RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Rod and Beth Vergouwen’s agricultural roots in Strathmore stem back to the early 1900s when Beth’s great-grandfather emigrated from Illinois with the vision to farm and ranch in southern Alberta. Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center. Cumulatively, the U.C.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 20, 2024

Mickey Steward has worked hard to rehabilitate her ranch. You can’t buy a good ranch,” Steward jokes. You have to buy a ranch that, for whatever reason, has gotten rundown.” 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.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Then, two years later, it added still more land in this rural Nebraska county tucked between Chimney Rock and Lake McConaughy. a nonprofit owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, has been quietly buying up ranch land in Nebraska’s Sandhills for the past three decades.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Rotational Grazing, Multi-Species Cropping, Relay Cropping, and the Future of Digital Collars for Cattle. By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. But they were just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Investing in organic research provides farmers, both certified organic and non-certified, with innovative solutions and practical tools that enhance profitability, mitigate financial and ecological risks, and foster economic growth and social well-being in rural communities. Positive signs are on the horizon.

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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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Daily Yonder

JUNE 18, 2024

Those realities, combined with a dose of pandemic-induced social distancing and a chance to buy an extended family member’s farm, led the couple to venture into the world of Black Angus cattle production in 2020. The challenge: Between the two of them, the couple had limited agricultural experience, and none in cattle.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The wetland itself is great for maintaining the water table and can become an important source of water for your cattle. In this episode, you’ll be hearing from Art Goerzen of Adullam Ranch to get an additional perspective on why riparian areas can be handy in times of drought. Highlights: 1:28 – Art shares his backstory.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

You could argue that compared to other livestock, cattle are pretty simple to feed – get them grazing during the growing season and feed them bales in the winter. During a dry year, you might want to look into alternatives to hay that can help your cattle get the baseline nutrition they need and get you and your ranch through the year.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this episode, we’re joined by Duane Movald of Movald Ranches, to learn more about managing and stewarding riparian areas. Highlights: 2:18 – Duane shares information about his ranch. 10:07 – What is the best fencing to use when protecting your riparian areas from cattle?

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Dr. Timm Doebert of the University of Alberta was part of a research team that studied over 50 ranches in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and found that ranches practicing AMP grazing had better water infiltration in their pastures than ranches that were not AMP grazers. Register Today.

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RR2CS

APRIL 4, 2023

Welcome back to the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast’s Getting Through Drought series, which looks at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up the resiliency of their ranch against drought. Highlights: 3:18 – Mark and Blusette share their experiences ranching at B-C Ranch.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the summer of 2023, a diverse group of storytellers, organizers, and strategists visited 10 farms and ranches in Canada. These farms and ranches were carefully chosen to represent different aspects of Canadian agriculture, including fruit, grains, beef, veggies, and even a vineyard.

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Agwired

MARCH 26, 2024

EPA Administrator Michael Regan recently responded to recommendations from the agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) on how EPA can best support the agriculture sector’s climate mitigation and adaptation goals.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 28, 2024

Cattle graze in a field outside of Walcott, Iowa,2017. Grazing-based farm and ranch operations improve the profitability for producers across the nation. Well managed livestock grazing can help new and established farmers and ranchers alike thrive and stay in their rural communities.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If you live in Alberta and raise cattle, odds are you will try every possible way to keep that spring melt, or heavy rain, on your land. 13:14 – How do you keep cattle out of dugouts while ensuring they have adequate access to water? The post EP53 Dugouts appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I know that in other parts of the world, lamb and mutton are more economical and popular to raise than cattle,” she writes. “I’ve It seems to me that it was very rural in character.” A man shearing a sheep at the San Emigdio Ranch in Kern County, CA in 1890. “As a meat eater, I enjoy the flavor and texture of lamb.

