Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Variety selection, planting date, and seeding rate vary depending on the wheat's purpose, whether for grain, grain and grazing, or forage only. Learn more about fertility and insect and pest management.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

The reasons vary, but common culprits include excessive N fertilizer use and the loss of organic matter. What better way to eliminate the need for N fertilizer and build organic matter levels than to temporarily or permanently introduce pastureland and grazing animals back to cropland. The western half of the fields pH rose from 5.8

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West Texas Livestock

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Knowing your soil’s fertility and what nutrients are provided is crucial. Often, producers just put out the same fertilizer they always have and hope for the best. Soil fertility and health is essential for forage production. Performing a soil test is one of the most underutilized range management tools.

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 17, 2023

Cutting the feed bill might be through better purchasing of ingredients, improving feeding and forage management, reducing feed rates, or introducing […] The post 4 ways to breed your dairy cows to cut feed bills appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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West Texas Livestock

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Producers should plan ahead for their fall and winter forages to meet this need. Primary inputs like grain, fertilizer, and even fuel can become terribly expensive. Nutrition significantly affects your herd’s health during the cold winter months. There are many factors to consider when figuring out how much hay will be needed.

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West Texas Livestock

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The amount needed depends on forage mineral content, the animal’s age, and the production stage. Even the soil type, fertilizer used, and rainfall can affect what mineral is available at a […] The post How to get the most out of your winter minerals appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Date: October 16, 2024 Time: 9:30 am – 4 pm Location: Mannville, Alberta Registration Fee: $30 Registration closes October 10, 2024 Are you ready to enhance your farming practice repertoire with innovative solutions like intercropping, forage blends, winter grazing and soil health? Why Attend?

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RR2CS

JUNE 6, 2024

and experienced regenerative farmer, will share his practical insights, success and not-so-successful stories in integrating forage blends into farming operations. This event is a unique opportunity for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural enthusiasts to discover how forage blends can improve both livestock feed quality and soil vitality.

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Western FarmPress

MARCH 27, 2025

Farmers advised to plan for reseeding, soil testing and fertilization. OSU offers webinars on forage resilience and recovery strategies. Drought's impact on Ohio pastures remains uncertain.

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Agwired

MARCH 15, 2024

The largest wildfire in state history destroyed more than 1 million acres of land and property, leaving surviving livestock without adequate forage. Organic material repurposed by Denali as fertilizer delivers beneficial nutrients to farmland and improves farmer outcomes.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 14, 2025

It is crucial that you understand how to estimate forage DM availability per acre so you can build appropriately sized paddocks. you will need to start stockpiling forages for winter stockpile grazing by August. of available forage DM. Combining disruptions can be instrumental in making ongoing progress. cow needs 36 lbs.

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West Texas Livestock

JULY 30, 2023

Forages stop producing, making it difficult for ranchers to make it. Drought can be a very devastating thing to deal with. Drought can make things seem bleak while going through it. With all this difficulty, it can be easy to fall into “survival” mode during this time.

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Trimble Agriculture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If you’re an agricultural landowner, chances are you’ve used soil testing to customize fertilization, optimize soil health, and maximize crop yields. Under this deduction, farmers can deduct the value of their soil fertility as an input expense on their newly acquired land. Healthy soil can also produce healthier livestock. “If

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

After periods of trial and error, they saw economic gains as they reduced purchases of fertilizer and hay and saw labor decreasing as livestock became familiar with rotations. Besides healing overgrazed and damaged grazing lands, regenerative grazing can increase forage production, drought resilience, and profitability.

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Carbohydrates and Energy, and Fiber The amount of energy contained in hay or forage is contained in carbohydrates. The amount of water needed varies by species, animal age, stage of life, available live forage, and environmental temperatures. Bermuda Grass Hay Bermuda Grass is considered a medium-quality forage.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 10, 2024

But those farms had used sewage sludge to fertilize their pastures—something Dostie had never done. The state has developed the country’s first meaningful thresholds for the chemicals in some foods and soil, has banned the use of sludge as fertilizer, and will, by 2030, ban the sale of all products with intentionally added PFAS.

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ProAg

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Select replacement heifers for fertility and longevity. Improve forage management to reduce reliance on feed and hay. Data shows high earners have a 43% lower cost of production than low earners. Have a defined calving season that matches your environment. Pregnancy test and cull to decrease winter feeding costs.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

That’s when Oyster Oyster draws heavily from its pantry of foraged wild plants and ingredients preserved from nearby climate-friendly farms. At right: roasted asparagus with locally foraged ramps, crispy potato, radish and a Virginia peanut broth infused with Thai basil oil. “Come February, we have this very short farm list.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Birds that live on grasslands rely on the ecosystem for everything from foraging to nesting. The most recent North American Grasslands and Birds Report from the Audubon Society finds that 62 percent of grasslands that once covered the continent have been lost since colonization.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 23, 2024

Featured topics will be Right to Farm Act, forage trials, commodity market updates The O.D. Butler Field Day is scheduled May 17 at the Camp Cooley Division of the Circle X Land and Cattle Company in Franklin.

