Agric4profits

APRIL 8, 2025

Semi-permanent pastures are pastures that are established for a few years to cover the soil and provide feed for livestock. These pastures are typically converted into cropping lands after a few years. When there is a break in the cropping phase, farmers may find it difficult to leave the land idle.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Conexus Credit Union has launched a new fund aimed at supporting farmers looking to buy land, livestock, equipment, or buildings. The $100 million Ag Grow Fund offers discounted interest rates, no application fees, and no age limit restrictions.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 13, 2023

The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced a change to crop insurance offered by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) to allow more acres of low-yielding crops to be redirected to help livestock producers.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

He could become a livestock farmer by using existing infrastructure or building barns that could be repurposed for other ventures if he decided to change course. Hutton grew up working to build soil health through methods like no-till and cover crops, because Chesapeake Bay Watershed soils are typically low in organic matter.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 8, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of agriculture, understanding the sentiment among Canadian farmers towards their financial future is more crucial than ever. Recent data from RealAgristudies Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index sheds light on this very topic, revealing both optimism and concern in different sectors of the industry.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes, drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn’t worth taking for grain. This is where having a mixed operation or.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 13, 2025

Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio for the Farmer Rapid Fire brought to you by Corteva Crop Protection! Also hear from Corteva Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio for the Farmer Rapid Fire brought to you by Corteva Crop Protection! Jay Lewis of Holstein, Ont.;

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Identification of breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis. Early agriculture and crop transitions at Kakapel Rockshelter in the Lake Victoria region of eastern Africa. What, itinerant expert livestock herders too?

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Agric4profits

MARCH 25, 2025

Traditional farmers generally manage animals on a free-range basis, which is inexpensive and requires minimal care, allowing more time to focus on crop production. However, advanced… Read More » Livestock Management Systems

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Putting cover crops to work on Randy Tkachyk’s farm means keeping soil covered, growing winter feed for cattle, and providing grazing opportunities for those cattle well in to the fall. Tkachyk grows a diverse cover crop mix on his farm near Sundown, Man., Tkachyk grows a diverse cover crop mix on his farm near Sundown, Man.,

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ATTRA

JANUARY 19, 2025

producers who have livestock grazing on grassland to complete an online survey on pasture cropping and livestock grazing. Livestock managers who complete the survey will be automatically entered in a drawing to win one of the ten $50 Amazon gift cards.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 7, 2024

On this show, host Shaun Haney discusses the StatsCan production numbers and is then joined by: Bill Prybylski, the new president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan; Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update; and, Dennis Laycraft with Canadian Cattle Read More Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the (..)

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 31, 2025

Coming off some near-month contract highs of $200-+ its no surprise to see futures falling as the week closes out, but cash cattle in the south ticked higher as they caught up to northern prices this past week. Check out the related story in cattle futures here).

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Growing a greater variety of crops helps with climate adaptation and works as a mitigation measure as well. The wider range of these crops, the more stable the food supply. Farmers can potentially tap into higher-value markets with specialty crops and value-added products. Their incomes and livelihoods improved considerably.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 31, 2025

Hear the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. Hear the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio!

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

Technological advancements in agriculture have brought us herbicide-tolerant crops, traceability and genomic advancements in livestock, and sectional control and variable rate tech to name a few. Technology has the capacity to vastly simplify our lives, or take mundane, repetitive tasks and make them easy or automatic. Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

Maybe he’d like to have a look at the the Crop Trust’s endowment fund for SDG 2.5 ? Livestock also getting the genebank treatment in the US. Those farming project don’t have to involve orphan crops , but it wouldn’t hurt. Extension workers need to be better at identifying different crop varieties.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 17, 2024

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Agric4profits

APRIL 8, 2025

Improved pastures are pastures that have undergone breeding, selection, and improvement for better yield and livestock performance. Therefore, their management practices differ from those of native… Read More » Improved Pastures in Livestock Production

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2025

The microbiomes of animals, on and in crops, and in soil and water are incredibly complex that are intricately interconnected, with each influencing the others in various ways.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

As reported earlier this month, Health Canadas Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has effectively lifted a two-year ban on spraying insecticides containing lambda-cyhalothrin on crops that could be destined for livestock feed. Lambda-cy products, sold Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 23, 2024

Farmers spend most of their days tending to crops or livestock, but don’t always commit time to caring for their own well-being. Farmers spend most of their days tending to crops or livestock, but don’t always commit time to caring for their own well-being.

