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Improving Agricultural Development Projects Through Gender Analysis

Agric4profits

Women tend to concentrate their agricultural activities around the homestead, primarily because of their domestic and reproductive roles; they play a critical role in food production, post-harvest activities, livestock care, and increasingly in cash cropping.

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The Best Types of Hay to Choose for Your Livestock

Farmbrite

Selecting the right type of hay for your livestock is a critical decision that can significantly impact their health, growth, and productivity. We've added information about different types of hay, the nutrients in hay, and the needs of different types of livestock. Without this livestock cannot function.

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New Crop-Livestock Integration Resources

Organic Farming Research

To address this need, OFRF has developed a Crop-Livestock Integration series informed by interviews with highly experienced organic producers across the US whose farming operations have benefited from integrated crop and livestock production.

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Addressing Compaction During the Regenerative Transition: Part 2

UnderstandingAg

We want a mix of both warm- and cool-season cash crops and cover crops in the rotation. Planting shorter-maturity cash crops is one strategy to allow more time to get cover crops established in the fall and/or let them grow longer in the spring.

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Regenerative Agriculture: A Strategic Approach for Farming

Cropaia

Cover cropping : Cover crops are strategically planted in between cash crops or during fallow periods. Cover crops also support biodiversity and provide habitat for beneficial insects. Integrating livestock : Some regenerative systems incorporate livestock, such as cattle or sheep, into crop rotations.

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From Symptoms to Solutions: Addressing the Underlying Causes of Water Quality Degradation – Part 4

UnderstandingAg

We should feed the soil more like we feed ourselves and our livestock. Fall application of nutrients for a cash crop the following year makes no sense from a plant nutrition standpoint. It would open up opportunities to grow diverse, N-fixing summer cover crop mixes that could be grazed by livestock.

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Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

And beyond the diversification associated with cropping fields, adding livestock diversity into a system can reduce challenges like pests and diseases while allowing for nutrient cycling from livestock to soil and back to crop or forage species. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases.