UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.), A typical ranch only produces cattle and the calves are usually weaned and sold.

Food 98

Food Acre Pesticide Fertilizer 98

UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. In this case, tillage is less of the disturbance in question, although some pastureland is regularly disturbed mechanically.

Acre 97

Acre Fertilizer Pasture Crop 97

Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Her findings and the o bservations made by hundreds of other farms, ranches, feedlots, and slaughter plants indicate that the single most important factor that affects animal welfare is the attitude of management. How we care for our animals makes a large impact on their quality of life. Institute a bird and rodent control program.

Livestock 98

Livestock Manure Farming Farming 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

This is a major loss, as the ARA proposed retargeting two-thirds of this carveout towards sustainable grazing practices, which have been shown to help mitigate climate change and build increased resilience to drought and floods on farms and ranches around the nation.

Farming 83

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 11, 2025

As farm and ranch managers, we control the timing, intensity, duration, frequency and pattern of the disruptions. To be effective in building resiliency in our farm and ranch operations, implementing our disruption cannot violate the Six Principles of Soil Health. Lets take a closer look at each aspect of a grazing disruption.

Forage 64

Forage Pasture Acre Soil Compaction 64

Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hes also an accountant, squaring the numbers for his central Minnesota farm by hand; a herder, rotating 75 cows between pastures; a crop farmer, raising 300 acres of feed like corn and hay; and a mechanic, repairing the equipment necessary to tend that acreage. Thankfully, he has a capable and energetic partner, 25-year-old Jack Schouweiler.

Farming 133

Farming Farming Pasture Meadow 133