Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

This goes over how to make your own chicken, cattle, goat, sheep, and pig feed from scratch, using common ingredients that promote healthy growth, milk production, and overall well-being for your livestock. FCR provides a key performance metric to help evaluate the productivity and potential return on investment of an animal.

Livestock 96

Livestock Grain Cattle Production 96

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meanwhile, there are fewer but larger pasture and grazing operations, reflecting broader national trends. Fewer But Larger Pasture and Grazing Operations Pasture and grazing land serves as an important part of the national conservation picture. million acres, the amount of cropland used for pasture has steadily declined.

Agriculture 94

Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Acre 94

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

On a humid summer day in southeastern PA, farmers have traveled hours to Pasture Song Farm to see flax in the field. In early American history, flax had been less economically competitive than cotton, which was able to exploit slave labor, and it made use of the cotton gin, which made its production faster and cheaper.

Textiles 89

Textiles Seeding Straw Processing 89

Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

Now, despite all the prior momentum, none of the four largest chicken producers are exclusively practicing “no antibiotics ever” production. Now, despite all the prior momentum, none of them are exclusively practicing “no antibiotics ever” production. This matters because ionophores are also used routinely in beef and pork production.

Production 144

Production Poultry Food Farming 144

Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Permanent pastures are very biodiverse and a habitat for many different species In July, I was in Ridsdale, a village about 20km north of the market town of Hexham in Northumberland and visited four tenant farmers. Walton also spends £15,000 on straw and he has to pay £20,000 in land rent. Michael Walton: cutting costs but how?

Pasture 69

Pasture Straw Farming Farming 69

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

The large pasture is securely fenced and split into individual paddocks separated by electric fencing. The canvas covers a spacious area with deep straw bedding, and towards the back is a good sized ‘run’ with one corner designated by the inhabitants as the ‘toilet’ – pigs are very clean and don’t soil their resting and feeding area.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Straw Pasture 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

Our permanent pastures are beautifully diverse with plant mixtures that change and evolve over the years. However, if we over-manage a hedge or intervene by planting a single species or mechanically trimming the hedge too severely, too often or too early in the autumn, we risk suppressing its biodiversity potential.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Meadow Straw 52