Modern Farmer

MARCH 27, 2024

Environmental benefits Regenerative grazing—or closely managing where and for how long animals forage—is a farming practice that can improve soil health and plant diversity. Each new boundary drawn by a rancher moves livestock onto a fresh paddock, allowing grazed pastures time to recover as livestock feed in a new location. “We

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By: Ron Nichols, Understanding Ag, LLC Every day on his farm, Luke Bergler sees the connection between healthy soil, healthy grass, healthy animals and healthy people. When he pushes a shovel into the soft, well-aggregated soil on his 240-acre farm near Ridgeway, Minnesota, Bergler sees more earthworms than he ever thought imaginable.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the Certified Naturally Grown operation by increasing the number of beneficial predator insects and spiders. Runoff from U.S.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But no additional differentiation exists, like the difference between grass finished and grain finished beef, or pastured poultry versus factory farmed.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

From pasture to parlor, its organic, butterfat-rich milk travels less than 10 miles, produced by a herd of Jerseys pasture-raised on the misty coast. The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. milk supply, mostly on industrial farms in the Central Valley.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The tall forage stands out in southeastern Minnesota’s corn and soybean fields, which this time of year have been reduced to stubble poking through the snow. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. That’s where the sorghum-sudangrass comes in.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture is sent to every known agricultural producer in the country to ask important questions about their farms and how they manage them. Meanwhile, there are fewer but larger pasture and grazing operations, reflecting broader national trends. Since the 1997 high of 66.4

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Fescue toxicity is the most devastating livestock disorder east of the Mississippi,” said Craig Roberts, a forage specialist at the University of Missouri (MU) Extension and an expert on fescue. Northern Illinois and southern Iowa could already be officially added to the fescue belt, Roberts said, introducing toxicosis to new farming regions.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Grazing cattle on pasture for the entirety of their lives, on the other hand, is far less productive.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Mike Morris, NCAT Agriculture Specialist “When I was in college, I was taught that you fed hay and grain, and the pasture was just something you put the animals out on to look pretty, or just to get a little bit of supplement. I had to really change the way that I think to make that switch.

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Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Many farms choose to create their own homemade animal feed from ingredients that are easily accessible, affordable, and tailored to the dietary needs of your livestock. Local byproducts from farms, mills, or food processors (like unsold produce, leftover grains, or pulp) can be repurposed as animal feed. Grain 30-40% (corn or barley).

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center. Though San Diego is home to more small farms than any county in the U.S.,

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Pasture-raised”? Some of the terms used on food labels are official certifications, enforced by the USDA or a nonprofit entity, and the presence of the certification means that the farming operation has been verified in some way for compliance. Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”?

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 23, 2023

Smart farming technology lets you do more with less. Is a lack of accessible labor limiting your farm’s productivity or changing the strategy behind your operation? In this article, we’ll outline four key benefits of smart farm technology and share how some farmers are already using it to enhance their operation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

One of the key questions lingering over the 2023 farm bill reauthorization is whether Congress will approve a farm bill that builds climate resilience for the countless farmers whose livelihoods depend on it. A test plot of crimson clover at USDA NRCS Plant Material Center. Through the IRA, CSP received a total of $3.25

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ProAg

DECEMBER 21, 2023

University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Joe Horner says plants, animals and business are three areas where small changes can make a farm less vulnerable to risk. Have a separate bull pasture. Understand risk insurance programs such as Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance and Livestock Risk Protection (LRP).

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Digital agriculture, forage systems, beef cattle genetics featured topics The Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station at Beeville will host a field day Nov. 2 featuring a broad overview of new technology used in beef cattle production systems. The research station is located at 3507 Highway 59 E, Beeville.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.” Introduced to the islands decades ago as livestock forage, invasive vegetation such as Guinea grass and buffelgrass proliferate in the islands, largely on unmanaged agricultural land. Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned.

