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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The stockpiled feed helps us be more profitable because we are not feeding as much hay, and it also provides more opportunities to keep animals out on the landscape gathering their own feed, instead of us supplying it with a tractor. Early spring grazing is another advantage to having a stockpile of forage.

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The Season of Mud

ATTRA

By Tammy Barnes , NCAT Agriculture Specialist Ah, the season of boot-sucking, tractor sliding, truck bed smashing, brown paw-printed kitchen floors, heavy pant cuffs, human swearing mud. Not to mention that no livestock owner wants to see their animals covered in mud and manure. pounds of feed per day.

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The Anatomy of a Pasture Walk

Wisconsin Farmers Union

This minimizes the use of equipment during the winter months and distributes nutrients to improve forage production and soil health in subsequent years. Now, utilizing bale grazing, Conard explained how he and his wife opened access to seven new bales every 5 to 6 days once pastured forage was no longer available.

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Precision Ag News 9/11

Agwired

sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors increased 4.8 Ag tractor sales decreased 19.4 Bunning & Sons Ltd, a UK-based leader in manure spreader manufacturing. This partnership integrates Bunning spreaders into the comprehensive Vermeer lineup serving North American hay, forage and livestock producers. sales also increased 5.2

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Organic Farming for Ecosystem Biodiversity & Diversity – Larchgrove Farm, Barrhead County

RR2CS

They also want to create access for community members to grow their own food and forage for wild foods. Occasionally, we will work with a small tractor, but we use only very light equipment. Then, we planted green manures and cover crops to help build up the topsoil again, which had been pretty depleted over the years.

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