UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The stockpiled feed helps us be more profitable because we are not feeding as much hay, and it also provides more opportunities to keep animals out on the landscape gathering their own feed, instead of us supplying it with a tractor. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture. The acreage lasted 65 cows for almost two months of grazing in the spring.

Pasture 105

Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Photo credit: Lisa Held) Still, it’s a bumpy farm road ahead: no smooth pavement, with deep potholes to navigate around and animals running in front of the tractor. They’ll diversify the farm’s income streams and deposit their nutrient-dense manure across the landscape while pecking at the dirt, stimulating microbes with their beaks.

Agriculture 142

Agriculture Agriculture Finance Farming 142

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Single axle grain carts and large combines are the worst offenders, but manure tankers and larger tractors also easily exceed 10 tons/axle. These systems reduce compaction and should help improve yields. Unfortunately, as the table below shows, most modern equipment can easily exceed the recommended axle weights.

Grain 98

Grain Yield Manure Pasture 98

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. Most folks and organizations are aligned on the need to protect and support soil health, which can in turn improve carbon sequestration, crop yield potential, water infiltration and retention and reduce erosion.

Poultry 128

Poultry Farming Farming Processing 128

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Our hay yields have gone way up as a result [of the urine], said Kayan. That said, some international studies have shown improved yields and growth in certain urine-fertilized crops, such as cabbage, maize, and cucumber. Our hay yields have gone way up as a result [of the urine].” We have really hungry land and sandy soil.

Fertilizer 80

Fertilizer Crop Yield Nutrient Pollution 80

The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. It was in a woeful state she calls “ Breaking-Bad bad.”

Farming 52

Farming Farming Farmland Acre 52

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Then, once farms have been certified, there’s a yearly testing process, which dives deep into the farm’s yield and audits its books. “We What were the yields in a given week? But inspectors look at the books and realize the yield sold is much closer to 200 acres. What happens if their manure comes under scrutiny?

Food 99

Food Supply Chain Farming Farming 99