Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Davis Med Center. Obviously, we’re not going to change patient behavior.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

From pasture to parlor, its organic, butterfat-rich milk travels less than 10 miles, produced by a herd of Jerseys pasture-raised on the misty coast. And though the science is inconclusive around the health impacts , dairy products remain a staple in food assistance programs as a source of protein and other essential nutrients.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Mike Morris, NCAT Agriculture Specialist “When I was in college, I was taught that you fed hay and grain, and the pasture was just something you put the animals out on to look pretty, or just to get a little bit of supplement. I had to really change the way that I think to make that switch.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.” Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned. Climate variability has an undeniable role in setting the scene, says Giuseppe Torri, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa.

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ATTRA

MARCH 31, 2024

Research from the University of California, Davis, published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science , sheds light on better managing cattle grazing behavior. “Animal science tends to look overlook the mind of the animal when searching for solutions to challenges,” senior author Kristina Horback said.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , was the first in the world to test the effect of seaweed on grazing beef cattle rather than animals in a controlled environment. This delivery method works for cattle on pasture, yet still provides significant reductions in methane emissions.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The impact that the drought is having on pasture is forcing the culling of cattle and reducing the cattle herd.” As a result, farmers have had to make hard choices to prevent the overgrazing of this limited green pasture. And this year, the most influential group in American agriculture has been pointing to big strides made.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 27, 2024

The workshop is a collaboration of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Department of Animal. Read More → The post Next Texas A&M ranch management school offered April 8-12 appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

By Kyle Richardville Understanding Ag, LLC About the Understanding series Agriculture isnt rocket science. Anything with a positive charge is called a cation in science-speak. This is yet another reason to prioritize diversity of species in cash crop rotations, cover crop mixes and pasture composition.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In this episode of Voices from the Field , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Nina Prater and her husband, Jeremy Prater – a cattle and meat goat farmer – explore the science and history of potassium. They then share different ways to manage soils sustainably and require less off-farm potassium fertilizer.

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Agwired

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. They’ll address pasture management and the inputs needed to maximize yield potential and protect soil health on grazing land.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

JANUARY 28, 2025

It usually happens during the growing season where it can have a great impact on crops and pastures. Rapid-onset drought, also known as “flash” drought, is something that plagues the Southeast periodically. Flash drought can be caused by a protracted dry spell at a time when crops need 1 to 1.5

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She also obtained a degree in political science recognizing the role that public policy plays in the implementation of conservation programs and priorities. A large portion of their farm serves as rotational pasture for the goats and horses. Kari pursued a Zoology degree at UW-Madison and was inspired by the field courses she took.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

They were able to plan and schedule movements, increase grazing in different areas throughout their farm and between their pastures, track inventory, improve the health of the land, and increase yields as their livestock had fewer parasites. To tackle the challenges of changing technology and emerging science, education is crucial.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The grant, which will provide funding through June 2028, will help the college to enhance its current culinary, horticulture and science curriculum with new classwork that will explore sustainable food production and safety practices, waste management and agribusiness. “We director of the Agriculture Science program.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 10, 2024

But those farms had used sewage sludge to fertilize their pastures—something Dostie had never done. This is “real-world science,” Smith says, watching a colleague snip plants and collect soil samples. But more than 80 percent of Dostie’s pasture was contaminated, and the 35 acres that were clean weren’t enough to sustain his herd.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A study led by Marie Spohn from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences showed that the carbon stock held in grasslands may decrease as plant biodiversity is reduced.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Or have they studied the nutritional profile of regeneratively produced grass fed and pasture raised meats? Is there science that supports the claims that are being made? Pasture and range conditions are significantly better. Where is their research showing their nutrient-rich broth is better than what we get in real meat?

