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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture.

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Davis Med Center. Obviously, we’re not going to change patient behavior.

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

From pasture to parlor, its organic, butterfat-rich milk travels less than 10 miles, produced by a herd of Jerseys pasture-raised on the misty coast. As the last DBII to be established, in 2019, the region has received significantly less funding, so it has only focused on dairy processing.

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The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem

Food Environment and Reporting Network

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. An overgrazed fescue pasture in Elk Creek, Missouri. Many ranchers would like to avoid the risk of total pasture makeovers, if they can.

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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

Pasture-raised”? The process to be certified “USDA Organic” can be cumbersome for farmers, so the “ Certified Naturally Grown ” label uses the same requirements but is verified by a team of CNG farmers, not the USDA. Pasture-raised: This does not require third-party verification, so it’s hard to know what it means to the producer.

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In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key

Modern Farmer

It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.” Introduced to the islands decades ago as livestock forage, invasive vegetation such as Guinea grass and buffelgrass proliferate in the islands, largely on unmanaged agricultural land. Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned.

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The Causes of Soil Compaction on Grazing Lands

ATTRA

Causes of Compaction There are generally two major causes of soil compaction on pastures: hoof impact and overgrazing. Not only do roots mechanically help to open the soil by pushing their way through the soil, but more importantly they release hundreds of carbon-based compounds like sugars and amino acids, a process known as root exudation.