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How to Prevent and Treat Horse Fly Bites on Livestock

Farmbrite

How to Prevent and Treat Horse Fly Bites on Livestock Did you know that horse flies can cause serious injury to your livestock? If your livestock is already suffering from these pests, there are treatments available that can help alleviate their pain and discomfort while also preventing further damage!

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Regenerating Humility

RR2CS

Bla-Kar grows mainly soybeans and corn with some livestock integration and South Glanton is a mixed grain and cattle operation. Insects, amphibians and birds were making such an amazingly beautiful racket in that meadow. As I walked through the meadow, I was hit by flashbacks of my childhood.

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The Rancher's Guide to Sustainable Grazing Practices

Farmbrite

As the sun sets over the rolling hills and the cattle graze peacefully in the meadows, it's easy to appreciate the timeless beauty of ranching. Animal Welfare: Well-managed grazing practices ensure that cattle have access to fresh forage and clean water, which directly impacts their health and well-being.

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Could Hydroponic Fodder Solve the West’s Water Woes?

Modern Farmer

Al Noorda of Cedar Fort, Utah started using fodder for his grass-fed beef cattle and horses in 2014, following years of drought at his mixed-use ranch. This has significantly lowered the water use of his Spring Creek Livestock and Feed , while boosting his bottom line.

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Opinion: To Find the Future of Food, We Need to Look to the Past

Modern Farmer

And growing meat in the lab, from cultured stem cells in bioreactors will eliminate the need for raising livestock, and all the environmental havoc that goes with it. If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption.

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Measuring and Valuing: Farmers, workers and community

Sustainable Food Trust

The farm is an organic fifth-generation beef and dairy farm in north Somerset, which is mainly made up of permanent pasture and hay meadows, both rich in native grasses, wildflowers and wildlife. As all life depends on soil health, we believe that farmers and livestock have an essential role to play.

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Lessons from a life on the family farm

Sustainable Food Trust

In the beautiful chapter, “The Heart of the Meadow”, she describes why you “cannot photograph the anticipation and excitement of seeing the hazy brilliance of the whole thing waving slowly”. One of the most important things any livestock farmer can do is to watch and learn – in fact, this is a skill that would benefit the general population.