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Episode 342. The Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management: A Conversation

ATTRA

This week’s episode of Voices from the Field is a conversation about Texas A&M University’s Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management, hosted by NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Darron Gaus. Please complete a  brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the content of this podcast.

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The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem

Food Environment and Reporting Network

In Elk Creek, Missouri, cattle stand in a pond to cool their fever caused by fescue toxicosis, which costs the beef industry as much as $2 billion a year in lost production. Ranchers found the species remarkably resilient and, if not beloved by cattle, edible enough to plant. But ranchers have been slow to embrace it.

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BIOS Field Day at Locke Ranch

Caff

Chris and Christy Locke share the history of Locke Ranch and their participation in the original BIOS project. Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Locke Ranch on May 23rd. Christy uses the pressure bomb to measure water stress.

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Generating Resiliency on the Ranch in the Face of Drought—WR Grazing—Irricana, Alberta

RR2CS

Rotational Grazing, Multi-Species Cropping, Relay Cropping, and the Future of Digital Collars for Cattle. By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. But they were just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

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Perceptions Vary as Colorado Prepares for Wolf Reintroduction

Modern Farmer

Tony Prendergast’s XK Bar Ranch sits slightly south of Crawford, Colorado, near the Smith Fork of the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the southern edge of the agriculturally rich North Fork Valley. I drove 10 hours round-trip for a three-hour conversation because he is a Western Slope cattle rancher who supports wolf reintroduction. “I

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MY GURUS

The Lunatic Farmer

His 10 Layers of Permanence build on the work of Yeomans; you will never see your farm, ranch, or homestead the same way once you’ve encountered his thinking. Kit Pharo, founder of Pharo Cattle Company , is America’s largest grass-based seedstock producer. Much of what I know, I learned from him. He’s a great marketer, too.

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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

based Vence , which was acquired by veterinary pharmaceutical giant Merck Animal Health in 2022, has been slowly rolling out a similar system on larger cattle ranches across the West since 2019. Nofence’s collars cost $299 each for cattle and $199 for goats or sheep, and come with a five-year lifespan.

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