ATTRA

JANUARY 16, 2024

Her farm includes cattle, goats, poultry, and hogs. By Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) This 40-page document is loaded with information and excellent illustrations and photos and lays out options for providing water to livestock, primarily cattle. Linda Coffey, also in Arkansas, raises sheep with her husband.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Related ATTRA Resources: Soil Topic Area Livestock Topic Area Grazing Topic Area This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

Swallows dive overhead feasting on the flies hovering over the backs of the cattle. Take a look at Gabe’s article, Seeding Cover Crops Into Perennial Sod , where he writes of his experience grazing cattle on perennial pastures and no-tilled cover crops in North Dakota. There’s peace here. And that’s the way it should work.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Recent Actions In recent years, and most noticeably during the supply chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, several agencies within the USDA – including Rural Development and the Agricultural Marketing Service – have helped direct critical funding specifically to small and very small meat processing plants.

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ATTRA

MARCH 5, 2024

In a spectacular landscape that attracts both predators and land developers in large numbers, Becky shares how adaptability is the name of the game: “I was interested in sheep because they were well-suited to a grass-based approach to managing a piece of land. ” Listen here. Listen here. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

USDA is making the investments through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) , a program that has seen record demand in response to historic funding provided by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. At Texas A&M, she has focused her coursework on agriculture policy and the impacts of the industry in marketing and trade.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

The challenges associated with mud on livestock farms, particularly cattle and horse farms, need to be addressed because their health affects production goals. Let’s examine how mud affects cattle and horses, as they often create muddy conditions. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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ATTRA

JULY 2, 2024

Cattle are very sensitive to these toxins and sometimes whole herds of cattle are found dead near the pond when there are high toxin concentrations. A good preventative measure is to exclude cattle from the pond and either pumping from the pond into a tank or providing an alternative water source. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Through this program, they work with cattle ranchers to steward ranchlands, which supports birds’ natural habitats.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last fall, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and more than 150 other organizations, including nutrition, sustainable farming, rural development, racial equity, labor, and environmental groups, sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging him to prod Congress to pass a new farm bill this year that transforms the US food system.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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Agwired

JULY 1, 2024

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cattle are removed from commercial milking in dairy herds having a confirmed positive H5N1 test. With more than $2.5

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The rural Nebraska counties where Mr. Walz grew up and which comprise part of the Third Congressional District went 80 percent to 90 percent for Mr. Trump in the last two elections. Harris can convince voters who distrust and even despise the Democratic Party that they have a better vision to restore rural America. candidates.

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