ATTRA
APRIL 7, 2025
Regular pruning to manage plant succession and promote vigorous growth. ‘Chop and drop’ mulching, where pruned biomass becomes ground cover to build organic matter and protect the soil. Livestock integration, particularly with poultry and ruminants, to enhance nutrient cycling and manage undergrowth.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Maddie Jorden, Director of Marketing at Ranchlands, understands that cattle provide necessary ecosystem services in the absence of native bison.
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NASDA
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
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Civil Eats
OCTOBER 2, 2024
The goats are part of a growing trend of using livestock to mitigate wildfire risks across the West. Beyond general grazing permits, which the Forest Service has issued since its inception, Thibideau says that last year his region used livestock to graze 4,544 acres specifically to mitigate wildfire.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 28, 2025
Though black-tailed prairie dogs have a long-standing reputation as pests, their ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the Wests primary ecosystem engineers. Bison like to wallow in the dirt exposed by prairie dogs, and graze on the nutritious grass and plants that resprout after a prairie dog pruning.
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 Raika state that camel foraging has a positive pruning effect on the acacias and other trees, inducing them to branch out stronger. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure.
The Lunatic Farmer
JULY 7, 2021
On the timothy, we wanted to take half, leave half in order to shepherd it with a lighter pruning and keep it growing rapidly. 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.
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