Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 14, 2025

The following is an extract from Marianne Landzettel’s new book, The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle, slaughter humanely and stay profitable. Here, Marianne writes about the experience of a number of farmers in Germany, who discuss the most humane methods for handling and slaughter, on pasture and amongst the herd.

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Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

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. Fiber-rich ingredients include hay, straw, and silage.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Cattle ranching is a demanding profession, it's essential to be prepared for the challenges that a harsh winter can bring. This blog will guide cattle ranchers on how to prepare for winter and ensure the well-being of their livestock. Proper insulation is essential to maintain a comfortable and warm environment for your cattle.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Cattle ranching is a demanding profession, and as we head into the winter season of 2023, it's essential to be prepared for the challenges that a harsh winter can bring. This blog will guide cattle ranchers on how to prepare for the impending winter and ensure the well-being of their livestock.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Relatively few regions in the UK are well suited for arable farming, and most upland areas are ideal only for raising cattle and sheep. The permanent pastures of the uplands in this area are rich in biodiversity and an excellent habitat, in particular, for ground nesting birds. Michael Walton: cutting costs but how?

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Essington Farm is situated amidst beautiful countryside with cattle and sheep grazing or resting under gnarled oak trees and well-maintained hedges along the narrow roads. There were always beef cattle, too, but Simkin liked working with the pigs. From the age of 14, he looked after a small group of pigs.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s how, a year later, he ended up at the largest cattle ranch in Montana, where the only thing more vast than its approximately 380,000 acres is the wealth and power of the man who owns it: one Rupert Murdoch. Behind them, green pastures stretched into the distance toward looming, sand-colored peaks. But they have to be big.

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