ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

I found a well-constructed woven wire fence with proper supports can and will hold goats. However, managed pastures with legumes, high-quality hay, and minerals can help keep goats healthy. Goats are notorious for finding a way out of a fence. I once heard someone say: “What’s the best fence for goats?

Livestock 74

Livestock Rural Development Construction Pasture 74

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

Focus on Solutions Although there are clear, negative impacts for agriculture, the agriculture chapter effectively lays out the ways in which agriculture can respond constructively to increasing challenges. Some solutions offered include grass banks for pasture areas experiencing drought as well as temporary leasing of water.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Everything that is part of the standard was tried and tested, from breeds to how long you feed them, to the right kind of welfare aspect to consider in the coop construction.” ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there. Photo courtesy of Wil Crombe/Organic Compound.)

Poultry 98

Poultry Processing Acre Farming 98

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation announced construction was beginning on a 45,000-square-foot, $31 million facility called the Market Center of the Ozarks. It’s one among hundreds of other philanthropic and investment initiatives by the Waltons in the region, including restaurants, trail networks, and parks.

Supply Chain 145

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

OECD: Environment

JUNE 16, 2023

Such impacts can become more pronounced with climate change, as more than 60% of forests, croplands and pastures are expected to be exposed to more frequent and severe droughts globally by the end of the century. Droughts also exacerbate other climate-related risks, such as wildfires.

Construction 52

Construction Ecology Pasture Finance 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now, White Oak Pastures—a significant player in the regenerative agriculture movement—raises cows on organic pasture, allowing them to carry out their instinctual behaviors in a rotational system. Hartman maximizes many practices from the past while implementing today’s tech “on a human scale” to reap the greatest reward.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In some pastures, Griggs must rely upon wells, some as deep as 800 feet, to water the livestock. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. Wilde was forced to pipe water in.

Ranching 125

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 125

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

After six years of enriching the soil and cultivating neighborly relationships, however, We Grow Farms is up against an insurmountable challenge facing many farms and pastures across the state: the real estate market. Yet intense competition for land in the state has widened the gap in farm ownership, she adds.

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145