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The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem

Food Environment and Reporting Network

By the early 20 th century, decades of timber-cutting and overgrazing had left the ranching region in southern states barren, its nutrient-rich native grasses replaced by a motley assortment of plants that made poor forage. I visited Hamilton’s ranch in November 2022, where they run about 45 cows and 150 bison. The southeastern U.S.,

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Perceptions Vary as Colorado Prepares for Wolf Reintroduction

Modern Farmer

Tony Prendergast’s XK Bar Ranch sits slightly south of Crawford, Colorado, near the Smith Fork of the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the southern edge of the agriculturally rich North Fork Valley. We bought the ranch by forming a land cooperative with three other families and collaborating on different uses of the land,” he said.

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Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms

Civil Eats

For three generations, Fanny Brewer’s family has been ranching the same land in South Dakota’s Ziebach County. They’d like to use more regenerative ranching practices, including adaptive, multi-paddock grazing, on more land and help prove that those practices are worth investing in. Encompassing part of the 1.4-million-acre

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Generating Resiliency on the Ranch in the Face of Drought—WR Grazing—Irricana, Alberta

RR2CS

By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. The carbon is being used by the microbes—the ecology of the soil—to do all things: build organic matter, soil structure, increase infiltration, and feed life.”

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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

She is excited to see if the new regenerative organic practices improve soil health, having tested it at the start of the certification process, with planned tests every three years to track progress. Photography courtesy of Cabriejo Ranch. Photography courtesy of Cabriejo Ranch. There are currently 8.3

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The Bourbon Industry Relies on White Oaks, Which Are in Decline. Now, They’re All In on Saving Them

Modern Farmer

The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. As it takes 90 years for an oak to fully mature, anything to speed up the process is a help. For some, such as Nevada’s Frey Ranch , the sustainability of the spirit is infused in every aspect of their business. What happened to all the oaks?

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NATIONAL PARKS

The Lunatic Farmer

But on these sales, taxpayers paid for the roads, paid for the bidding process, inventory evaluation, etc. Not only would such use, if expanded to the government land, be an ecological stimulant, it would completely eliminate the need for factory hog houses. When I sell timber, I bear all the costs.

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