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Consider small-grain cereals for fall or spring forage options

Western FarmPress

Drought has affected pastures, but small-grain cereals may provide forage for cattle herds.

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How to make your own Livestock or Animal Feeds

Farmbrite

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. Local byproducts from farms, mills, or food processors (like unsold produce, leftover grains, or pulp) can be repurposed as animal feed.

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Is pasture-raised beef better for the environment? It sure could be.

Food Politics

Cattle raised on lifelong grass diets, termed “pasture finished,” have been traditionally thought to be more environmentally friendly. This took me to the PLoS ONE article: Carbon opportunity cost increases carbon footprint advantage of grain-finished beef.

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Meet the 4th Generation Rancher Driving a Regenerative Cattle Collective Forward

Modern Farmer

For Cory Carman, choosing to raise cattle outside of the feedlot system always seemed intuitive. Driving the I-5 between LA and San Francisco, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what people think cattle ranching is.’” Native grasses and herbs store carbon in the ground and provide forage for cattle.

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How to best use winter wheat in 4 easy steps

West Texas Livestock

A wheat pasture is a valuable resource for many cattle operations. This plant is a valuable source of high-quality forage when most other forages are low in quantity and quality.

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Could Dry-Farming Wheat in San Diego Seed a Local Grain Economy?

Civil Eats

At night, and on weekends, he’s a serious sourdough bread baker—and an aspiring grain farmer. After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center. Landrace and heritage varieties of grains.

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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

farm output nearly tripled, while global grain production has more than quadrupled since 1950 and has doubled since 1975. No doubt that global grain production is significantly higher, but at what cost? A typical ranch only produces cattle and the calves are usually weaned and sold. From 1950 to 2000, U.S.

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