UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The article, written by Shannon Osaka and Emily Wright, examined research currently being conducted at the University of California-Davis using gene editing techniques on rumen microbes to produce less methane from their digestive processes. Merely extracting these products releases methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His first batch of livestock included 25 chickens he processed for his family. I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. At Vital Mission Farm, Siewicki planted various fruit trees around the farm with space for livestock to graze on the grasses.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Once a hardpan is penetrated by hyphae, they create a pathway for plant roots to follow and provide the glomalin to kickstart the aggregation process. Farms applying liquid livestock manure with tankers have a particularly challenging situation. Try to always apply manure to a living crop.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. The counties’ pollution comes from food processing companies in the Port of Morrow. A wellhead in Boardman, Oregon.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Agricultural run-off, including soil erosion, nutrient loss from fertilizers and animal manure, bacteria from animal manure and pesticides are the largest stressors to water quality of America’s streams and rivers. These crops are also the largest consumer of increasingly scarce river water in the Western United States.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It is important to note that the plants will produce far less root exudates if they are being fed routinely with applied fertilizers and manures. There are no mechanical interventions or engineering fixes that allow humans to replicate this process. If the soil microbes are not fed, then they (i.e.,

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. The counties’ pollution comes from food processing companies in the Port of Morrow.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Once the Clean Water Act passed in 1972, many chemicals and toxins that had flowed freely from paper mills into Maine’s rivers started to be processed through sewage plants. Others have been able to relieve the problem through water treatments and removal of affected hay and manure. The sources of contamination were numerous.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw. There is a long history of industry, food processing and municipalities using agricultural land as a place to get rid of their wastes.”

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The national program helps small and mid-sized dairy producers squeeze more value out of milk by diversifying their products and markets, reducing waste, and innovating packaging and processing. 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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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

The certification, funded by the Rodale Institute, Patagonia and Dr Bronner’s, insists on five practices to improve soil health: integrating livestock, keeping the soil covered, minimizing soil disturbance, incorporating diversity and zero chemicals, as well as a soil test every three years. Photography courtesy of Cabriejo Ranch.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

So, when I heard of the mid-scale anaerobic digester being installed at Dickenson College Organic Farm as a demonstration of how small dairy farms can utilize manure and other waste streams to produce on farm energy, I was eager for the opportunity to visit the farm and help spread the word to other farms.

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The Counter

MAY 19, 2022

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons. California has sector-specific targets for emissions reductions, and cuts at dairy farms are attributed to the livestock sector.

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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. will leave the area increasingly vulnerable.

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CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

Last Friday Governor Newsom’s office released the May Revise, a part of the annual state budget process which updates the governor’s economic and revenue outlook. With the state facing significant economic uncertainty and a worsening deficit now projected at $31.5

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Caff

APRIL 22, 2021

“The ARA adopts many strategies pioneered in California” said CAFF Policy Director, Dave Runsten, “such as the Healthy Soils Program, the diversion of organic matter from landfills, and the Alternative Manure Management Program. . Grants of up to $500,000 would be available for small scale meat processing.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

But Sonoma has a less genteel side: The area is also home to approximately 3 million head of livestock held in concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. In November, county residents will have the unique opportunity to ban CAFOs with a ballot initiative that would completely prohibit industrial livestock operations.

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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. Some milk is processed into various types of cheeses that are becoming popular with premium heritage hotels. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF).

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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.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

However, the GAP certification process can be daunting and overwhelming. If you learn how to prepare it will make the process seamless, save you money and be successful. If you adopt good agricultural practices, you can go through the voluntary auditing process for verification. You need to prepare in terms of the following; 1.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

They join a growing list of animals in the process of disappearing forever. It even includes the specific type of manure Joly selects to fertilize his vineyards. And because they are indigenous to the region, their manure, arguably, will deliver more authentic terroir. That work is meticulous, complex, and strategic.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I told them how my shearing partner and I were attempting to build a business around not just shearing the sheep, but marketing and processing the fleece, adding value for both us and our customers. According to the International Wolf Center, “Incomplete statistics reveal that Spanish wolves kill some 10,000 head of livestock annually.”

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Agwired

AUGUST 5, 2024

All five are row crop and livestock producers who are leaders in adopting new technology in many different ways. ” One of the advantages Hillebo likes to see when he adopts new technology is in the decision making process. By using cover crops, no-till, and manure instead of synthetics. How do we do it?

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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 its focus on expanding local processing and markets, as well as more localized nutrient cycling, the bill aims to support programs that effectively bolster local food and farm systems.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The first post details an overview of the markup process, the bill as a whole, and its likely (or unlikely) path to becoming law. The FFNSA maintains the existing carveout that ensures livestock producers will receive 50% of total EQIP funding during the life of the farm bill.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

Farmers and ranchers in our network have lost crops, livestock, and structures, been evacuated (some multiple times), and had their operations disrupted by smoke, public safety power shutoffs, or loss of insurance. These high-intensity, uncontrolled wildfires are both exacerbated by and contribute to climate change.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And its early success has conservationists and lawmakers hoping it can become a model for local, state, and federal farm conservation programs, and in the process serve as a way of disrupting the corn-bean-feedlot machine that dominates Midwestern agriculture.

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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.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

In recent years, wildfire disasters in the United States have led to many growers asking questions about how to navigate post-wildfire food safety concerns with their crops and livestock. Many agencies have established minimum thresholds for pollutants of concern to human health, livestock, forage, soil, and water.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

The Alternative Manure Management Program ( AMMP ) that reduces methane emissions on dairy and livestock operations includes no funding at all for 2023-24. The budget includes no funding at all for FY 2023-24. That leaves $48 available and not yet awarded.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Pasteurized milk may be safe because the pasteurization process kills pathogens but there may be a risk of infection or transmission of the virus if raw products are consumed. Remove waste, dead birds, and manure regularly to prevent contamination. Please consult your health professional for advice on this.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 4, 2022

They started applying organic fertilizer to their crops, including chicken manure, coffee husks from the annual harvest, and biodegradable waste from the kitchen. She has even been searching for new land and opportunities to expand her agricultural and livestock production. They made considerable changes in the way they farmed.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

At CAFOs, it is common to pool animal waste in one spot, called a manure lagoon. Anaerobic digestion creates a mixture of gases, which can be used for electricity or further processed into fuel for vehicles. Expanding manure biogas production was listed as a key way to reduce methane emissions in the agriculture sector.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 16, 2023

We had aspirations to start producing Black Soldier Fly Larvae as an alternative sustainable protein source for our ducks, and to recruit earthworms to compost our duck manure, turning it into a super compost. Executing the entire vision was going to require a lot more money and time.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Farmers and gardeners often use livestock manure from poultry, cattle or horses. As snow melted, piles of manure reappeared and infiltrated waterways. Over winter, there’s no stirring the frozen mix; poop is collected, but the entire process takes one to two years. “It’s just a perception issue.”

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