Livestock Pasture Plowing 
UnderstandingAg
JULY 16, 2023
For the past 40 years, our farm was in a hay, pasture and cereal grain rotation. Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. At first, I thought this was what I needed to do.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 20, 2024
In the spring, Steward moves her cattle out to pastures that have rested over the winter, but by the long heat of the summer, she’s wary of the ground getting too hot and baking, so she maintains a good litter cover while moving her cattle into shaded areas. million acres of grasslands across the Canadian and US Great Plains were plowed over.
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Agritecture Blog
MAY 19, 2023
But despite the often harsh conditions, agriculture is a key cog in the Australian export economy, with grazing livestock and cereal grain production being the two major pillars. This would not only slash methane emissions but also reduce the land use impact of livestock by eliminating the need for extra grain production as feed.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 30, 2024
. “As you’re structuring your cropping and the livestock rotations, you’re having to actively adapt, sometimes daily, to deal with the weather conditions.” She has a trailer that can fit some of her animals and enough pasture that she’s hopeful she’ll be able to find space for her cows. That’s his life. It means everything.
The Lunatic Farmer
JULY 7, 2021
From a distance, the field looked like it had been plowed. Stockman Grass Farmer is the world's leading publication dedicated to pastured livestock production and it has been my compass of direction and fount of inspiration for 40 years. The following year it was solid weeds. This two-day investment will pay back for many years.
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. Farmers would often plow the cover under early in the spring before it could provide optimal soil health benefits, and USDA restrictions didn’t allow much flexibility.
CalCAN
APRIL 6, 2023
The plowing of agricultural land during the 19th and 20th century released vast stores of carbon dioxide , only a small part of which has since been returned to the soil. And energy- and livestock-intensive farming methods since then have continued to raise the sum of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
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