Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soil health, in a rotational grazing and cattle operation sense, starts with ground cover and consistently adding organic matter that will eventually become sequestered carbon. Logistics-wise and from a management stand-point, how
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
“Animals grazing on an entire pasture will only consume about one-third of the available forage,” he said. “To get animals to consume the remaining forages, livestock producers can implement a rotational grazing
Livestock · World Ag News
The longer-than-normal, cooler spring warped time a little. Am I the only one who felt like we lost June? Forages in the last 14 to 21 days of May went from vegetative
Dairy · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
Becky Willson from Farm Carbon Toolkit will go through the emissions data they have from dairy farms that have participated in their project.
Business Innovation · Livestock · World Ag News
Picking up GPS surveying from available satellites, the app allows farmers to set virtual pasture boundaries. Livestock fitted with Nofence collars can then be turned out on the set area to graze
Livestock · World Ag News
Need a boost to your summer pasture forage production? Consider adding summer annuals in June for late-season production.
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Cows are meant to eat grass, not grains, said Emily Ziedman, a certified nutritionist with a Masters in Nutrition and Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor. When people consume grass-fed beef, “you’re just getting this
Beef · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
Now on their eleventh growing season, Falb, along with his father, grow organic hay, corn and small grains on their eighty-acre farm. Most of his crop is sold to local organic dairymen.
Dairy · Holistic Management · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Shortly after starting to feed pineapple leaves to the dairy herd, cows began to abort, and some people drinking the milk got sick. The problem turned out to be the insecticide used
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Against these mounting odds, livestock farmers will have to become more sustainable and resilient, and less prone to variable climate. The answer to these challenges is regenerative agriculture.