Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Sharp is also a veterinary technician, and runs a small cattle business influenced by the Texas ranch where she grew up. The goats are part of a growing trend of using livestock to mitigate wildfire risks across the West. Sharp is careful not to let the goats overgraze, which can compact soil.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc. We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Recent Actions In recent years, and most noticeably during the supply chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, several agencies within the USDA – including Rural Development and the Agricultural Marketing Service – have helped direct critical funding specifically to small and very small meat processing plants.

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Processing Poultry Farming Farming 97

ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

Swallows dive overhead feasting on the flies hovering over the backs of the cattle. Take a look at Gabe’s article, Seeding Cover Crops Into Perennial Sod , where he writes of his experience grazing cattle on perennial pastures and no-tilled cover crops in North Dakota. There’s peace here. And that’s the way it should work.

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ATTRA

MARCH 5, 2024

In a spectacular landscape that attracts both predators and land developers in large numbers, Becky shares how adaptability is the name of the game: “I was interested in sheep because they were well-suited to a grass-based approach to managing a piece of land. ” Listen here. Listen here. Listen: Part 1 , Part 2. Listen here.

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ATTRA

JULY 2, 2024

By Tammy Barnes , NCAT Agricultural Specialist Now, as we enter the hot, dry summer months, is the time to watch livestock water sources for quality. Cattle are very sensitive to these toxins and sometimes whole herds of cattle are found dead near the pond when there are high toxin concentrations. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Livestock Farming Farming Cattle 97

ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.

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Soil Compaction Pasture Forage Livestock 98

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Just like us, livestock and plants need extra care during these longer periods of higher temperatures. Livestock performance goes down. Incorporating silvopasture into your operation is a great way to provide livestock with critical shade and shelter while also bringing more carbon into the agroecosystem. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Livestock Rural Development Agriculture Agriculture 98

Agwired

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Wade will be the staff lead for NASDA’s Plant Agriculture and Pesticide Regulations and Rural Development and Financial Security Committees. As Director, Wade will advance the organization’s public policy advocacy with his nearly 10 years of experience in agricultural policy and government affairs.

Agriculture 45

Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development Ruralism 45

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last fall, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and more than 150 other organizations, including nutrition, sustainable farming, rural development, racial equity, labor, and environmental groups, sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging him to prod Congress to pass a new farm bill this year that transforms the US food system.

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Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98

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. By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Recently we held a goat production class out in Luling, Texas, at the marvelous S3 Legacy Ranch. One question that came up was about feeding them.

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Rural Development Manure Compost Pasture 85

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Through this program, they work with cattle ranchers to steward ranchlands, which supports birds’ natural habitats.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

Agwired

JULY 1, 2024

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cattle are removed from commercial milking in dairy herds having a confirmed positive H5N1 test. With more than $2.5

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Poultry Supply Chain Livestock Animal Agriculture 45