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Why pastured poultry is good fit for grassland farm

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly At Paddock Farm in Warwickshire, 300 Hy-line and Dekalb hens follow beef cattle around the grazing rotation, producing an average of 240 eggs a day.

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USDA’s guidance on meat labeling: still voluntary, alas.

Food Politics

The USDA announces updated guidelines for substantiating claims on meat and poultry labels in these categories. A study conducted by researchers and policy experts at George Washington University found 20% of cattle marketed as “raised without antibiotics” to have been treated with antibiotics.

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The Anatomy of a Pasture Walk

Wisconsin Farmers Union

What’s in a Pasture Walk? If you’ve been to one pasture walk or field day, you’ve almost certainly been to more because field days are like potato chips – once you try them, you can’t stop. However, getting to a field day or pasture walk can be tough with so many competing priorities in life. They’re incredibly valuable.

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Growing Healthy Soil and Grass Regenerates Minnesota Farm, Farmer and Family

UnderstandingAg

Before his regenerative transition, Bergler would come home from his work off the farm as a custom home builder and face the time-consuming chores associated with feeding cattle daily, spending hours baling hay, mixing feed, and hauling manure, all of which left little time for the luxury of family time. But were still here, he says.

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Throw Some Shade: Protecting Livestock from Heat Stress

ATTRA

Here in Arkansas where I live and raise cattle, goats, laying hens, and a few ducks, the summer temperatures can be punishing. When doing managed grazing of cattle, sheep, or goats, this can mean making sure part of each paddock includes some trees. For example, sheep and goats tolerate heat better than cattle, as a rule.

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How to make your own Livestock or Animal Feeds

Farmbrite

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. Fats These provide extra energy, especially for pigs and cattle. Optional: Poultry Premix 0.5-1% Why Make Your Own Feed?

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Obviously, we’re not going to change patient behavior. in [one] hospital stay.”

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