[Link] Sheep and Cattle Grazing Together for Predator Protection and Pasture Management
Multi-species grazing isn’t just about diversifying your operation and making good use of your pastures. It can also be a way to protect small rumin…
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[Link] Why Holistic Planned Grazing (Adaptive Multi-paddock Grazing) is the future of farming
Building greater animal impact, shorter grazing periods keeping more cover on the ground and longer recovery times into our grazing plan maintains roo…
[Link] Tissue sampling shows possible ways to improve crop
Results from the no-till sample depicted a different scenario. “Based on this sample, it looks beautiful nutrition-wise,” Bower says. “I would n…
[Link] Farmer uses regenerative techniques to combat high nitrate levels
A farmer in an area known as ground zero for high nitrate levels, is making fundamental changes to the way he farms in order to lessen his impact on w…
[Link] 4 Principles for Summer Pasture Management
A summer pasture can be a producer’s greatest resources for his cattle. When managed correctly it provides all of the nutrients your cattle need goi…
[Link] Drainage water recycling, nitrate control and hedging against drought
Water is an essential input for agricultural success, but farmers cannot always rely on nature to deliver optimal amounts at the right time every sea…
[Link] Cotton industry looks to use waste for soil health
The project, to be trialled at a farm at Goondiwindi, will look at seeing whether cotton textile waste can be broken down and used as a soil amelioran…
[Link] Cover crops impact soil health
Cover crops feed many types of soil organisms including soil fungi and bacteria that are beneficial to crops. Microbes feed on carbohydrates that plan…
[Link] Vermont Family Farm Raises a Crop of Energy and Teaches Us a Lesson
The anaerobic digester at Goodrich Farm turns cow manure and food waste into carbon-negative, renewable natural gas that benefits much more than the f…
