…Trade to quantify how much carbon is being stored by farming, we can insure that these changes happen. Efforts like planting cover crops, no-till cultivation, and rotational grazing would keep…
USDA Resources Available for Farmers Hurt by 2018, 2019 Disasters
…disaster declarations and designations is available at farmers.gov/recover/whip-plus. Because grazing and livestock losses, other than milk losses, are covered by other disaster recovery programs offered through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA),…
The Western View: New Income Source From Farming?
…like planting cover crops, no-till cultivation, and rotational grazing would keep the carbon in the ground instead of releasing it into the air. The bottom line is, farmers can create…
UC Researchers Looking for Targeted Grazers
…connects landowners who have no animals, to targeted grazers that can bring their animals on to properties to perform vegetation management service. For landowners and agencies dealing with parcels that…
Using Water Troughs for a Garden
…sturdy and last a long time. Water troughs in the garden are a handy way to reduce weeding, increase your gardening area, and help you avoid burrowing animals. Pinterest Some…
An ARS Focus on the Northern Plains: Finding New Ways to Beef Up Our Cattle
…if it affects the animal’s ability to gain weight as it grazes. Yearling cattle in rangeland systems in the Northern Plains typically are grazed on forage grasses from May to…
How Bees Defend Themselves from Predators
…Themselves from Predators Honeybees tend to take excellent care of themselves, however, unlike most animals we care for, we have very little control over what happens when a busy bee…
Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exports in Canada
…Animals 110 118 126 251 263 140 Other Intermediate 1,605 1,452 1,426 1,342 1,380 -14 Bulk Commodities Total 841 780 781 844 1,132 35 Corn 154 212 146…
Farmers Prevented from Planting Crops on More than 19 Million Acres
…time in 2017. To help make cover crops a more viable option, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) adjusted the haying and grazing date of cover crops, and USDA’s Natural Resources…
Plan to Use Farm Bill Funding to Support Animal Disease Prevention and Management
…to detect biological threats to the nation’s food animals, thus protecting animal health, public health, and the nation’s food supply. Additional information about NAHLN is available on the APHIS NAHLN…
The Western View: Fishy Business About Bumblebees
…in the ESA, which was written three years ahead of the national ESA. So bees are not eligible for listing. The lawyers scrutinized the act, and found that animals without…
Raising Your Own Turkeys for Meat and Profit
…turkeys for meat and profit. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Raising Your Own Turkeys for Meat and Profit Turkey is one of the best animals to raise…
Last Minute Push to Revive COOL in USMCA
…into effect in 2009 requiring beef and pork product labels to include where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. In 2015 the law was successfully challenged at the World…
The Western View: Buffalo Bill Center Covers the West
…The road to Yellowstone follows that river up into the sky, past grazing herds of elk and wandering buffalo, between spectacular mountain ranges that are home to mountain goats and…