UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In the following discussion, I would like to share some thoughts on how to add net profit into a grazing operation, as well as share my own experiences reducing hay inputs with the grass-finished beef herd that roams across our northern Michigan family farm. The acreage lasted 65 cows for almost two months of grazing in the spring.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Our family farm in Northeast Iowa with 3% SOM in the top six inches has about 67,000 lbs. It’s the tiny input from fertilizer and seed. We typically add very little carbon to our fields unless we are adding a lot of manure or compost. The box represents the carbon stored in your soil. Did you spot the missing arrow?

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

CalCAN is one of hundreds of sustainable, organic, and family farming organizations across the country that is engaged in farm bill advocacy this year. The program is modeled on California’s popular Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) which CalCAN has championed since it launched in 2017.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This allows farmers to try new things like seeding cover crops with a drone or dialing back their synthetic fertilizers using data from brand new tests that aren’t yet approved by government-based programs. He used their incentive program as he started using cover crops and expanded soil sampling on his farm. “I

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA) fails to meet the moment for farmers across the country who are on the front lines of a changing climate. From losing seed crops as wildfires rage for weeks, losing entire crops due to erratic freezes, to losing farms as drought dries up available water, farmers’ risks are rising.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. Every seed is important. Theres nothing more meaningful than planting a seed and watching it grow, says Waters.

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Together, Harold and his brother, Chris, and his father, Gerald, work collaboratively as partners to manage 5000 acres of irrigated land producing potatoes — varieties of chippers, russets, and red Mozart potatoes — along with other field crops, including hard red spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola.

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