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RR2CS

APRIL 25, 2023

We’re talking about the groundwater that contributes to the wells and wetlands that have various uses on ranches, from watering cattle to creating critical habitats for wildlife to providing water to do the dishes with. The post EP62 Recharging Groundwater appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Sharp is also a veterinary technician, and runs a small cattle business influenced by the Texas ranch where she grew up. In rural Mariposa County, where many large, historic ranches have been replaced by smaller residential parcels that can easily get overgrown, Happy Goat provides help.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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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RR2CS

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Until fairly recently, women were rarely seen at the forefront of the farming and ranching industry. Topic: Women in Agriculture Panel Date: October 26th, 2022 at 1:00 PM Cost: FREE Karin Schmid – Alberta Beef Karin Lindquist – Praise the Ruminant Shiana Younger – Younger Cattle Co. Register Today.

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Trimble Agriculture

MARCH 7, 2024

The Texas panhandle fires, also known as the Smokehouse Creek fires, are a devastating blow to many cattle ranchers throughout the state, with more than a million acres caught in the blazes. How will the Texas panhandle fires impact the global cattle market? Fire and smoke could trigger pregnant cows to give birth prematurely.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

By Trina Moyles Glen and Kelly Hall have been managing Timber Ridge Ranch, a 480-acre farmland situated an hour south of Calgary near Stavely, Alberta, for over 40 years. And then in 1985, when we bought the ranch, we were very excited to be able to purchase a piece of property that’s in the headwaters of Nanton Creek and Oxley Creek.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are accumulating in our atmosphere and raising average temperatures each year can be reduced or sequestered in our farming and ranching practices. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Kansas State University is joining a new pilot program from Farm Journal Foundation to support veterinary students in their career development and address the national shortage of rural, food-systems veterinarians. Tim owns and operates his family ranch in Howard, Colorado, where his family has been ranching since 1879.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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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. with Midwest Feeders, Inc.,

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RR2CS

MARCH 11, 2024

30:53 – Why raise piedmontese cattle? This podcast has been partially funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada The post EP 77 – Healthy Food, Healthy Environment – SoR Part 9 appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. 15:25 – Peter and Craig talk about the regenerative practices they use on the farm.

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RR2CS

MARCH 16, 2023

5:28 – Alberta beef producer Karen Schmidt 8:31 – Agrologist Karin Lindquist 12:07 – Grain producer Jana von Freier 14:55 – Shiana Younger, cattle producer and RR2CS Community Animator What do you think is unique to women that makes them strong stewards of the land?

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 7, 2024

In times of economic contraction, AgAmerica understands that access to the right financial resources is crucial for maintaining and growing your farm or ranch into a booming agricultural operation. Want to try it for yourself? Click the link below. They take a customer-first approach and customize loan programs based on your individual needs.”

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. For almost 17 years, Amazonian Farms has been transforming local methods for the appropriation and use of Amazonian resources, with rural families actively participating.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 8, 2023

For Topper, the issue is about the way the installation has disrupted the peace of her rural life. Stottler, who grew up in rural Minnesota, understands how the view of a solar farm is not what residents desire. He sees agrovoltaics — the marriage of solar and agriculture — to be the best path forward.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

MARCH 25, 2024

Whitney is an owner and operator of JW Farms and Ranch, a family-owned agricultural producer with lot stock operations in southern Oklahoma and farmland in eastern Colorado. I’m a fifth-generation Oklahoma cattle rancher, married to a fourth-generation Colorado row crop farmer. Doss Roll, his name became Eddie Gibson.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

After graduation, I spent the summer of 2016 rodeoing and working on the ranch before returning to Texas Tech to take over the head Rodeo Coach position. Brye is super excited to start her first year of Preschool, and Kater is all about cattle and horses. In 2018, Zoetis brought me back to Burlington as a Territory Business Manager.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

If successful, the experiment could provide a roadmap for hundreds of farming and ranching communities nationwide whose groundwater stores are dwindling at unprecedented rates. He is also implementing an innovative project designed to add water back into the aquifer. An ‘All Hands’ Crisis The Arid West Illustration by Nhatt Nichols.

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