Real Agriculture

JUNE 9, 2023

As Christine O’Reilly, Ontario’s forage and grazing specialist, tweeted out on June 5, hay that was put up “dry” Read More Reports of at least one hay shed fire in Ontario this week should serve as an alert to other farmers who took advantage of the dry, hot week in late May to put up dry hay.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, farmers, landowners, researchers, and solar companies are working together to harvest the sun twice: once with crops, honey, pollinators, and forage for grazing animals — and again with solar panels. This co-location of solar and agriculture is known as agrisolar or agrivoltaics.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Diverse forage mixtures, such as polycultures, give producers an opportunity to provide high quality feed while also gaining additional benefits for the soil and ecosystem. Join Young Agrarians and Rural Routes to Climate Solutions to learn all about forage polycultures with Dr. Jillian Bainard of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

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Food Tank

JULY 2, 2024

Rethink your relationship with gardening in Tama Matsuoka Wong’s Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager , or learn about food systems innovations in the face of climate change in Food Systems of the Future. Food Tank is compiling a list of books that will engage, educate, and inspire you this summer.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 8, 2024

Cover crop experiment at Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility in Orono, Maine. On June 11, 2024, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 on a party-line vote. Photo credit: Reana Kovalcik.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock. Therefore, more feed is needed to keep the body warm, and they will lose weight if more forage and supplemental feed are not provided. pounds of feed per day.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Holt, who also works as an independent permaculture consultant and a guide for the foraging tour company No Taste Like Home , says the cooperative’s members haven’t yet paid themselves from Nuttery activities. Perhaps ironically, the mixes have sold best not in rural Virginia but at markets in Washington, D.C.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I wound up there because, over the past year, I’ve been harassing my mushroom fan friends to see if I could do a story while foraging with them. There are too many people foraging and they don’t want to share where they go or how they do it. All of them have been very cordial in telling me no.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides. A lot of people don’t understand why my cheese costs [four times more than] Walmart’s.” “We’re an important fabric of these rural communities.”

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

The answers will help shape best practices for future projects, while addressing some concerns raised in ongoing debates over siting large solar projects in rural farm areas. Moser and Ohio State University researchers think forage crops like alfalfa and hay hold promise. But raising them is “hard to do on 1,000 acres.”

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

However, this relatively simple feeding system begins to fall apart when you get hit by drought; forage isn’t growing in your pasture and the price of hay goes through the roof. 3:16 – What types of forage should cows eat? 3:49 – What types of forage are bad for cows?

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Civil Eats

MARCH 26, 2025

In 2016, he purchased 12 acres in nearby rural Cedar Grove to start a regenerative vegetable farm, which he named Sankofa, after the West African word for reclaiming and carrying forward what has been lost. They start out taking care of baby bees, [and go] to making decisions, to foraging. They protect.

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RR2CS

JULY 18, 2023

Back in December of 2022, we hosted a webinar with Dr. Jill Bainard, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, on polycultures in forage systems. 23:26 – What are some things to consider when utilizing polycultures for forage? The post EP66 Polycultures appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

However, for situations where major compaction exists, greater intervention beyond grazing and annual forage mixtures may be needed to get rid of the compaction. But before we get into that, let’s next discuss how to easily diagnose compaction using ver y simple , low-cost tools. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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RR2CS

APRIL 25, 2023

20:30 – When should you begin stockpiling forage and how can rotational grazing help? The post EP63 Extended Grazing appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post EP63 Extended Grazing appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. Useful Links: Young Agrarians Want to learn more?

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The value added to a wetland that can be found in a riparian area is seemingly endless: water filtration, food for wild game, habitat for native pollinators and forage if you find yourself in a dry year. The post EP57 Riparian Accounts Part Two appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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RR2CS

MARCH 11, 2024

25:06 – What is forage-finished beef? This podcast has been partially funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada The post EP 77 – Healthy Food, Healthy Environment – SoR Part 9 appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. 15:25 – Peter and Craig talk about the regenerative practices they use on the farm.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

The authors also note ongoing and increasing “disruptions to the ability of subsistence-based peoples to access food through hunting, fishing, and foraging.” Higher summer temperatures have stressed crops, while higher lows in the winter have meant damage to perennial forage. Consequently, less forage is likely to be available.

