ATTRA

JULY 2, 2024

Farm ponds and slow-moving creeks and streams that are enriched with fertilizer runoff and directly deposited manure are the perfect place to find cyanobacteria thriving. 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.

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Organic fertilizers such as manure, compost , and other organic amendments are valuable sources of nitrogen. Ammonium nitrogen can be lost quickly through ammonia volatilization if manure or compost is not incorporated into the soil shortly after application. Swine Manure : Typically has 20-35% of total nitrogen as ammonium nitrogen.

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Fertilizer Manure Compost Processing 80

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A study led by the University of Nevada, Reno, and published in the journal Rangelands found that cattle grazing on cheatgrass do not spread the invasive grass species through their manure. Researchers found that after being digested in the rumen and abomasum, cheatgrass seeds had nearly complete inhibition of germination.

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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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Cattle Processing Livestock Production 73

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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Manure Farming Farming Ruralism 102

ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

The challenges associated with mud on livestock farms, particularly cattle and horse farms, need to be addressed because their health affects production goals. Not to mention that no livestock owner wants to see their animals covered in mud and manure. Mud and manure harbor harmful bacteria and other pathogens.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Bio Security Practices for Manure Biosecurity practices for manure management are essential in safeguarding animal health and preventing the spread of disease on farms. Manure can serve as a reservoir for pathogens, making its handling and disposal a critical aspect of employing biosecurity protocols.

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Livestock Manure Farming Farming 87

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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Pasture Cattle Technology Ruralism 112

Food Tank

JUNE 18, 2024

Plant-forward menus, which offer fiber-rich vegetarian dishes and plant-based proteins alongside animal-based foods, have a significantly lower environmental footprint when it comes to greenhouse gases, water and land use, manure pollution, and harm to wildlife and native habitats.

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Food Greenhouse Manure Agriculture 133

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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Livestock Farming Farming Cattle 90

Agwired

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) , which builds on measures taken by USDA and federal and state partners since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle was first detected in March 2024.

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Manure Poultry Supply Chain Animal Agriculture 45

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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Cattle Poultry Manure Compost 61

Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

America’s cattle producers need a Secretary of Agriculture who will protect family farms and ranches, roll back crushing regulations, and stand up for rural values—and we look forward to working with Secretary-Designate Rollins to make it happen.” 5 during CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. 5 during CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Logistics Cattle Manure Poultry 45

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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. These crops are also the largest consumer of increasingly scarce river water in the Western United States.

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Farming Farming Ecology Food 96

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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Rural Development Manure Compost Pasture 85

Wisconsin Farmers Union

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

With bale grazing, bales are set in a grid pattern before winter, and cattle are given access to a few bales at a time. For the past six years, winter management meant feeding cattle in a sacrifice area. The data showed that the manure and residue left after bale grazing were worth $610 of nutrients per acre.

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Pasture Forage Soil Compaction Farming 98

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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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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Acre Farming Farming Pasture 104

Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

MAY 10, 2023

Since in Colorado we really only deal with cattle within our definition of “livestock,” this resource focuses on all aspects to a cattle’s life and what all a farmer needs to cater to in order to abide by the state policies. It also discusses land use and zoning laws that could affect cattle operations in your Southern Colorado area.

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The Counter

MAY 19, 2022

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons. However, according to aggregate program data, manure-based fuels generated a total of over 2.1 This story was published in partnership with Grist.

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Manure Greenhouse Farming Farming 52

Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Compost and organic amendments : Regenerative farmers prioritize the use of organic matter, such as compost, manure, and other natural amendments, to enhance soil fertility and microbial activity. Integrating livestock : Some regenerative systems incorporate livestock, such as cattle or sheep, into crop rotations.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 97

The Lunatic Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One was beef cattle on about 4,000 acres. Nobody puts down carbon for bedding, so all the sheep are on solid manure packs that stink and are filthy. Saturday night I did my last of three 3-hour workshops, just outside of Hebron, and am now heading back home. I should be home Monday afternoon. Here are the protocols.

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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

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. She points to wide-scale implementation of anaerobic digesters, which capture methane from sealed manure lagoons to create biogas.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 80

Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

The other main factor, manure, is also increasing as CAFOs become more prevalent. Nancy Utesch and her husband, Lynn, live on 150 acres of land in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, where they rotationally graze beef cattle. Commercial fertilizer is just one contributor to high nitrate levels in groundwater. coli poisoning in their water. “We

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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 120

Farmbrite

MARCH 16, 2023

Here's what you need to know about preventing and treating horse fly bites in horses and cattle: Horse flies are blood-sucking insects that attack livestock, such as horses and cattle. This goes for stalls and pastures, too—pick up manure often to prevent the likelihood of insects. Dirty or muddy water will attract flies.

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Livestock Manure Pasture Cattle 52

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. The Britts also adopted a rotational grazing system and fenced cattle out of streams and ponds to reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.

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Fertilizer Crop Rotation Cattle Family Farming 40

RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s good quality feed, high in protein and fibers for the cattle, but also, the root systems help to break up the hard pan soil that’s formed from being conventionally farmed for years. It’s kinda cool to watch the cattle eat turnips because they’ll eat the leaf first, then the stem, then they’ll pull the turnip up and eat that, as well.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 29, 2022

We came in and spent $15,000 building a pond and putting in water line to service 400 acres (more than triple the NRCS project) and have run as many as 720 head of cattle over there at one time for a decade without failure. This was for 120 acres. Always plenty of water. The NRCS hates ponds; they’re considered a liability.

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Acre Manure Cattle Farming 52

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. Bedtka is in his mid-30s and working to raising a small cow-calf beef herd profitably.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 120

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

In the UK, cattle and sheep dominate, with traditional regionally adapted breeds having been crucial to our health and food security for millennia. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure. Grazing livestock are a key focus of the SFT’s work and the subject of our next report, due out later this year.

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Livestock Food Forage Cattle 75

CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

By converting vegetation into food, fiber, and manure, prescribed grazing also naturally cycles nutrients and removes fine fuels more effectively than the two most common vegetation management alternatives: fossil fuel powered mechanical equipment and chemical herbicide treatments. Wildcat Canyon Regional Park above the Berkeley Hills.

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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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Farming Farming Farmland Agriculture 52

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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Ranching Greenhouse Crop Pasture 72

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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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 98

RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Many of our neighbours who have larger farms — grain and cattle — they’ve had to sell out and move because of flood years, drought years, and this increasingly warming trend we’re seeing.” Then, we planted green manures and cover crops to help build up the topsoil again, which had been pretty depleted over the years.

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Farming Farming Forage Seeding 52

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. López’s family moved to Salton City from Arizona in 2018 when her then-husband got a job working in greenhouses in the Imperial Valley, south of the sea. 1 commodity for the last 64 years.

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Pesticide Acre Agriculture Agriculture 91