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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

Stockpile is pasture that is left to grow during the growing season for grazing at a later date, often after the spring flush and can be perennial pasture or intentionally planted diverse cover crops. Grazing stockpile and not feeding hay is highly dependent on adjusting the farm/ranch stocking rate.

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USDA to Begin Issuing $1.75 Billion to Agricultural Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief Programs

ProAg

To expedite payments, determine producer eligibility and calculate the ELRP 2022 payment, FSA is using livestock inventories and drought-affected forage acreage or restricted animal units and grazing days due to wildfire already reported to FSA by ranchers when they submitted their Livestock Forage Disaster Program applications.

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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland. The advocates say the pattern is part of a familiar history. “We

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Virginia Tech Receives Record $80m Towards Climate-Smart Farming

World Agri-Tech

The Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received an $80 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to pilot a program that will pay producers to implement climate-smart practices on farms of all sizes and commodities, an initiative that could have significant impacts on curbing climate-changing gases.

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