Livestock Ranching Rural Development 
ATTRA
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Just like us, livestock and plants need extra care during these longer periods of higher temperatures. Livestock performance goes down. Incorporating silvopasture into your operation is a great way to provide livestock with critical shade and shelter while also bringing more carbon into the agroecosystem. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 8, 2024
On June 11, 2024, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 on a party-line vote. Cover crop experiment at Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility in Orono, Maine. Photo credit: Reana Kovalcik.
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ATTRA
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Winter is underway, and people, land, and livestock are still struggling to recover, but I am impressed with the outpouring of assistance and volunteers who are still trying to get lives back to normal. Photo of Gene in his barn damaged by Hurricane Helene. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Sharp is also a veterinary technician, and runs a small cattle business influenced by the Texas ranch where she grew up. The goats are part of a growing trend of using livestock to mitigate wildfire risks across the West. “We’re very in tune with the climate around us and the land we’re working on,” she says.
NASDA
JULY 25, 2024
Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc. We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 31, 2023
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Recently we held a goat production class out in Luling, Texas, at the marvelous S3 Legacy Ranch. One question that came up was about feeding them. Goats are browsers—they’ll eat grass and weeds like cattle and sheep if they have to, but their preference is to eat brush.
NASDA
MAY 7, 2024
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network – $10 million, full funding Funding will continue efforts to scale assistance programs and create training and partnerships to serve rural Americans—60% of whom live in areas with mental health professional shortages. livestock industry.
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