West Texas Livestock

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This plant is a valuable source of high-quality forage when most other forages are low in quantity and quality.

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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. 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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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

farm output nearly tripled, while global grain production has more than quadrupled since 1950 and has doubled since 1975. No doubt that global grain production is significantly higher, but at what cost? An acre may provide foraging for cattle, sheep, pigs, laying hens, broilers and turkeys. From 1950 to 2000, U.S.

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Agric4profits

JULY 23, 2024

Animal feedstuffs for livestock feedstuffs include forages and grain-based and coproduce feeds. Grazed forages generally make up the bulk of livestock diets in

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Mike Morris, NCAT Agriculture Specialist “When I was in college, I was taught that you fed hay and grain, and the pasture was just something you put the animals out on to look pretty, or just to get a little bit of supplement. I had to really change the way that I think to make that switch.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The use of land for grazing cattle, as opposed to more productive crops or carbon-sequestering forests and prairies, is a key issue for critics of the beef industry—and grass-fed cows require more land than those finished in grain in feedlots. Native grasses and herbs store carbon in the ground and provide forage for cattle.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Feedstuff Finder allows sellers of co-products like soyhulls, distillers grains, or corn gluten feed, as well as forages like corn silage or hay, share prices, product information, and locations with potential buyers at no cost. Listings are free and can be sorted by forage or co-product type and price per unit. ”

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 8, 2024

Other challenges to elk across various states include development and the loss of habitat, lack of or low-quality forage, drought, disease and social tolerance.” They will devour hay and other grains left outside for domestic animals and livestock.

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Civil Eats

MAY 15, 2024

Casazza and other wildlife scientists have documented waterfowl using agricultural facilities—from foraging for grain in feedlots to roosting in effluent ponds—but questions remain about why the birds seek out the facilities and the potential connections to the spread of avian flu. We were surprised by it,” Casazza said. “We

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West Texas Livestock

JANUARY 17, 2024

Attached to every […] The post How to actually understand what the feed tag says appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. With some of the confusing numbers and such listed on them, it is understandable how that can happen.

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West Texas Livestock

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There are many factors to consider when looking at creep feeding, such as calf prices, the price of the feed itself, and the labor […] The post How to get the most out of creep feeding appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It reduces the need to farm and slaughter livestock. Why should that land not be in livestock production? If we are producing grass-fed beef, then we do not need grains or other feedstuffs? The standing forage biomass is often 300%+ higher. These include: It is a “greener” alternative to traditional meat production.

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Farmbrite

JULY 10, 2023

There are benefits to doing so - grass-fed beef is leaner and healthier than conventional grain-fed beef, and consumers are increasingly aware of these benefits. But the process of converting your farm from grain-finished beef to grass-finished beef can be daunting. Assess your livestock's grazing potential. Get a soil test.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Greater increases in structural, variety, and species diversity may be created with agroforestry systems, mixing trees and shrubs into annual and perennial grain, legume, and vegetable crops. Mixed summer forage in the Southeast U.S. Silvopasture, or mixed trees and livestock, is one form of agroforestry.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Photo courtesy of Roots of Change) The term, a general reference to pasture management that prioritizes soil health and perennial plants by grazing livestock through rotated paddocks, encompasses a set of practices that advocates say results in healthier animals and pastures. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

AUGUST 22, 2024

The company will offer a window into its technology's potential and in the future for livestock and row crop applications. A notable autonomous technology company on display for show attendees is Bluewhite.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After heavy grazing, a mixed summer forage is still building soil. As he transitions toward a farm that is more resilient, he has adopted a no-till system and a much more well-rounded rotation that includes small grains. The grains help reduce his risk during drier periods, and maintain his soil during wet periods.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This gives a blueprint of the situation and provides an opportunity to consider mitigation strategies such as changing the rotation of livestock, cleaning up the water, or trying a different crop.” For this reason, McBrady adds, some farms are being encouraged to switch to grains, which are less likely to absorb PFAS. “We

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

During the growing season of 2023, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast travelled to ten farms and ranches across Canada to find out how regenerative agriculture principles were being applied by agricultural producers involved in different types of agriculture production: grains, livestock, viticulture, vegetables and fruit.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, CSP FY2022 CSAF Category Practice Name Code Financial Assistance Total Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance Nitrogen Management Nutrient Management 590 $2,605,647 $97,382,301 15.84% Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses E590A $71,916,154 Reduce risks of nutrient (..)

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Farmbrite

JUNE 6, 2023

You can find feed that has pea protein and other grains in place of corn and soy. ounces of water each day depending on if they are foraging or confined. Here are some different types of feed and supplements. Phosphorus. Organic vs non-organic, all vegetarian, etc. These are all just considerations as you purchase feed for your flock.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The FFNSA maintains the existing carveout that ensures livestock producers will receive 50% of total EQIP funding during the life of the farm bill. This long standing setaside has led to significant portions of EQIP spending going towards infrastructure practices of questionable environmental value.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They have made an enormous dent in the number of mosquitoes and biting flies that plague me and my livestock during the summer. Hay (or grain) stubble provides excellent forage for wildlife, especially songbirds and gamebird populations, which, in turn, can help farmers by devouring insect pests that plague crops.

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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.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

In On Gold Hill , Moyer weaves together her attempt to grow the grain with the story she unearths of her family through the generations. Marisa Martinez Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager By Tama Matsuoka Wong In the popular understanding, hunter-gatherer societies were replaced by those that adopted modern agricultural practices.

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West Texas Livestock

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Wheat, with its high-quality forage and dual purpose as a grain crop, is a boon for profitability, supporting both grazing and grain production. This versatile crop is a […] The post How to actually maximize grazing with wheat pastures appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. She continues to raise livestock today and is now passing her passion for agriculture on to her children, who are also involved in FFA and showing steers.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Rather than laying out imperatives, the state act helps “gently lead people” towards regenerative practices, says the bill’s author, State Senator Bruce Gillespie, by recognizing the benefits of soil conservation and range management, particularly through rotational livestock grazing.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

For example, ranchers fatten cattle on grain during the final months of their lives in large-scale feedlots, which—along with massive hog and poultry feeding operations—are major sources of methane and nitrous oxide emissions, primarily due to the way cattle digest fiber and the mismanagement of open-air manure lagoons.

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NASDA

MARCH 10, 2025

Rice Producers Association U.S.

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