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. What’s even scarier […] The post How to actually prepare your herd’s nutrition for winter appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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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?

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Crop Forage Livestock Grain 98

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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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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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

That’s how one producer described the intellectual and emotional journey that led him to adopt regenerative grazing: raising livestock in ways that improve soil health and increase biodiversity and productivity. It was tough to wrap my head around all of that, but once I did, I would never go back to doing it any other way.”

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 8, 2024

If done right, it should always be building fertility, not extracting it. Concentrations of minerals in cereal rye forage at several developmental stages when harvested at a 4-inch height. Nutrient removal is a function of not only nutrient concentration but also forage yield. are on a per ton of dry matter basis for the forage.

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West Texas Livestock

JULY 30, 2023

Forages stop producing, making it difficult for ranchers to make it. Taking extreme measures and just hoping that things […] The post How to actually bring a pasture back from drought appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. Drought can be a very devastating thing to deal with.

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Pasture Forage Livestock Fertilizer 98

UnderstandingAg

MARCH 14, 2025

Whenever you introduce a disruption, make certain to be highly observant and to observe how the disruption is impacting the soil, the plants, and the livestock. It is crucial that you understand how to estimate forage DM availability per acre so you can build appropriately sized paddocks. of available forage DM. per day of DM.

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Agwired

MARCH 15, 2024

Organic recycler Denali is taking action to get hay sent to a Texas A&M livestock supply point where it will be distributed to cattle producers in need. The largest wildfire in state history destroyed more than 1 million acres of land and property, leaving surviving livestock without adequate forage.

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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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Modern Farmer

MARCH 27, 2024

Once these fence posts are hammered into the ground, ranchers battle trees, wind and damage from livestock knocking them over. Virtual fencing supplies ranchers with a collar solar or battery charged and uses a web-based app to remotely monitor and control where livestock graze.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock. the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

The GLSAs provide vegetative cover for foraging, roosting and nesting wildlife including raptors, wading birds, songbirds, pollinating insects and small mammals such as moles and mice. “We Removing livestock for even 10 years from this land can cause an ecological disaster in grassland communities.”

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

The disorder, fescue toxicosis, costs the livestock industry up to $2 billion a year in lost production. 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.

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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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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

Farmbrite

JULY 10, 2023

Assess your livestock's grazing potential. Before you can implement a grass-fed cattle program, you need to assess your livestock's grazing potentials. This includes forage availability and quality, available water supplies and climate conditions. Make sure you have a sufficient supply of forage. • Get a soil test.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

And beyond the diversification associated with cropping fields, adding livestock diversity into a system can reduce challenges like pests and diseases while allowing for nutrient cycling from livestock to soil and back to crop or forage species. Mixed summer forage in the Southeast U.S.

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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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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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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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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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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

For instance, agriculture can destroy forest habitats that certain bat species, like the endangered Indiana bat or northern long-eared bat , use for roosting and foraging. Deer, for example, help cycle nutrients and fertilize soil. Runoff from U.S. farms is also a main source of pollution for rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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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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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 14, 2023

“These are livestock. Winter says drivers hauling bees have to be experienced with handling livestock, and bees aren’t any different. That new flower is now fertilized , which is how it produces fruit and seeds. They need water every couple of days,” says Dan Winter, president of the American Beekeeping Federation. “If

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Rotational grazing is an approach to livestock management that involves rotating livestock through sections of pasture in a planned sequence. Rotational grazing can improve pasture soil health, reduce erosion, improve forage quality, and improve water management as it improves climate resilience.

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Pasture Agriculture Agriculture Acre 95

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. Left unchecked, they’re fertile ground, experts say, for harboring fecund grasses and other non-native plants, trees and even deer.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

In recent years, wildfire disasters in the United States have led to many growers asking questions about how to navigate post-wildfire food safety concerns with their crops and livestock. Many agencies have established minimum thresholds for pollutants of concern to human health, livestock, forage, soil, and water.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After heavy grazing, a mixed summer forage is still building soil. Another livestock farmer, Bob Vollinger, has also shifted toward grazing practices. At Elmwood Stock Farm in Kentucky, he was practicing crop-livestock integration and extending his rotations. The mix includes sorghum-sudangrass, sunn hemp, cowpeas, and millet.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 101

RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures. They’ve adapted an integrated approach to land management, practicing rotational grazing to improve the quality and biodiversity of the soil, which in turn has provided fertilized soils for growing grain and forage crops.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By partnering with experts across various sectors, AgroLiquid is at the forefront of testing and developing innovative solutions that help farmers optimize their fertilizer use while addressing the real-world struggles they encounter in the field. sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors increased 4.8 Rivulis Pte.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

During the pilot, a six-week programme of farm-based activities was offered to participants, including spending time with farm animals, farm walks, foraging and harvesting, healthy cooking demonstrations, collecting honey and getting occupational experience.

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AgriLife Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Award-winning program limited to first 50 enrolled The award-winning Ranch Management University, scheduled Oct. 23-27 at Texas A&M University in Bryan-College Station, is open for registration with seating limited to the first 50 enrolled.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 27, 2024

David McKnight ’73 Ranch Management University expands seating Seating has been expanded for the award-winning and renamed David McKnight ’73 Ranch Management University, which is scheduled for April 8-12 at Texas A&M University in Bryan-College Station.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

You look out over the field and imagine the herd pushing into a paddock, into a knee-high sward, and they immediately lower their heads, bite, and jerk their necks, ripping mouthfuls of nutritious forage from the ground. Swallows dive overhead feasting on the flies hovering over the backs of the cattle. There’s peace here.

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