Food Politics

JANUARY 16, 2024

This took me to the PLoS ONE article: Carbon opportunity cost increases carbon footprint advantage of grain-finished beef. We find that pasture-finished operations have 20% higher production emissions and 42% higher carbon footprint than grain-finished systems.

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Pasture Grain Greenhouse Cattle 213

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Never applying more than 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre to his corn acres, Bergler harvests 230 bushel-per-acre corn behind a seven-way grain mix with peas and flax. I used to haul 80-100 loads of manure each year and now Im down to seven. Ive had one open cow in the last five years, he says.

Farming 92

Farming Farming Acre Cattle 92

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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Poultry Cattle Agriculture Agriculture 144

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Kernza® is a deeply rooted perennial grain harvested from intermediate wheatgrass and provided to the breweries by A-Frame Farm in Minnesota. “By Patagonia tasked each brewery to create a new beer made with Kernza ®.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Others have been able to relieve the problem through water treatments and removal of affected hay and manure. Leafy greens, such as lettuce, have a high transfer rate and can easily carry dangerous levels of forever chemicals as can hay and grasses usedfor animal forage.

Farming 145

Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

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.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

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. That includes agroforestry systems, perennial pasture systems, and perennial grain crops.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 87