UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

First, the way in which cattle are raised in modern dairying, and in confined animal feedlots is highly dependent upon fossil fuels. The post A Real Solution to the Cattle Industry’s ‘Methane Problem’ appeared first on Understanding Ag. Misplaced ‘cow shaming’ So how and why do cows get blamed for global warming? We listen to her.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Its foundation relies on resource-intensive commodity crop production, which needs the majority of fertile lands to feed animals kept in confined spaces. More than 70 percent of North America’s biodiversity-rich prairies have been replaced with wheat, soy, corn, alfalfa and canola, primarily used as cattle feed.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Cost savings : Regenerative farming often reduces the need for expensive inputs like synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. By building fertile, self-sustaining soil, farmers can cut costs significantly.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 28, 2023

Payne operates a 300-acre regenerative farm in Concordia, Missouri, an hour outside of Kansas City, where he raises sheep and cattle. Researchers and farmers say silvopastures help improve the health of the soil by protecting it from wind and water, while encouraging an increase of nutrient-rich organic matter, like cow manure, onto the land.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Goats are browsers—they’ll eat grass and weeds like cattle and sheep if they have to, but their preference is to eat brush. Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Instead, he wants his cattle to harvest their own feed via managed rotational grazing, even in the winter. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It even includes the specific type of manure Joly selects to fertilize his vineyards. In a bid to be totally true to his terroir—a French winemaking concept that aims to impart a combination of natural factors including soil, climate and sunlight to the glass—he’s working with a herd of indigenous cattle to “produce” compost.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Joia Food & Fiber Farm farmstead pictured with sheep, sheepdogs, and cattle grazing. In addition to organic practices including composting and perennial cover crops, he added a silvopasture for his grass-fed cattle. They were a rough crew of sheep!” Johnson laughs. They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.”

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Ruminants like cattle, sheep, and goats have certain protein needs for growth, reproduction, and milk production. Cattle Alfalfa Hay: High in protein and calcium, excellent for dairy cows and young, growing cattle. It is known to be a top choice to grow in grazing areas, for hay, silage, and green manure or cover crops.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since 2018, the Halls have been on a mission to collaborate with local organizations to rejuvenate their land, which was previously subjected to conventional farming methods involving fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Our cover crop cocktail has resulted in an immense reduction in synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Britts now farm 5,000 acres, raising cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay in Randolph, Chariton and Macon counties. Ryan was an early adopter of precision soil testing and fertilizer applications. Using manure as a natural fertilizer helps them maximize the efficiency of having cattle and crops.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This system provides an unparalleled solution for removing moisture and oxygen from gas streams, addressing critical purification challenges in livestock applications such as biogas production from manure digesters. iGENDEC is an advanced software tool designed to help cattle producers understand and improve their herd’s genetics.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub. But thirsty crops and cattle have taken their toll: Amid California’s cycles of drought, excessive groundwater pumping has left Central Valley basins the most overdrafted in the state.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cattle grazing a warm season cover crop on Vilicus Farms (Photo Credit: Vilicus Farms) On August 16, 2022 when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, it solidified an historic investment in addressing the climate crisis and reflected key priorities lifted up by the farmers and communities that NSAC’s members serve.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. It was in a woeful state she calls “ Breaking-Bad bad.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Diversity within livestock systems, as with having chickens or small ruminants follow cattle in a pasture-based rotation, also provides multiple benefits, including pest suppression. The mix fixes nitrogen and livestock can graze the mix directly in the field, returning nutrients to the soil via manure.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Imperial Valley grows an estimated two-thirds of the country’s winter vegetables , as well as alfalfa for animal feed—but cattle has remained the No. the Salton Sea is also suffering from eutrophication, or loss of oxygen, due largely to algae blooms fueled, in part, by fertilizer runoff. 1 commodity for the last 64 years.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Lessons From Mushers and Others Composting is the controlled breakdown of organic matter into humus, a rich soil amendment many prefer over chemical fertilizers. Farmers and gardeners often use livestock manure from poultry, cattle or horses. As snow melted, piles of manure reappeared and infiltrated waterways.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Research conducted by the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia further discovered that when GLSA fields are returned to agricultural use, the increased nitrogen levels lessen the need for fertilizers and the naturally enriched soil often produces increased crop yields compared to before the set-aside.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The impact that the drought is having on pasture is forcing the culling of cattle and reducing the cattle herd.” Instead, while there is plenty of uncertainty, the most likely causes are fewer cattle burping methane and less fertilizer use. Why were there fewer cattle? And it’s not just methane.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 8, 2024

Ibrahim Katampe, a professor and administrator at Central State University, a public HBCU in Wilberforce, Ohio, runs a climate-smart project that will provide free organic fertilizer to Black and other minority farmers. Photo by Amy Mayer. Perhaps the biggest obstacle for meeting the equity goal isn’t structural, but a matter of trust.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Through this program, they work with cattle ranchers to steward ranchlands, which supports birds’ natural habitats. The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

During the year, the cattle are moved to new grazing. By the 1990s, beavers were virtually gone from the ranch, due in part to cattle degrading the riparian (banks and wetlands) areas as they sought water and greener grass. This happened not only on the Maggie Creek Ranch but the public lands where Griggs’s cattle grazed.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

The US agriculture sector covers 654 million acres of pasture and rangeland for grazing cattle and another 391 million acres to produce corn, soybeans and other field crop monocultures—and all of them pollute one way or another.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

slide-intro --> Alone on the Range By Teresa Cotsirilos , October 3, 2023 Solos en la pradera By Teresa Cotsirilos , October 3, 2023 A Texas community chokes on fecal dust from cattle feedlots By Chris Collins , February 3, 2020 It’s illegal to take drone photos of feedlots in Texas.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

slide-intro --> Alone on the Range By Teresa Cotsirilos , October 3, 2023 Solos en la pradera By Teresa Cotsirilos , October 3, 2023 A Texas community chokes on fecal dust from cattle feedlots By Chris Collins , February 3, 2020 It’s illegal to take drone photos of feedlots in Texas.

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