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

All registrants to Groundswell should watch the webinar so that attendees may be working with information that is current and accurate based on the science available to us now. A pre-webinar on the topic of ethanol was held to provide some baseline information from a variety of experts with different perspectives on ethanol.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

CLIMATE SMART FARM OF THE YEAR: Sarah Silva, Green Star Farm This women-led 85-acre pasture-based farm in Sonoma County, CA is proof that, when tended thoughtfully, livestock can coexist with a biologically-rich ecosystem. In just a few years, Chris has shown that even a new farm can have a lasting impact.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dan Johnson is a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. It will take years for the pastures and perennial forages to recover, and that’s only if conditions improve. But without much-needed rain, there was very little that could have been done to hold back the hungry hordes. billion.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In part one of this series, we examined some of the findings from research conducted by a science team headed up by Dr. Stephan Van Vliet that had a goal of performing deep metabolic and nutritional profiling of grass-fed beef samples. Can be found in fresh forages from cattle grazing on pastures.

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Caff

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There is both art and science involved and on top of that, mother nature always seems to have other plans.” Our pastured meats and market garden complement each other both in the mouth and on the financials!” ” If the average consumer could know one thing about farming, what would it be?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

Table of Contents The Physical Science Focus on Solutions Strong Environmental Justice Discussions Regional Chapters Northern Great Plains Northeast Southeast Caribbean Midwest Southern Great Plains Northwest Southwest Alaska Hawai’i and the U.S.-Affiliated Consequently, less forage is likely to be available.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 30, 2024

In the 90-minute ritual, she distributes buckets of grain and hay for the cows’ breakfast, scrapes away animal feces, fills the water trough bucket by bucket, milks the dairy cows, feeds the barnyard cats and new kittens, and shepherds sometimes recalcitrant cows out to pasture. It’s a lot of work. “To

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OECD: Environment

JUNE 16, 2023

Such impacts can become more pronounced with climate change, as more than 60% of forests, croplands and pastures are expected to be exposed to more frequent and severe droughts globally by the end of the century. Furthermore, it is estimated that by 2030, 700 million people will be at risk of being displaced by droughts.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

Photo courtesy of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance) The Science Haslett-Marroquin is confident that the system he has developed works, but he knows that Western scientific research is key to scaling it up. And it can, in the end, save the planet,” he says, adding, “If you restore the people to the land, you can’t exploit them.”

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

There are still a lot of questions that science is working out—like how exactly the whole process works and what sort of impact different soil microbes have, but there does seem to be potential in carbon farming for helping mitigate climate change. More soil organic matter can hold on to more carbon in the soil, which keeps it out of the air.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 22, 2023

The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) includes provisions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by supporting farmers and ranchers with farm-driven, science-based means to meet climate goals.

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Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

Land clearing to establish pastures throughout the forested regions of Australia is a major driver of biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor water quality outcomes, and in the northern savannas hotter, larger fires and overgrazing has degraded the condition of land and impacted ecosystem functions.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Transforming the food and farming system through the above domains as well as through crop insurance, agroforestry, organic farming, farmland protection, pasture-based systems, conservation set-asides, manure management, and agrivoltaic systems, the bill creates a clear focus on farm and food system resilience.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Over the next 20 years, much of the country’s southern landscape was transformed into a lush, evergreen pasture capable of supporting a robust cattle industry. When scientists engineered a version of fescue without the fungal endophyte, in 1982, its hardiness disappeared and ranchers saw it die out among their winter pastures.

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 15, 2025

We moderns, ruled by science, think we're above all this mythological silliness. Imagine thinking an egg from caged factory chickens is just as nutritious as one from GMO-free pastured birds. The romance, vengeance, battles and connivances of the gods and their half human offspring encompasses every emotion and tribulation imaginable.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Others say science has yet to prove that climate-smart practices truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “We Bill Hohenstein, director of the USDA’s Office of Energy and Environmental Policy, acknowledges that the science behind climate-smart agriculture remains a work in progress. But the high-profile effort has also come under fire.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Although they were not officially tenants of more than half the land, they continued to farm all 61 acres, grazing 20 acres of pasture that had passed into the hands of Bristol City Council, and managing the remaining 13 acres as a hay meadow by sub-letting it from the tenant of the company that had made the original purchase.

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