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8 Steps to Successful Perennial Pasture Establishment

Agric4profits

The reliable establishment is vital to ensure high levels of production and longevity from perennial pastures. Perennial pasture seeds are generally small with

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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture.

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Time to kill pasture weeds, boost forage production

Western FarmPress

Here are some fall weed-control tips, plus frost-seeding techniques for maximum spring growth.

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Farmer Led Trials Program Spotlight: Trouvaille Farm

Organic Farming Research

Raising grass-fed beef and goats on pasture, heirloom crops on the ridge tops and fruit trees throughout, this organic farm is a patchwork of diversity. As a seed grower, Lindsay is participating in OFRF's Farmer Led Trials (FLT) Program to answer the question "Will using shade cloth improve fruit set in pepper plants grown for seed?"

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Pasture Cropping: Planting Summer Cover Crops in Cool-Season Perennial Pastures

ATTRA

The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. The first question to ask is: do you really need to take on the work of establishing cover crops in pastures? The principal concern with no-tilling cover crops into perennial pasture sod is plant competition.

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Could Dry-Farming Wheat in San Diego Seed a Local Grain Economy?

Civil Eats

He’s been collecting seeds for years. “I I seek out purity of ingredients, those that speak to my heart, and that is why for the last 10 years I’ve been collecting heirloom wheat seeds—to one day plant and watch them grow, to learn from them, and pass on their radiant life force through a loaf of bread, from the heart,” Velazquez said.

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DIET GUIDELINES: LESS MEAT

The Lunatic Farmer

In the protein category, the new guidelines move meat, poultry, and eggs to the bottom tier, below seafood, nuts, seeds, and soy products. But no additional differentiation exists, like the difference between grass finished and grain finished beef, or pastured poultry versus factory farmed.

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