UnderstandingAg

JULY 16, 2023

For the past 40 years, our farm was in a hay, pasture and cereal grain rotation. Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. At first, I thought this was what I needed to do.

Plowing 95

Plowing Pasture Seeding Cattle 95

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 20, 2024

Steward runs Red Angus cattle on about 1,000 acres of land over the Crow Reservation in Montana, right at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains. Keeping the ground temperature steady, maintaining adequate soil moisture, moving the cattle at the right pace…it’s a lot to keep in mind. So, she’s learned how to build her land back up.

Ranching 90

Ranching Plowing Cattle Acre 90

UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Instead, lets talk about cattle and making money.

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Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

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. Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2024

She has a trailer that can fit some of her animals and enough pasture that she’s hopeful she’ll be able to find space for her cows. And it was sheep and cattle and horses, most of them.” One producer, Cotton recalls, an 82-year-old rancher, lost the majority of his sheep and cattle. “We We had 496 producers, across 200 miles.

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Farming Farming Livestock Cattle 83