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When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Modern Farmer

If that same land was producing a harvest of potatoes, a typical crop for the area, farmers could expect, based on 2020 prices , to have received approximately $736.56 (CDN) per metric ton from their harvests. But when livestock graze on the same pasture repeatedly, plants don’t have the opportunity to recover and will die.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

In response, the chapter centers agroecological solutions like enhanced soil health and diversified landscapes. However, solutions to livestock methane center on feed supplements and energy capture from liquid manure systems rather than grazing systems. Consequently, less forage is likely to be available.

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. 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.

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