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.

Soil Science 96

Soil Science Science Soil Compaction Pesticide 96

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now, White Oak Pastures—a significant player in the regenerative agriculture movement—raises cows on organic pasture, allowing them to carry out their instinctual behaviors in a rotational system.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Modern Farmer

MARCH 16, 2025

Tomandls cows spend their days rotating between different pastures of perennial grasses, an approach that greatly reduces his feed costs while also building organic matter in the soil to help fight climate change. Hed started working at a Wisconsin farm owned by Joe Tomandl III, who practices a type of dairying called managed grazing.

Pasture 62

Pasture Farming Farming Soil Science 62