UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

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.

Pasture 105

Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

UnderstandingAg

JULY 16, 2023

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.

Plowing 98

Plowing Pasture Seeding Cattle 98

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Yet the bucolic scene belies an environmental problem roiling beneath the surface: The groundwater in this part of Minnesota is so contaminated with nitrates running off farm fields that the U.S. Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

Modern Farmer

JULY 31, 2023

Last year, Planet and Organic Valley completed a pilot program using satellite imagery to evaluate pasture health in service of regenerative rotational grazing. We have a small farm at home as well. My father initially started off plowing with a horse, and here we are talking about using satellite data to measure grass at home.

Technology 95

Technology Plowing Pasture Agriculture 95

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 20, 2024

In the spring, Steward moves her cattle out to pastures that have rested over the winter, but by the long heat of the summer, she’s wary of the ground getting too hot and baking, so she maintains a good litter cover while moving her cattle into shaded areas. In part, that’s because they keep disappearing. In 2021, roughly 1.6

Ranching 89

Ranching Plowing Cattle Acre 89

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the time, Corse was working off farm, while her parents transitioned their dairy into an organic operation. But Corse didn’t want the farm to disappear. 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.

Farming 82

Farming Farming Livestock Cattle 82

The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

While a small number of winter crops such as small grains (wheat, oats, barley) and forage and pasture crops such as alfalfa can use some winter rain and snow, western agriculture largely depends on a steady supply of irrigated water that has led to extreme groundwater mining.

Industrial Agriculture 97

Industrial Agriculture Crop Agriculture Agriculture 97