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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Grazing cattle on pasture for the entirety of their lives, on the other hand, is far less productive.

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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. Because of agricultural expansion that’s increasing conversion of natural ecosystems to ranch land or farmland, we encroach on these natural habitats, and so these organisms come into conflict with us.

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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness. Growth or Loss Trends: By adding data from their own fields or herds and the harvests they have had they can understand better how their business is trending.

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How to Write a Business Plan For Your Farm

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Whether you're a seasoned farmer or rancher , an aspiring farmer looking to venture intofarming or ranching, or a farm business owner who wants to have a strong plan as they transition into another farm business, its helpful to know how to write and use a business plan. Is it beef cattle, dairy cows, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, etc?

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Animal Ag News 9/19

Agwired

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. AOA) invites you to visit participating member farms and ranches during this safe, fun-filled family event. Alpaca Owners Association, Inc.

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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

They are natural phenomena which some have been clever enough to discern and codify so the rest of us can better understand how to work with them as guides in our farming, ranching, and even landscaping ventures. What does a regenerative ornamental planting look like in a residential setting?

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Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

Her findings and the o bservations made by hundreds of other farms, ranches, feedlots, and slaughter plants indicate that the single most important factor that affects animal welfare is the attitude of management. How we care for our animals makes a large impact on their quality of life.