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RR2CS

MARCH 11, 2024

They now grow over 10 types of grass and clover, use less fertilizer, and produce some of the healthiest, most nutritious beef you can find. 25:06 – What is forage-finished beef? They now grow over 10 types of grass and clover, use less fertilizer, and produce some of the healthiest, most nutritious beef you can find.

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The Lunatic Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2022

Many people either buy or locate onto property with neglected, overgrown, forest encroached, or low fertility pastures. As you can imagine, the conventional orthodoxy of tillage, planting seeds, and spreading fertilizer is not my protocol. I created the content, outline, filming schedule and picked the locations where we’d film.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The biosolids created as sewage breaks down can be used as fertilizer on farmland, a practice that the Environmental Protection Agency still touts as “beneficial,” even though spreading these highly toxic chemicals across farmland allows the compounds to leach into the groundwater, contaminate crops grown on the land, and affect grazing animals.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Interactions with organic matter Organic matter plays a vital role in soil fertility and nutrient cycling, including molybdenum dynamics. Application of molybdenum-containing fertilizers or organic amendments such as compost can help alleviate deficiencies.

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Farmbrite

JULY 10, 2023

This includes forage availability and quality, available water supplies and climate conditions. Make sure you have a sufficient supply of forage. • The first step in implementing a grass-fed program on your farm is to determine how much fertilizer you'll need. Increase the amount of forage by planting grasses and legumes.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s been a decent year at the 200,000-acre spread, with enough forage for the 2,000 mother cows and their calves. Many farms and feedlots have runoff, whether this is excess manure, pesticides and herbicides or fertilizers such as phosphorus and nitrogen, both implicated in climate change. Bob Boucher with a beaver.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Regardless of the approach, implementing crop rotation is crucial for maintaining soil fertility, minimizing pest and disease issues, and ensuring sustainable agriculture practices. What are the benefits of healthy soil?

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sustainable grazing practices, on the other hand, ensure that pastures remain lush and fertile by allowing plants to recover and regenerate. Animal Welfare: Well-managed grazing practices ensure that cattle have access to fresh forage and clean water, which directly impacts their health and well-being.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

The authors also note ongoing and increasing “disruptions to the ability of subsistence-based peoples to access food through hunting, fishing, and foraging.” Higher summer temperatures have stressed crops, while higher lows in the winter have meant damage to perennial forage. Consequently, less forage is likely to be available.

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UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

A summer-winter mix is a great option when breaking new ground which has been fallow and non-irrigated, building soil health and fertility for the next growing season. You can seed them earlier than July if intentionally resting a block for the entire, using them for a fall mulch or for forage (stock grazing).

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since 2018, the Halls have been on a mission to collaborate with local organizations to rejuvenate their land, which was previously subjected to conventional farming methods involving fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Glen: For the last seven or eight years we’ve been seeding brassicas with oats and forage peas.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This certification prohibits the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Photography by Lena Beck) Grassfed: For grazing animals such as cows, the USDA defines “grassfed” as animals that have access to grass or other pasture forage during the growing season and derive the majority of their nutrients from this source.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 30, 2023

With the current high cost of synthetic fertilizers, and even supply chain disruptions, managing the manure resource properly becomes a critical farm task. Manure is the primary fertility source in organic farming systems. Conventional wisdom asks, “What can go wrong with adding organic matter and natural fertilizer?”

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 6, 2024

6 min – MDC resources for private land owners from native forages to management plans. 18:45 min – Nutri-Track helps reduce tillage, use fertilizer efficiently. 6 min – MDC resources for private land owners from native forages to management plans. 18:45 min – Nutri-Track helps reduce tillage, use fertilizer efficiently.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

invest in deeper root development and have greater mycorrhizal associations, which afford them vastly greater capacity to scavenge nutrients in low fertility soils,” Reeske wrote in the grant proposal. percent, and it’s concentrated in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys and used mostly for animal forage.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

That means that when there is a heavy rainstorm, the soil will keep absorbing it even while less fertile soils let the rain (and associated nutrients) wash off into nearby bodies of water. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. 64° Reykjavik Distillery, Iceland 64° Reykjavik Distillery continues Iceland’s tradition of foraging and respect for the land. Their brewery in Wales became the first carbon-neutral, nonalcoholic brewery in the world earlier this year.

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