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More to manure than meets the eye

AgriLife Today

Texas A&M Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab empowers producers with actionable insights on forage, livestock performance The post More to manure than meets the eye appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The increased diversity also provides more nutrient-dense pastures for our cattle to graze on. Instead, lets talk about cattle and making money. Yes, I said we are making more money with fewer cattle. The cattle balanced their own diet between the lush new growth and the high-fiber stockpile.

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A Real Solution to the Cattle Industry’s ‘Methane Problem’

UnderstandingAg

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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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

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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Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

Her findings and the o bservations made by hundreds of other farms, ranches, feedlots, and slaughter plants indicate that the single most important factor that affects animal welfare is the attitude of management. Protect against manure entry to your farm from outside vehicles and equipment.

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All Chopped Up with Somewhere to Grow

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Recently we held a goat production class out in Luling, Texas, at the marvelous S3 Legacy Ranch. Goats are browsers—they’ll eat grass and weeds like cattle and sheep if they have to, but their preference is to eat brush. One question that came up was about feeding them.

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‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District

Modern Farmer

As such, his grandfather, who lived through the 1955 deluge, often stressed the proper maintenance of the berms protecting the ranch from the nearby Tule River—a lesson echoed by his father, who faced a similar event in 1983. But the epic flooding this past March was simply unprecedented, says the owner of Lerda-Goni Farms.

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