Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

By the early 20 th century, decades of timber-cutting and overgrazing had left the ranching region in southern states barren, its nutrient-rich native grasses replaced by a motley assortment of plants that made poor forage. I visited Hamilton’s ranch in November 2022, where they run about 45 cows and 150 bison. The southeastern U.S.,

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ATTRA

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center is offering Diverse Markets Business Builder grants between $3,000 and $50,000 that are designed to build and expand local and regional non-commodity markets for climate resilient grains, pulses, and pseudocereals.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

farm output nearly tripled, while global grain production has more than quadrupled since 1950 and has doubled since 1975. No doubt that global grain production is significantly higher, but at what cost? A typical ranch only produces cattle and the calves are usually weaned and sold. From 1950 to 2000, U.S.

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Brandon Gerrish will oversee small grains and oilseed trials across Texas Brandon Gerrish, Ph.D., started recently as the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service statewide small grains and oilseed specialist, but there’s very little new to Gerrish about the job.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Yield losses, potential red stunt disease cause growers concern The post Corn leafhopper reemerging in Texas, other grain producing states appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgriLife Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Participants will receive continuing education units during conference The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson and Colorado counties will host the Upper Gulf Coast Feed Grain and Cotton Conference on Jan. The post Upper Gulf Coast Feed Grain and Cotton Conference set for Jan. 23 in El Campo.

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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Two-day workshop focuses on developing marketing plans The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a feed grain marketing plan workshop for producers on March 19-20 in Waco. Read More → The post Feed grain marketing workshop set for March 19-20 in Waco appeared first on AgriLife Today. Registration will begin.

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RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

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. Laslo Legacy Award from Wheatland County for their exemplary leadership in integrating environmental farm and ranch practices at Valley View Ranch.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“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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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Dee River Ranchs investment in grain storage, soil health prompts a shift from pasture to cropland.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 4, 2024

Event features talks on small grain pest management, commodity market updates The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the annual Central Texas Small Grain Field Day on April 18 in McGregor. Read More → The post Central Texas Small Grain Field Day will be on April 18 in McGregor appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 8, 2024

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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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

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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NASDA

JUNE 15, 2023

farms and ranches. California Grain and Feed Association Chr. FMF Specialty Agri Products Furst-McNess Company Gannon Associates Insurance Glanbia Nutritionals Global Animal Products Goldstar Feed and Grain LLC GPP Inc Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Hallway Feeds Hamlet Protein Inc. Braswell Milling Co.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As general manager of high animal welfare meat brand Niman Ranch , which today works with a community of 500 plus Certified Humane® crate-free hog farmers, Prop 12 is a positive development. There are countless factors at play from high grain prices, limited labor, industry consolidation and more. But that is not because of Prop 12.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Image courtesy of Country Natural Beef Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West’s Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program’? An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. The ‘stock cropper’ method—raising chickens, hogs, and sheep between rows of grains—promises much-needed change to the U.S. farm landscape.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Niggs program launched in 2021 and is all about getting fit right on the farm by making use of tractor tires, grain bin stairs, and other readily available equipment. Imagine muscle strains and sprains from lifting heavy grain bags or reacting swiftly to animals.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Because most grains need to be replanted every season, it’s hard for even regenerative farmers to minimize the disturbance to their land and build biodiversity, says Tim Crews, Chief Scientist & Director of the International Initiative at The Land Institute. So they’re working to highlight how perennial grains can help rebuild soils.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. Many cattle ranchers were forced to sell animals and import hay, while grain farmers suffered major crop losses. “We It’s a much bigger picture,” says Tim.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 23, 2024

AgriLife Extension grain marketing economist in the Texas. Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 23, 2024 Corn prices are down, and acres in Texas and across the U.S. are expected to follow as improved overall growing conditions could deliver above average yields, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

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NASDA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

farms and ranches are the backbone of America’s food and ag sector, the impact of decreased exports and resulting economic fallout reverberates throughout the economy. icit of $17 billion, a stark contrast to the United States’ historical trade surplus in agricultural exports, averaging $12.5 billion over the past ten years.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. The corn field at Frey Ranch Distillery. Photography courtesy of Frey Ranch. For some, such as Nevada’s Frey Ranch , the sustainability of the spirit is infused in every aspect of their business.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Specific examples of OREI and ORG outcomes that address these challenges include: Strategic crop rotations that maximize cover, minimize tillage, and limit weed competition in organic grains. New organic crop and whole-rotation budgeting tools to help new and aspiring organic farmers assess and manage the economic risks of organic transition.

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DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

agriculture and ranching was released in February. The 45Z Clean Fuel Credit, which takes effect in 2025, incentivizes biofuel and ethanol producers to increase production of renewable fuels using low carbon-intensive grains. But the 2022 census shows another side of sustainability: the use of renewable fuels on farms and ranches.

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AgriLife Today

JULY 25, 2023

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service grain economist, Bryan-College Station, said continued conflict and/or escalation is likely to further contribute to volatile global wheat prices and influence U.S. Mark Welch, Ph.D., production.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 26, 2024

AgriLife Extension economist-grain marketing in the Texas A&M. Texas Crop and Weather Report – March 26, 2024 Wheat production across Texas looks better than in years past, providing producers some optimism despite low wheat prices. Mark Welch, Ph.D.,

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the summer of 2023, a diverse group of storytellers, organizers, and strategists visited 10 farms and ranches in Canada. These farms and ranches were carefully chosen to represent different aspects of Canadian agriculture, including fruit, grains, beef, veggies, and even a vineyard.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hydroponic fodder, young tender grass grown from cereal grains in indoor systems, can grow animal feed using up to 98 percent less water than it would take to grow a comparable amount of calories in a field. Hydroponic fodder systems sow soaked grains, such as wheat or rye, into trays that are automatically watered.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Homestead grows vegetables, herbs, grains, and animals such as ducks, pigs, and chickens. Ranching on Public Lands Andr é Houssney runs Jacob Springs Farm , a regenerative ranch that produces dairy, beef, lamb, pork, chickens, and wheat in East Boulder. We truly have been doing this in a relational way.”

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 18, 2024

Everything that someone would need to know for a healthy farm or ranch business.” Roughly 1,500 miles away in Montana, that sentiment is shared by the Copenhavers at their 12MT Ranch. “In We’ll have large-scale grain farmers in the Midwest to really small urban farmers in cities like Detroit and St.

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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

While some agricultural and forestry projects might fit into the existing priority project categories, opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon through changes in farm, forest and ranch management would more appropriately fall under additional project categories. We urge the U.S.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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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The Equation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Flooding, excessive heat, and drought wreaked havoc on farms and ranches around the country, from California to Texas to Massachusetts. Among the requirements was that school meals needed to incorporate increasing amounts of whole grains, a dietary shift associated with improved health outcomes. And guess what has happened since then?

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Food Tank

MARCH 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services; Adrian Lipscombe , The 40 Acres Project; Chaunte Lowe , President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition; Amanda Masino , Huston-Tillotson University; Melanie McAfee , Barr Mansion; Kerri McClimen , Niman Ranch; Will McIntee , White House; Liz Mella , Farmers Fridge; Mike Meyer , The Farmlink (..)

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Agwired

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Experimental lines of field corn developed by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists will usher in new commercial hybrids offering high-methionine grain. Anderson continually seeks progress on his Nebraska ranch, which includes increasing the percentage of calves that qualify for CAB.

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