Farmers Weekly

JULY 13, 2023

We decided to go again as grass was […] The post Farmer Focus: Do we thank contractors for harvest late finishes? I’m glad we managed to get a second cut in when we did as there hasn’t been a weather window since. appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Livestock 246

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This is allowing growers to replace their forage stocks and build up a carry […] The post Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start appeared first on Farmers Weekly Excellent growth throughout the summer was due to July and August rainfall, according to Grainseed manager Neil Groom.

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Maize Yield Harvesting Harvest 246

West Texas Livestock

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

However, it can also happen when cattle are fed harvested forages like silage or hay. Grass tetany is […] The post How to actually prevent grass tetany in winter appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. But tetany can sneak up on you even in winter when you feed your cows hay or silage.

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Forage Pasture Cattle Livestock 98

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

” The Role of Crop, Livestock, and Farmed Aquatic Intraspecific Diversity in Maintaining Ecosystem Services. Does long-term harvesting impact genetic diversity and population genetic structure? Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity. And there’s a lot to pay for, apparently.

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Agroecology Cultivation Harvesting Harvester 223

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Read More When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings.

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Crop Crop Yield Grain Harvesting 293

Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

FFA Corner: Whether you are harvesting crops, livestock or wild game, it is important to express your gratitude.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Livestock 97

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Itinerant expert harvesters spread agriculture into Anatolia. What, itinerant expert livestock herders too? No word on the role of expert harvesters. That’s a long way for expert harvesters to go. Drawing diffusion patterns of Neolithic agriculture in Anatolia. Maybe around Africa too, who knows.

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Maize Crop Fertilizer Harvesting 213

Real Agriculture

JULY 24, 2023

When it comes to silage, a lower harvest height can add real tonnage to the final yield tally. Kayla Slind, acting general manager with the Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC), says that harvesting close to the ground requires land rolling to protect the harvester from damage due to picking up. Read More

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Yield Harvesting Harvest Harvester 246

West Texas Livestock

APRIL 15, 2025

However, not all hay is created equalfactors like how it was harvested and stored and even the type of forage […] The post Hay quality matters: get more nutrition for your dollar appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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Forage Cattle Livestock Harvesting 58

Agwired

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Harvest Analysis report which shows a combination of heavy early-season rains and late-season droughts has created distinct challenges for crop producers in the United States and indicates an overall moderate to high risk. Global biotech leader Alltech has released its complete 2024 U.S. report, which is available now.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Supply Chain 45

Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

This year’s wheat harvest is proving challenging due to wet conditions, and that was before the tail end of Hurricane Beryl dumped between 4 and 7 inches. Reports of hay shed fires this week in southern Ontario are a stark reminder to continue to monitor hay and straw after it has gone in to storage. Read More

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Straw Harvesting Harvest Harvester 292

Western FarmPress

JULY 9, 2024

Farm Progress rebrands its livestock building, which represents a commitment to the cattle industry.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Cattle 116

Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Women tend to concentrate their agricultural activities around the homestead, primarily because of their domestic and reproductive roles; they play a critical role in food production, post-harvest activities, livestock care, and increasingly in cash cropping.

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Cash Crop Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 72

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 16, 2024

As the Canadian harvest season gets underway, there’s a noticeable shift in farmer sentiment across the country. That’s according to the latest Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, gathered in July from over 500 farmers.

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Finance Harvesting Harvest Harvester 292

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Farm Progress editors and staff found products to help with livestock feeding, water filtration, farm safety and more at HHD24.

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Production Harvest Harvester Harvesting 111

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 15, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio’s Farmer Rapid Fire, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! Host Shaun Haney chats with: John Wiebe Dykstra of Salisbury, N.B.; Jay Lewis of Holstein, Ont.; Robert Brunel of Ste. and, Corey Loessin of Radisson, Sask. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show?

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Seeding Livestock Harvest Harvester 130

Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. Interdisciplinary insights into the cultural and chronological context of chili pepper ( Capsicum annuum var. domestication in Mexico. About the only thing that’s missing here is traditional knowledge.

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Agriculture Agriculture Plantation Maize 184

Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Selecting the right type of hay for your livestock is a critical decision that can significantly impact their health, growth, and productivity. We've added information about different types of hay, the nutrients in hay, and the needs of different types of livestock. Without this livestock cannot function.

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Livestock Forage Cattle Orchard 95

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This shift to a data-driven approach not only enhances farm operations but can significantly improve harvest outcomes, turning a good year into an exceptional one. They can use climate gauges and weather information for more accurate planting and harvesting insights.

