soil-conservation
Holistic Management On A Pasture Dairy
Add to Favorites By Heather Smith Thomas Ron Holter is the fifth generation on a dairy farm near Jefferson, Maryland, in Middletown Valley. “The land was originally purchased in 1889 by my great-great-granddad,” he …
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Igniting the American Dream
Add to Favorites By Lori Davis, New York Changes are underway as the country’s demographics shift in significant ways, casting shadows on the traditional American Dream and transforming it into something …
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The Catastrophic Dust Storms of the 1930s, in Retrospect
Add to Favorites By Karin Deneke — More than eight decades ago, a serious transformation took place on the grasslands of the Midwest, commonly known as the Great Plains. Thousands …
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Igniting the American Homesteader Dream
Add to Favorites By Lori Davis, New York Changes are underway as the country’s demographics shift in significant ways, casting shadows on the traditional American homesteader dream and transforming it into …
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Fire In Your Pasture: Friend or Foe?
Add to Favorites Originally published in the March/April 2017 issue of Sheep! magazine. Subscribe for more great stories! By John Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff Katahdins Renick, Missouri Fire in your pasture is …
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Soil Health: What Makes Good Soil?
Add to Favorites By John Hibma – What makes good soil? Virtually every person on this planet sooner or later comes in contact with earth and soil. Whether they are …
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Beef Cattle Farming for Beginners
Add to Favorites The Livestock Book by W. R. Thompson and John McKinney, 1952, was intended as an introductory/overview of the potential of raising livestock as a career. Its sections …
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