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Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

Civil Eats

As federal officials grapple with how to contain the highly contagious strain of avian flu that has infected chickens, turkeys, and dairy cattle on farms across the U.S., Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center. It also has spread to the cattle industry, infecting 16 herds to date. million dairy cows.

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Understanding pH: Success Stories: Growing Sollutions to Soil pH Challenges

UnderstandingAg

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Cropland was seeded back to grass in 2014, and cattle were grazed during the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons. Its much more complex than that.

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The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Fescue toxicity is the most devastating livestock disorder east of the Mississippi,” said Craig Roberts, a forage specialist at the University of Missouri (MU) Extension and an expert on fescue. Ranchers found the species remarkably resilient and, if not beloved by cattle, edible enough to plant.

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Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs

Modern Farmer

Researchers, however, say the effects of prairie dogs on livestock forage are mixed. Across years, enhanced forage quality may help to offset reductions in forage quantity for agricultural producers, a study published in 2019 by Rangeland Ecology and Management reported.

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Our Best Farming and Farm Bill Reporting of 2023

Civil Eats

This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture At Sakari Farms, Spring Alaska Schreiner maintains a seed bank, has launched a community kitchen, and teaches Native American youth traditional ecological knowledge. PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding. The Farm Bill This Farm Bill Really Matters.

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Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms

Civil Eats

The Brewers run cattle and grow some alfalfa across 12,000 acres of grassland that’s a combination of owned land, leased tribal land, and federal trust land. Encompassing part of the 1.4-million-acre million-acre Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation , where she grew up, the county is among the poorest areas in the United States.

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Evolving Sustainable Practices on a Fifth Generation Ranch — Valley View Ranch & Flying Heart Meats, Strathmore, Alberta

RR2CS

Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures. They’ve adapted an integrated approach to land management, practicing rotational grazing to improve the quality and biodiversity of the soil, which in turn has provided fertilized soils for growing grain and forage crops.