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ProAg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“This additional assistance helps offset the tremendous losses that these producers faced and is a valuable investment, not only for farmers and ranchers but in the economic successes of our communities – rural and urban – and in our nation’s food security for generations to come.” ELRP payments for 2022 losses are estimated at $465.4

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Useful Links: Movald Farm Makes An Impact West-Central Forage Association ALUS Canada Young Agrarians Want to learn more? The post EP55 Riparian Accounts appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post EP55 Riparian Accounts appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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RR2CS

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Righteous-Porkchop-Finding-Beyond-Factory/dp/0061998451 Kiss The Ground – www.kissthegroundmovie.com Peace Country Beef and Forage Association – www.peacecountrybeef.ca The post EP50 50 More appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post EP50 50 More appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

During the growing season of 2023, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast travelled to ten farms and ranches across Canada to find out how regenerative agriculture principles were being applied by agricultural producers involved in different types of agriculture production: grains, livestock, viticulture, vegetables and fruit.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In rural Mariposa County, where many large, historic ranches have been replaced by smaller residential parcels that can easily get overgrown, Happy Goat provides help. Goats’ love of leaves means they create extra clearance between the ground and low-hanging branches, which helps prevent fire from jumping into the tree canopy.

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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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently called on three state agencies to take action to protect the health of rural residents.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Many menus in rural and small-town middle America consist of high-calorie burgers and processed Caesar salads, along with a few trending items like Buffalo cauliflower or flatbreads. If you are interested in republishing or reposting this article, please contact info@thefern.org.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 2, 2024

Spurred by the modern revival of foraging and a renewed social focus on environmental preservation—­emerging from an era of global pandemics and simultaneous climate disasters—­esteemed chefs and everyday people alike have begun working invasive species like kudzu into their recipes. But in the U.S., My daughter loves it.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

By ensuring reliable demand for regeneratively raised meat, proponents of the system’s new procurement pledge see the sizable volume giving the state’s independent ranchers and rural economy a huge boost, and bolstering the local and regional meat supply chain. It’s a tall order, but Diaz knows the sway that comes with institutional demand.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center. percent, and it’s concentrated in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys and used mostly for animal forage.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 25, 2023

An agency of the Government of Alberta, the board acts as a rural municipal service and, during a crisis, provides support to residents of the region. It will take years for the pastures and perennial forages to recover, and that’s only if conditions improve. It all adds up to a smorgasbord for the hungry insects. billion.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 8, 2024

NEXT ENHANCE CGO Feed Solution is scientifically shown to help dairy farmers get more out of forage by optimizing dry matter intake per kilogram/pound of milk produced while maintaining milk production and body weight/condition. It is currently underway in three states: Oklahoma, Kansas, and Indiana.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

For instance, agriculture can destroy forest habitats that certain bat species, like the endangered Indiana bat or northern long-eared bat , use for roosting and foraging. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service promote sustainable agriculture practices benefitting both rural communities and wildlife.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

Glen: For the last seven or eight years we’ve been seeding brassicas with oats and forage peas. The foraging peas are a nitrogen fixer in the soil, and the oats have lots of sugars for feeding the soil biology for ensuring healthy biodiversity of the soil. Absolutely.

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RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Today, Rod and family raise Angus cattle and a flock of Katahdin sheep on open native and annual forage pastures. They’ve adapted an integrated approach to land management, practicing rotational grazing to improve the quality and biodiversity of the soil, which in turn has provided fertilized soils for growing grain and forage crops.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Bakersfield College boasts an Edible Gardens Catalog program, Kalamazoo Community College offers Sustainable Food Systems Competencies coursework and Greenfield Community College’s Farm and Food Systems covers mushroom foraging and cultivation, permaculture design, beekeeping, food preservation and more.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

economy and rural communities. Millborn Seeds is expanding their North American footprint with the acquisition of Union Forage in Alberta, Canada and Luhrs Certified Seed in Imperial, Nebraska. The acquisitions further deliver on Millborn’s commitment to create a vertically integrated seed supply chain.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The colors of fall are in full swing, and as the leaves change and the days grow shorter, our thoughts are with you as you find ways of extending your grazing season, or fortifying your stockpiled forages. I still believe this is the most effective and efficient way to support rural America and agriculture.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Another project, being carried out in collaboration with Dr. Rocky Lemus and Dr. Leyla Rios, both of MSU Extension, strives to better understand forage present and soil health results from the implementation of conservation practices through an HMI framework. Learn more here: Graeme Hand – Safe to Fail Trials. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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