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Farming Farming Technology Yield 97

Cropaia

JANUARY 13, 2025

Start by analyzing the specific requirements of your operation: Operational focus: Are you primarily managing crops, livestock, or a combination of both? Crop-oriented tools often focus on field mapping and pest management, while livestock-focused platforms emphasize herd health and breeding schedules.

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Farming Farming Supply Chain Technology 80

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The three-day event highlighted the newest innovations in the ag and livestock industries.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Livestock 122

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But it’s important for farmers to find the right baler for their operation and a service dealer they can rely on to keep them running through harvest. But it’s important for farmers to find the right baler for their operation and a service dealer they can rely on to keep them running through harvest. Read More

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Forage 238

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Farmers Weekly Harvest was practically finished by the end of September. Our target is always to finish harvest by the local Yetholm Border Shepherds’ Show on the first Saturday in October. We had just one field of late-sown spring oats to cut.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Crop 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 25, 2023

Farmers Weekly Every year, we make a concerted effort to get ready for harvest earlier, but every year harvest gets earlier, and so we find that yet again we were slow out of the blocks.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Livestock 246

Agric4profits

APRIL 9, 2025

Pastures are harvested at specific stages of their growth for conservation and subsequent utilization during periods of feed scarcity. Pasture harvesting is essential for ensuring a better supply of high-quality feed, as forage dry matter progressively decreases with advancing maturity.

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Pasture Harvesting Harvest Harvester 45

Food Politics

MARCH 5, 2024

[link] The 2006 United Nations report “ Livestock’s Long Shadow ” provided the first global estimate of the livestock sector’s contribution to anthropogenic climate change and warned of dire environmental consequences if business as usual continued. Here, we show that the industry has done so with the help of university experts….Here,

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Food Animal Agriculture Livestock Greenhouse 255

Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

coli concentrations and STEC prevalence and isolation frequency increased as irrigation canal water flowed past an adjacent livestock and compost operation” [ toxic bacteria spread from CAFOs by water ]. “The research team repeatedly observed that generic E. birds and other wildlife do not appear to be significant sources of STEC or E.

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Compost Mechanics Food Production 299

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The big one that struck me this trip was prohibiting livestock in forests. The Swiss said the forests are completely off limits to any livestock. In a strange twist, though, they can harvest wildlife and sell it into the public market. You can find wild hog, for example, in the grocery store. In the U.S.,

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Farmland 80

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 31, 2023

Poor weather at the end of July was holding off harvest and pushing all the field work into a tighter and tighter window. Farmers Weekly I should know by now that in farming, every time you think you have things under control something appears to cause extra problems.

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Maize Harvesting Harvest Harvester 251

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Farmers Weekly Harvest is in and dry. Cultivations are progressing well and getting there. We will start drilling from the beginning of October. We have recently had Gemma join the pigs team. It’s good to say she has started the role just as I would have hoped.

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Cultivation Harvesting Harvest Harvester 246

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

We had a decent summer, and, so far, a decent but mixed harvest is a lot better than what so much of the country has had. Farmers Weekly Orkney seems to have been lucky this year with the weather.

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Straw Harvesting Harvest Harvester 246

West Texas Livestock

MAY 28, 2024

million acres of hay harvested in Texas in 2023 underscore the pivotal role of hay production in sustaining livestock operations. The staggering 4.6

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Forage Livestock Cattle Acre 98

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Every year comes with its own challenges, and this year was the harvest of too many pumpkins. Farmers Weekly October has been a busy month for us as we opened our farm gates again for our annual pumpkin picking events.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Farming 246

Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Knowing the weight and nutritional content of a hay bale not only helps to ensure that you have enough livestock fodder on hand for winter, it also helps to make sure that you provide ample nutrients and protein to your animals. Hay is also used when a pasture is too lush or nutrient-rich for the well-being of livestock. What is Hay?

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Orchard Livestock Pasture Cattle 59

Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Rounding up new products for farm sites, row-crop and livestock operations from Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest Days.

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Production Livestock Harvesting Harvest 105

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Farmers Weekly I write this article envious of those further south harvesting maize. I’d love to feed maize silage and I’m sure the Jerseys would do well on the extra energy, but it would be a huge gamble in this area.

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Maize Harvesting Harvest Harvester 211

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Our challenge has been harvesting it, whether finding a weather window to forage it, or deciding if it’s too wet to graze. Farmers Weekly It’s been a fair time for growing grass this summer and autumn. We kept the cows in a few times in late September, but it just didn’t stop growing.

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Maize Forage Harvesting Harvest 192