Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

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.

Livestock 88

Livestock Forage Cattle Orchard 88

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

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. Try to always apply manure to a living crop.

Manure 98

Manure Cash Crop Crop Crop Rotation 98

UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

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. Living ground cover is especially critical on acres receiving manure from confinement operations. The same is true for other nutrients.

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Crop Manure Fertilizer 98

Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 105

Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Some regions have expanded their focus to include climate-smart ranching practices, including managed grazing and resilient cropping systems , which can mitigate the environmental and climate impacts of industrial livestock production. But that hasn’t been the PCC’s focus, Pheasant says.

Pasture 141

Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain 141

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

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.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 89

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition, large concentrated animal feeding operations, which have become more prevalent there in recent years, add to the problem by disposing millions of gallons of nitrogen-rich liquid manure. reduce tillage), increase plant diversity, keep roots in the soil as long as possible, and integrate livestock.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140