Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly A second dairy unit set up on neighbouring arable land has given two brothers a long-term future on their Leicestershire family farm Martin Wade and his sons, George and Ben, ran at Honeypot Farm, a 350-cow dairy unit between Market Harborough and Lutterworth.

Arable Land 179

Arable Land Family Farming Marketing Farming 179

Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Grasslands – and the grazing livestock they support – have been fundamentally important to Scotland’s people for millennia. Some of this is easily quantified: grazing livestock are, for example, an important source of employment in rural areas, providing vital economic opportunities in some of the country’s most fragile communities.

Livestock 81

Livestock Pasture Cattle Arable Land 81

Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

That’s because we use no arable land, no freshwater (we make our own on the vessels), no pesticides or fertilizer, and no food to harvest these fish from the wild. For every meal of land animal protein that you substitute with fish, you are significantly reducing your personal carbon footprint. Sustainable seafood is cool.

Arable Land 126

Arable Land Food Production Processing 126

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

With a population of almost half a million, the region is known for its arable land and stunning vistas – the “Tuscany of America,” according to local rancher Bronte Edwards. But Sonoma has a less genteel side: The area is also home to approximately 3 million head of livestock held in concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

Acre 62

Acre Livestock Poultry Farming 62

Farming Secrets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Decreased water and wind erosion as with the current rate of soil loss by 2050 we will have lost 95% of arable lands to degradation and desertification. Increased soil carbon, soil nitrogen, soil moisture, nutrient cycling. Increased soil carbon, soil nitrogen, soil moisture, nutrient cycling. to keep temperatures below 1.5

Greenhouse 98

Greenhouse Pasture Crop Arable Land 98

Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The way forward and the way back – sheep were never really meant to be penned inside small paddocks of intensively farmed grass, unless it was for short periods to manure arable land. According to the International Wolf Center, “Incomplete statistics reveal that Spanish wolves kill some 10,000 head of livestock annually.”

Arable Land 98

Arable Land Straw Marketing Manure 98

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To ensure its aquifers remain sustainable amid an uncertain climate future, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District must permanently withdraw up to 60,000 acres of land from irrigation, about 10 percent of the valley’s arable land. Now those wells have water—it’s music to my ears—they can haul water for their livestock.”

Water Rights 139

Water Rights Acre Farming Farming 139