National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Examples of these investments are the Meat and Poultry Programs (MP programs), such as the Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG), Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) and Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) which have helped smaller plants scale up or prepare themselves for federal inspection utilizing different sized grants and loans.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And growing meat in the lab, from cultured stem cells in bioreactors will eliminate the need for raising livestock, and all the environmental havoc that goes with it. If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption.

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Food Pasture Agriculture Agriculture 135

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

They grow one thing, till underneath to suppress vegetation, have no soil cover, and use no livestock. He adopted my pastured poultry ideas in his citrus grove years ago and it set in motion a cascade of benefits. The gospel of pastured livestock is not just a warm fuzzy notion espoused by nuts like me for giggles and kicks.

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Poultry Livestock Pasture Ecology 68

The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many of you realized that this is not what I’m advocating instead of pasture, but some folks jumped to the conclusion that I had all of a sudden abandoned outdoor chickens in favor of indoor protocols. I didn’t say to quit pasturing chickens. Well, we’ve certainly got a lively discussion going with a HENDOMINIUM in city apartments.

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Pasture Food Compost Ecology 83

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Heaven’s Hollow Farm is a commercial Black Angus cow-calf operation that also includes pastured poultry and pork. Most of their beef, poultry, pork, and eggs are marketed directly to consumers and local restaurants. He continues to learn and study through reading and visiting with other farmers.

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Farming Farming Poultry Pasture 52

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. One of the main examples is the wolf population in the American West—and you have in Montana, Idaho, and California issues with predation of livestock by predators.”

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Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 114

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Adam’s and Elizabeth’s goal is to be a whole, complete-diet farm that offers heirloom fruits and vegetables; goat milk, kefir, and cheese; culinary and medicinal herbs; eggs; and pastured, lamb, goat, and poultry.

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Farming Farming Pasture Poultry 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

About once a month, I gulp when I pay £24 or thereabouts for my bird, which justifies its steep price tag because it is reared to the strictest legal ‘traditional’ and truly free-range standard, a slow-maturing variety fed on pasture and cereals, killed at 81 days. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.

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Poultry Agroecology Pasture Food 52

The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 20, 2022

Every species is different, and he’ll address cattle, hogs, and poultry transport and movement. Three of our urban patrons will talk about why they buy pastured meat and poultry. Finally, beloved alternative veterinarian Will Winter will talk about how to have healthy commercial livestock without pharmaceuticals.

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Farming Farming Poultry Cattle 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 21, 2023

Josh Tetrick swears he’d have another job if only all poultry producers farmed thoughtfully and could keep up with the appetite of a growing global population. Tetrick says his company has no interest in squeezing out small-scale poultry farming operations that favor sustainable and humane methods. The lab at Good Meat.

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Cultivation Food Production Poultry 93

The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 23, 2021

In some cases, the Standards have devolved from the original intention of OFPA, as in the example of enclosed poultry porches substituting for outdoor access. The pasture compliance which large organic livestock producers circumvent openly and aggressively.

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Poultry Grain Pasture Production 52

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. The world does not need industrial camel production, in fact we must strive to prevent camels following in the tracks of pigs, cattle and poultry. You can read more about ethically produced camel milk here.

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Livestock Food Forage Cattle 75

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness. Devices such as soil moisture sensors, micro weather stations, and livestock trackers will be interconnected to create a comprehensive data ecosystem.

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Farming Farming Technology Yield 63

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The American Livestock Markets & Dealers Association (ALMDA) has named Tim Niedecken as its new Chief Executive Officer. USPOULTRY ’s Women’s Leadership Conference provided attendees with a slate of speakers to facilitate career growth and development among women leaders in the poultry and egg industry.

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Manufacturing Ranching Cattle Beverage 59

Caff

JANUARY 25, 2023

Their highly-diversified farm produces organic dairy, beef, lamb, poultry, eggs, and even yarn made from their sheep, goats and angora rabbits. From cover crops to maintaining wild habitat for biodiversity to ensuring a pasture-based approach, they pay close attention to the health of their land and animals.

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Farming Farming Food Marketing 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

Organic, Pasture-Fed Beef and Lamb ’ play pretty well in agribusiness boardrooms.[3] Organic, Pasture-Fed Beef and Lamb ’, Guardian, 16 August, cf. A suspicion arises about exactly who’s pressing this anti-pastoralist narrative and why. 3] There’s a naïve irresponsibility here that’s hard to fathom.

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Manufacturing Production Pasture Food 52

Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Animal and Livestock Commodity Prices Cattle and Calves In 2022, dry weather reduced the amount of pasture available for grazing, forcing many ranchers to send a higher-than-average number of cattle to slaughter, driving quantity up and demand down. rice producers with stronger export demand, particularly from Iraq.

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Agriculture Agriculture Cattle Yield 59

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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 131

Farmbrite

MARCH 9, 2023

Or specialty products, such as organic, pasture raised or omega-3 eggs. You probably can’t compete on price with the supermarket. But you could offer personal knowledge and connections to your food’s origins. If your eggs are significantly fresher than other options, there is a lot of value there.

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Marketing Production Distribution Farming 52

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Sheep and cattle are their primary livestock, but they also have layers for eggs. Brent and Anna and their family raise pork and chicken on pasture. They have also raised other livestock and poultry through the years. Most of their meat sales are sold through their on-farm store. In this video, Brent shares who (i.e.,

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Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 52

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They have made an enormous dent in the number of mosquitoes and biting flies that plague me and my livestock during the summer. While smaller predators such as foxes and coyotes can be beneficial in helping to control everything from gophers to ground squirrels, they can also present a problem for farmers with livestock.

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Livestock Crop Farming Farming 138

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.

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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. Compare that to our pastured poultry model which requires 10 ft.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Livestock including cattle, sheep, goats and poultry, were also raised. Around 60-70% of livestock have either been killed or prematurely slaughtered to feed people. One villager, Awdah Hathaleen, said on social media , “The shepherds now have been completely cut off from their pastures and fields.

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Farming Farming Livestock Food 127

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I stood a chance of losing my livestock,” Johnson wrote in a 1999 affidavit to receive part of a $2.3 But in Mississippi, with a more diverse farming mix including poultry, livestock and cotton, the EQIP practices that got the most funding were for fencing, grade stabilization structures and irrigation. Although the U.S.

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Cattle Family Farming Farming Farming 88

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. Could the farm bill address this problem?

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