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Meet the 4th Generation Rancher Driving a Regenerative Cattle Collective Forward

Modern Farmer

“Driving the I-5 between LA and San Francisco, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what people think cattle ranching is.’” Carman didn’t intend to stay on the ranch on which she grew up. She witnessed how difficult it was for them to work the ranch alone. Carman uses the principles of regenerative soil management on the ranch.

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Meet the Ranchers Working to Sustain the World’s Largest Elk Population

Modern Farmer

At Eagle Rock Ranch in Jefferson, Colorado, the elk start to gather at dusk. Gottenborg is working to create a habitat on his ranch that sustains the elk population. Gottenborg is working to create a habitat on his ranch that sustains the elk population. Every winter herds of elk come through Eagle Rock Ranch in search of food.

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Evolving Sustainable Practices on a Fifth Generation Ranch — Valley View Ranch & Flying Heart Meats, Strathmore, Alberta

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Rod and Beth Vergouwen’s agricultural roots in Strathmore stem back to the early 1900s when Beth’s great-grandfather emigrated from Illinois with the vision to farm and ranch in southern Alberta. Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures.

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Wheat crop shaping up better than past two years, but prices are low

AgriLife Today

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists said several opportunities could exist for cashing in on good forage. AgriLife Extension economist-grain marketing in the Texas A&M. Mark Welch, Ph.D.,

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center. Currently, the vast majority of U.S.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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North Dakota Research Center Demonstrates Kernza Performance

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North Dakota State University’s Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) has been growing the perennial grain kernza for several years, reports Farm & Ranch Guide , and researchers recently shared reflections on their experience with farmers and ranchers at a field day.

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