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Promising Conservation Results in the 2022 Agricultural Census

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Meanwhile, there are fewer but larger pasture and grazing operations, reflecting broader national trends. Fewer But Larger Pasture and Grazing Operations Pasture and grazing land serves as an important part of the national conservation picture. million acres, the amount of cropland used for pasture has steadily declined.

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Fifty years of nurturing nature

Sustainable Food Trust

Our permanent pastures are beautifully diverse with plant mixtures that change and evolve over the years. The diversity that the cows graze and eat as forage and the cereals in the parlour, is the ‘blas y tir’ or ‘terroir’ that makes their milk taste sweet and our cheese unique.

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