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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

Civil Eats

It turns out a system that relies less on row crops isn’t just good for a time- and resource-strapped young farmer. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Any day you can graze is better,” says Bedka. That’s where the sorghum-sudangrass comes in.

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One Farmer’s Regenerative Journey: Part 2

UnderstandingAg

For the past 40 years, our farm was in a hay, pasture and cereal grain rotation. Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. At first, I thought this was what I needed to do.

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Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

The Equation

But with the heavy rain came floods that damaged lives, property, and crops. With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future.

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Seeing the Farm with Fresh Eyes

ATTRA

This line of questioning led him to understand the importance of soil health for crop growth. He visited with some farmers who were using cover crops and saw how healthy their soil was. Why were the plant tissues testing low in potassium when there was plenty in the soil? Channel your inner four-year-old.

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How sustainable farming is paying off for Australian farmers

Agritecture Blog

With an abundance of open grassland, rich soil, and an extensive inland river system known as the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia is well-positioned for irrigated cropping and grazing. Not only this, but these deep-rooted ground covers sequester carbon and more readily recycle nutrients in the soil.

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When Natural Disasters Strike the Farm, the Effects Linger

Modern Farmer

“As you’re structuring your cropping and the livestock rotations, you’re having to actively adapt, sometimes daily, to deal with the weather conditions.” She has a trailer that can fit some of her animals and enough pasture that she’s hopeful she’ll be able to find space for her cows.

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