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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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Closing the Loop on Poop

Modern Farmer

Farmers and gardeners often use livestock manure from poultry, cattle or horses. Mingchu Zhang, professor of soil science and agronomy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, cautions in an email about infectious organisms in dog poop that might survive composting. “That is perhaps why most cities prohibit it.”

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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The Top 10 Careers in Agriculture

Farmbrite

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. They can be found all over the world doing different things: some fish in rivers; some grow coffee beans or cocoa trees; some work on farms with animals like cattle or sheep.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

Then one day in 1995, while packing his cattle into a double-decker semi-truck bound for a slaughterhouse several states away, he recalls that something suddenly felt wrong.

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This Apprenticeship Helps Spanish Speakers Get Grazing

Modern Farmer

Tomandls cows spend their days rotating between different pastures of perennial grasses, an approach that greatly reduces his feed costs while also building organic matter in the soil to help fight climate change. full_link READ MORE Why are restaurants selling beef from dairy cows? Photography via Shutterstock.

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