop rotation is crucial for maintaining soil fertility, minimizing pest and disease issues, and ensuring sustainable agriculture practices. Avoid overgrazing your pasture lands. Grazing is an important part of pasture management , but you must be careful not to overgraze your land.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

At the beginning of the 21 st century, nomadic pastoralist cultures throughout the world are under siege, regarded as backward, and losing their ancestral pasture grounds to ‘development’, from mining and irrigated agriculture to green energy projects. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

This is partially because they have been included as a key ingredient in the Biden administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions in animal agriculture. At CAFOs, it is common to pool animal waste in one spot, called a manure lagoon. In 2020, manure accounted for about 9 percent of the US’s methane emissions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

This has helped immensely when weather conditions are not ideal, particularly as they grow large amounts of green manures which, when incorporated into the soil, help to boost organic matter and retain moisture beneath the surface. “Diversity is the key,” says Nathan – there is value in having a lot of different crops in the ground.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack helped unveil his agency’s Census of Agriculture , a huge quinquennial report that covers 6 million data points and gives the current state-of-the-state of American farms and farmers. When animals are raised on pasture, their manure releases very little methane.)

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. billion to hundreds of agriculture organizations, corporations, universities, and nonprofits for climate-smart projects.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Not all farmland is created equal,” says Jesse Womack, a conservation policy specialist with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). Created by Congress in 1985, the CRP asks agricultural producers to voluntarily take environmentally sensitive land out of active production and conserve it. It is always overdrawn.”

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

On a sunny September afternoon, Tripician stood in front of a small crowd to present Bert Glover, the managing director of Impact Ag Partners, an Australian firm that helps people like Murdoch make and manage regenerative agriculture investments. Behind them, green pastures stretched into the distance toward looming, sand-colored peaks.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In recent years, curbing emissions from agriculture and the broader food system has become a bigger piece of the conference’s programming. And this year, the most influential group in American agriculture has been pointing to big strides made. In response, the American Farm Bureau’s president, Zippy Duvall, attributed the shift to U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. NSAC will reserve final assessment until the full legislative text becomes available.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. Glad to hear your thoughts.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In some pastures, Griggs must rely upon wells, some as deep as 800 feet, to water the livestock. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. Wilde was forced to pipe water in.

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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).

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

While the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have been holding hearings and listening sessions since the beginning of the year, progress has repeatedly stalled amid fights over the debt ceiling and appropriations bills that still have not been finalized.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

While the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have been holding hearings and listening sessions since the beginning of the year, progress has repeatedly stalled amid fights over the debt ceiling and appropriations bills that still have not been finalized.

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