…Support rotational grazing management, avoiding soil carbon loss through improved management of forage, soils and grazing livestock. By 2025, USDA plans to support improved grazing management on an additional 4…
The Western View: The Farmer’s Daughter
…and nutritious food! Despite all the fear-mongering that seems to go on, we don’t poison our food because we eat it too, we don’t abuse our animals, and we are…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
…in a 30-year contract. This year, WRE will include the Grazing Reserve Rights option which allows participants with an approved wetland and grazing management plan to enroll grazed land. The…
USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
…Nebraska Land Trust plans to use ACEP to enroll more than 1,400 acres of native grazing lands that also include grasslands and woodlands that provide critical habitat for Nebraska’s bighorn…
NCBA and PLC Accepting Fall Internship Applications
…PLC works to maintain a stable business environment in which livestock producers that hold federal lands grazing permits can continue to conserve the resources and ranching heritage of the West….
California Ag Day, National Agriculture Week Just Around the Corner
…(March 15-21). On March 18, the State Capitol will come alive with farm animals, educational displays, and entertainment all celebrating California’s great agricultural bounty during California Agriculture Day. The theme…
3rd Rustici Rangeland Science Symposium
…Public Lands Grazing: Policy, Management, and Science. You can find the complete agenda and additional information by visiting our Web site. Featured Speakers Dr. Rob Atwill will cover the state…
Help Available for Wildfire-Impacted Ranches and Private Forestland
…soil erosion protection, minimizing encroachment by invasive plants, protecting water quality, protecting fish and wildlife habitat, bringing back forests, and restoring livestock infrastructure necessary for grazing management. “The state has…
USDA Seeks Public Comment on New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Rule
…beneficial and cost-effective manner. Resulting conservation and environmental benefits include improved water and air quality, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved energy conservation, improved grazing and forest lands, and created…
Egg Marketers Await Beginning of New Regulations
…in 2008, the law prohibits specific farm animals from being confined in a way that prevents them from being able to turn around, lie down, stand up and fully extend…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…mapped fallow fields that had abundant Russian thistle. As disking and sheep grazing of mapped fallow fields continues, they are eliminated as potential treatment areas. Mapped potential treatment fields will…
California Farm Service Agency Deadline for Livestock Forage Program (LFP)
…poultry, reindeer, sheep or swine that have been or would have been grazing the eligible grazing land or pastureland. Producers forced to liquidate their livestock may also be eligible for…
Agri View: Animal Smart
Everett Griner talks about the brain power of farm animals in today’s Agri View. Animal Smart…
California Gets $22 Million from USDA for Conservation Programs
…and related sectors of the economy. “Conservation easements help farmers and ranchers protect valuable agricultural lands from development, restore lands that are best suited for grazing, and return wetlands to…