Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As mentioned earlier, a diversified farm isn’t reliant on the success of a single crop or livestock type. Integrating livestock with crops can create a closed-loop system where manure provides fertilizer and reduces reliance on external inputs.

Food 141

Food Crop Marketing Production 141

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Creative, Collaborative Financing Without Dirt Capital Partners and Foodshed Capital , this next chapter might not have been possible. Each—from Steward to Iroquois Valley to RSF Social Finance —uses a different approach to give a leg up to farmers who might not otherwise qualify for financing. Graham’s chickens will help here.

Agriculture 142

Agriculture Agriculture Finance Farming 142

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the European farmers who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know how to raise a ruckus. German farmers also saw movement in their favor from their lawmakers on fuel subsidies. Do such proposals challenge free trade?

Manure 108

Manure Farming Farming Production 108

Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. launch of the XSplit® Separator, an innovative solution that significantly enhances manure management for dairy, cow, and livestock operations. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF).

Logistics 45

Logistics Cattle Manure Poultry 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. Requires producers with confined livestock feeding operations to submit a GHG emissions reduction plan, in addition to the currently required comprehensive nutrient management plan, to be eligible to receive payments under the program.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I explained how I believed that shepherding could only be sustainable, self-financing and profitable if wool was restored as an integral part of the product as a whole, and that this could only happen with the significant development of internal markets. In Britain, most of the commons were lost to the Enclosures Act.

Arable Land 98

Arable Land Straw Marketing Manure 98

Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

If possible, ensure the production farm is located somewhere other than where there is a possible runoff from livestock. It would help if you prepared the finances before the official audit. Implement fencing if livestock is next to your crop production to avoid the risk of contamination. Properly store and contain the manure.

Harvester 52

Harvester Harvest Harvesting Food 52