National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

The COWS Act would establish a new federal program aiming to improve economic viability and sustainability for the dairy and livestock industry. The program proposed in the COWS Act is modeled on a successful and very popular incentive program that started in California in 2017, the Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP).

Manure 40

Manure Compost Livestock Agriculture 40

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Some roam through pastures testing bunches of fescue, a cool-season grass, for the sweetness the frost brings. When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees.

Pasture 116

Pasture Cattle Technology Ruralism 116

Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

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. A few sleek Jersey cows from the Foggy Bottoms Boys pastures. But that hasn’t been the PCC’s focus, Pheasant says.

Pasture 126

Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain 126

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His first batch of livestock included 25 chickens he processed for his family. On the farm, they minimize and reuse waste streams by recycling animals and manure that act as food for black soldier fly grubs. His plan was to create a 25’ x 25’ garden for personal use near his home outside of Charleston, South Carolina. I was so excited.

Poultry 120

Poultry Farming Farming Processing 120

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

And beyond the diversification associated with cropping fields, adding livestock diversity into a system can reduce challenges like pests and diseases while allowing for nutrient cycling from livestock to soil and back to crop or forage species. Silvopasture, or mixed trees and livestock, is one form of agroforestry.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 98

CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

The Senate plan also proposes $35 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) monies to support methane reduction efforts, including through the Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP).

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Manure Compost 52

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I picture a pair of dung beetles rolling a ball of manure together, sharing hopes and dreams for their future offspring, or perhaps squabbling about where to bury their dung ball like Mr. and Mrs. Mallard looking for a good place to lay their eggs in the children’s classic, Make Way for Ducklings.

Pasture 98

Pasture Rural Development Manure Food 98

CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

Summary of Marker Bills Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act This bill would set up a new program in the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions on dairy and other livestock operations. Transitioning to or increasing pasture-based production would also be eligible.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 52

ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop. Instead of throwing garden refuse away or composting it, one could instead chop it up and drop it as mulch back into the garden.

Rural Development 111

Rural Development Manure Compost Pasture 111

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Livestock Forage 105

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Perennial livestock systems have similar capacities to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts. Moreover, by increasing the presence of deeper rooted perennials and distributing manure, such practices can increase the overall carbon sequestration of a grazing system. At the same time, they decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

Ranching 72

Ranching Greenhouse Crop Pasture 72

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

Grazing livestock are a key focus of the SFT’s work and the subject of our next report, due out later this year. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure. Livestock develops its positive impact on the environment when it is managed in grazing/browsing systems where it is kept moving.

Livestock 75

Livestock Food Forage Cattle 75

Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In order to stack practices and keep the cover crop under control, they attempted sheep grazing, but when it was unsuccessful due to lack of year-round pasture, they tried grazing with a more space-efficient flock of ducks instead.

Orchard 52

Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. In addition, large concentrated animal feeding operations, which have become more prevalent there in recent years, add to the problem by disposing millions of gallons of nitrogen-rich liquid manure.

Crop 122

Crop Farming Farming Acre 122

The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 7, 2021

Allan Savory through Holistic Management began taking pictures of remarkable recoveries when animals at high density for a short period of time (one day) heavily impacted a spot with hooves and manure. In more recent years, however, a "take half, leave half" message has come on strong within the grass farming movement.

Plowing 52

Plowing Pruning Logistics Seeding 52

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

And energy- and livestock-intensive farming methods since then have continued to raise the sum of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the goals for soil health receive more focus on grass-based livestock systems and nutrient budgeting. These two challenges, however, can be addressed by the same suite of solutions.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Avoid overgrazing your pasture lands. Grazing is an important part of pasture management , but you must be careful not to overgraze your land. By properly managing grazing intensity, pastureland can maintain healthy vegetation cover and provide adequate forage for livestock. Keep track of your grazing rotations with Farmbrite.

Crop Rotation 52

Crop Rotation Farming Farming Fertilizer 52

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Dairy and livestock account for more than half of California’s production of the powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), one that traps 84 times more heat than carbon dioxide. She points to wide-scale implementation of anaerobic digesters, which capture methane from sealed manure lagoons to create biogas. standards,” he writes in an email.

Farming 79

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 79

Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

At CAFOs, it is common to pool animal waste in one spot, called a manure lagoon. The report Anaerobic digesters are not typically things that you would ever see on a small, pasture-based dairy or farm. Expanding manure biogas production was listed as a key way to reduce methane emissions in the agriculture sector.

Manure 139

Manure Production Farming Farming 139

Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The number of cattle, the biggest source of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions—both from burps and manure storage—actually went down by 5.6 That translates to more animals in concentrated areas, generating more manure that’s disposed of in pits and lagoons where it emits more methane, an especially potent greenhouse gas. “We

Agriculture 96

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 96

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Removing livestock for even 10 years from this land can cause an ecological disaster in grassland communities.” Grassland foliage relies on the grazing and trampling of livestock to keep the soil aerated and the plant community growing. Fencing, for example, may be needed to protect water systems from livestock.

Farming 78

Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 78

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

These practices include reducing or eliminating tilling of soil, planting “cover crops” that grow during the off-season and are not harvested, improving how farmers use fertilizer and manure, and planting trees. Better manure management is among the climate-smart practices the USDA is funding in the partnerships. But it should be.

Agriculture 70

Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Manure 70

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. improving irrigation efficiency, restoring pasture, cover cropping, or nutrient and pest management). Retargeting two-thirds of the 50 percent EQIP set-aside for livestock practices towards advanced grazing management.

Ruralism 111

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve spent a couple of generations exiting historically normal tasks and behavior, from integrating livestock and crops, growing gardens, buying locally and cultivating domestic culinary arts. Our farm participated in a pastured egg nutrient study several years ago. Travelers drug manure into hotels. Poop covered the streets.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In some pastures, Griggs must rely upon wells, some as deep as 800 feet, to water the livestock. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. Wilde was forced to pipe water in.

Ranching 124

Ranching Cattle Acre Pasture 124

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides.

Agriculture 94

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 94

Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.

Farming 189

Farming Farming Food Agriculture 189

Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.

Food 94

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 94

The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

The US agriculture sector covers 654 million acres of pasture and rangeland for grazing cattle and another 391 million acres to produce corn, soybeans and other field crop monocultures—and all of them pollute one way or another. Let me give you a better idea of what we’re up against.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98