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Agric4profits

APRIL 8, 2025

Permanent pastures are established for many years (several decades) to provide a continuous feed source for livestock. They are commonly established in farms with large numbers of livestock to prevent feed shortages during periods of scarcity. These pastures can either be native or sown, depending on the farmer’s choice.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 31, 2025

Lower crop prices and sinking margins in 2024 pushed Southwestern Ontario farmland growth into negative territory for the first time in 14 years, according to an annual survey of farmland in the region. Ryan Parker, partner and agricultural appraiser at London-based Valco Consultants, says a 1.43

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

After […] The post Forage crops nets £20 a ewe saving for Lothian flock appeared first on Farmers Weekly Farmer Richard McCulloch has cut more than £20,000 of cake inputs from his 850-head lowland sheep enterprise, near Bathgate, by winter grazing on Redstart, a rape/kale hybrid.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The association between crop diversity and children’s dietary diversity: multi-scalar and cross-national comparisons. In some places, growing more diverse crops is associated with eating more diverse diets; in other places, not so much. Revive and Thrive: Forgotten Crops for Resilient Food Systems. Damn you, nuance!

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 26, 2023

26, for the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program — the title that’s been given to the federal and provincial AgriRecovery initiative aimed at helping livestock producers in Saskatchewan affected by drought. Producers in eligible parts of the province can find more info and application forms through the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems. Key tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change and land use. They’re not bad on their own, but the best thing for biodiversity would be to integrate silvopastoral systems with protected areas.

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Livestock Cattle Pasture Science 203

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, incomes for general cropping, grazing livestock, poultry, and mixed enterprises all declined […] The post Average farm incomes rise to £96,100 despite volatility appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

JULY 26, 2023

The Prairie Crops and Soils Research Facility, a new $20.7 Students, researchers, and industry will soon have a new facility at the University of Manitoba to dig in to questions on agriculture systems and the Canadian food supply. million, state-of-the-art 20,000-sq.-ft. facility is set to open in June, 2026. Read More

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Brothers who raise cattle and run a beef marketing business in Alberta and a couple that produces berries and horticulture crops in Quebec were chosen as national winners at the 2024 Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (COYF) Program held in Lethbridge, Alberta, this past weekend.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

That means that livestock feed needs to be grown within a very short timeframe and the animals that are consuming it are fed for Read More It can be a challenge to talk about ranching in Canada without also talking about winter. For half the year, in most parts of the country, there is little that grows.

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Agric4profits

APRIL 8, 2025

However, livestock farmers may choose to establish them either by seed or through vegetative means. These pastures often suffer mismanagement, leading to several social… Read More » Understanding Native Pastures in Livestock Farming Native pastures establish themselves naturally in most cases.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 19, 2025

A 20-year study on diversified cropping systems fertilized with livestock manure, led by Iowa State University researchers, showed environmental benefits but not the expected carbon sequestration. The study results were published in Nature Sustainability.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At a glance across the country: Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, and ongoing industry consolidation.

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Agric4profits

APRIL 8, 2025

The choice of pasture duration depends on the type of livestock enterprise the farmer aims to establish and the available resources. Additionally, the number of animals on the farm influences the decision regarding how long the pastures will… Read More » Temporary Pastures in Livestock Production Systems

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 23, 2024

In that time, a growing movement of farmers and ranchers have been shifting their practices to make use of the impact that livestock can have on the soil beneath their hooves. Read More How to create and maintain healthy soils has been a topic of conversation and data collection for at least the past 40 years.

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