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The Best Types of Hay to Choose for Your Livestock

Farmbrite

Orchard grass hay is soft as well as palatable and good for animals with respiratory issues or animals that are picky or need variety in their meals. Orchard Grass Hay: A soft, palatable hay that's good for horses with respiratory issues. Orchard Grass Hay: Similar to Timothy, but softer and more palatable.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. With tobacco as his principal cash crop, Arthur needed to purchase fertilizer before December and prepare the land for planting by February or March. So far, hes pleased with the new crop. Im building the soil.

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Regenerative Orchard Floor Management

UnderstandingAg

Maximizing Photosynthesis: The #1 Soil Health Building Approach B y: Chuck Schembre , Understanding Ag, LLC In the previous regenerative orchard blog, we discussed the connection between perennial crops and soil fungi , and introduced the importance of maximizing photosynthesis on the orchard floor.

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