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Promising Conservation Results in the 2022 Agricultural Census

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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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Bringing Back the (Flax) Fields of Gold

Modern Farmer

On a humid summer day in southeastern PA, farmers have traveled hours to Pasture Song Farm to see flax in the field. Scutching takes the flax straw and separates the short fibers, long fibers, shives, and seeds, through mechanical crushing and threshing. Four acres of flax at Pasture Song Farm.

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Out of money and out of options: Upland farmers in England (part 1)

Sustainable Food Trust

As part of a new, two-part series, food and farming writer, Marianne Landzettel, meets with upland farmers in northeast England who explain why the shift to the new farm payments scheme – the Sustainable Farming Incentive – poses an existential threat for many upland farmers. The Waltons have been farming for generations.

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Preparing for the Predicted Harsh Winter of 2023: A Guide for Cattle Ranchers

Farmbrite

Emergency Supplies Prepare an emergency kit for your farm. Additionally, ensure you have the necessary equipment for snow removal to maintain access to your facilities and pastures. Straw or hay bedding can help insulate the ground and provide warmth. Plan for Power Outages Harsh winters often bring power outages.

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Preparing for Winter: A Guide for Cattle Ranchers

Farmbrite

Emergency Supplies Prepare an emergency kit for your farm. Additionally, ensure you have the necessary equipment for snow removal to maintain access to your facilities and pastures. Straw or hay bedding can help insulate the ground and provide warmth. Plan for Power Outages Harsh winters often bring power outages.

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Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

Civil Eats

Glover’s eyes gazed out at an audience made up of a few dozen representatives of America’s largest grocers and food-service companies from beneath the brim of a straw cowboy hat. Behind them, green pastures stretched into the distance toward looming, sand-colored peaks. Will Harris’ White Oak Pastures in Georgia recently raised $1.2

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Butcher profile: Will Simkin, Essington Farm Shop, Wolverhampton

Sustainable Food Trust

In our series of butcher profiles, food and farming writer, Marianne Landzettel, meets butchers from across the UK who have built their business around high welfare, sustainably produced meat. If it weren’t for the signposts, first time visitors to the farm shop and butchers might well miss the entrance.

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