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

and the decision of which type of hay to grow is unique to each farm operation. We hope this helps you better understand all the options and what you might want to grow on your farm. Carbohydrates and Energy, and Fiber The amount of energy contained in hay or forage is contained in carbohydrates.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

For others, however, the Welsh countryside is a stark reminder of the damage that humans have wreaked upon the land through intensive farming and industry. Graves looks at how the country-wide shift from traditional mixed farms with carefully managed infield-outfield systems to mass livestock farming – primarily of sheep – has taken its toll.

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Farmbrite

JULY 10, 2023

Getting started Implementing a Grass-Fed Beef Program on Your Farm If you're a beef producer, you may be considering shifting your operation to grass-fed beef production. But the process of converting your farm from grain-finished beef to grass-finished beef can be daunting.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

A reference to diversification is fundamentally a reference to restoring the ecosystem function of farmland by allowing living organisms to reclaim roles that beginning in the mid-20th century have been assigned largely to synthetic chemicals or machines in conventional farming. Mixed summer forage in the Southeast U.S.

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ProAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Crop insurance helps protect your farm and your future but we know theres a lot to learn about the subject. When it comes to Rainfall Index plans, Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) policies are the most common. They protect against costs related to a loss of forage due to a lack of precipitation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After heavy grazing, a mixed summer forage is still building soil. As negotiations around the next farm bill continue, farmers and hundreds of stakeholders want to make sure that funding for climate-friendly practices is protected and remains in conservation programs with a climate focus. Conservation buffer in bloom at Vilicus Farms.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Those cows are just one part of the closed-loop system the college aims to highlight in its new farm-to-fork program that is rolling out this school year. million grant for its soon-to-come vertical farming, hydroponics and plant-based culinary arts programs. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It reduces the need to farm and slaughter livestock. Or have they studied the nutritional profile of regeneratively produced grass fed and pasture raised meats? Farms being grazed regeneratively (adaptive grazing) have been found to be four times more powerful a carbon sink. The standing forage biomass is often 300%+ higher.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Causes of Compaction There are generally two major causes of soil compaction on pastures: hoof impact and overgrazing. Research has shown that the amount of root exudates was lowest when: 1) leaves were removed in the vegetative phase (phase one); and 2) when plants were grazed severely (close to the pasture surface).

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Todays Farmer Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Dakota Turley unwraps a bale of hay on his farm in Hartville, Mo. Experts caution producers to watch for problematic weeds that may invade pastures around hay-feeding sites. The reasons are twofold, say range and pasture experts with Corteva Agriscience. CLICK HERE to read more from this November Today's Farmer Magazine.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance is a vital tool that helps protect against weather-related forage shortages, ensuring the sustainability of your operation. PRF insurance offers financial protection when precipitation falls below historical averages, affecting forage availability. What is PRF Insurance?

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

However, this relatively simple feeding system begins to fall apart when you get hit by drought; forage isn’t growing in your pasture and the price of hay goes through the roof. 3:16 – What types of forage should cows eat? 3:49 – What types of forage are bad for cows?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In addition to the IRA-created supplemental pools, each program also has a separate pool of Farm Bill funding that is still available for all traditional conservation work that the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has funded for decades.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, the publication also presents planned solutions to reduce emissions and transform toward increasingly robust farming systems. Despite the challenges ahead, substantial reason for optimism lies both in suggested routes to emissions reductions and adaptation of farming systems. the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The research revealed that fresh forages contain anywhere from 5-20-plus times the total phytonutrients and antioxidants than the typical total mixed (feed) ration (TMR). It is important for immune function, heart function, eye health and muscle function and is found in fresh forages that animals eat. Provided by fresh forage.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cattle grazing a warm season cover crop on Vilicus Farms (Photo Credit: Vilicus Farms) On August 16, 2022 when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, it solidified an historic investment in addressing the climate crisis and reflected key priorities lifted up by the farmers and communities that NSAC’s members serve.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. The Benefits of Animal Wellness Practices on the Farm Animal wellness brings numerous benefits to your farm, enhancing the quality, productivity, health, and stability of animals.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Soil is the foundation of your farm, the living system that provides nutrition for all the plants and animals that live there. Here are six ways you can improve long-term soil health on your farm: What is soil health? Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. Rotate your crops.

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