• The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of improving the economic value of integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) compared to conventional systems specialized in monoculture. (scielo.br)
  • Integrated crop-livestock systems: A sustainable land-use alternative for food production in the Brazilian Cerrado and Amazon. (scielo.br)
  • Cows and Crops" was the title of a newsletter that used to be produced by dairy specialists when I first began my Extension career. (umaine.edu)
  • Before I leave, I wanted to give a big "shout out" to all the Maine dairy farmers that have gone the extra mile to plant cover crops this fall. (umaine.edu)
  • The majority of rural dwellers in Zimbabwe depend on smallholder crop-livestock farming based on production of maize, other cereals and legumes along with small and large stock including goats and beef or dairy cattle. (ilri.org)
  • This publication outlines the CFAP 2 direct-payment details for row crops, livestock, aquaculture, and dairy commodities. (msucares.com)
  • This webinar, led by Extension specialists, will walk farmers through the need for and process to complete a safety plan as is required by all businesses for compliance with NY Forward, demonstrate project tools develop by Extension to write and complete a plan, and share curated resources specific to dairy, livestock and field crops. (purecatskills.com)
  • The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for April 2016 analyzes economic impacts of events based on projections from USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates Report for beef, pork, lamb, poultry, eggs, and dairy production and trade. (usda.gov)
  • Unfortunately, common hairy vetch does not flower until late spring, after many Southern farmers have had to turn under or kill a cover crop in preparation for spring crops. (farmprogress.com)
  • PFI farmers are exploring various ways to integrate livestock on our landscape, and finding what does and doesn't work for them. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Through these farmers, we're learning that reintroducing livestock doesn't mean forsaking the past for a wholesale embrace of the new. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Instead, these farmers are showing how blending past and present agriculture practices and technology can help us find solutions, today, to integrate livestock on the land. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • On the other hand, livestock farming is becoming more costly as farmers heavily rely on commercial feed sources to compliment the rangeland. (economist.com.na)
  • Therefore, livestock feeding is an expensive exercise that continue to erode farmers finances or potential farm income. (economist.com.na)
  • In addition, many farmers especially small-scale farmers, have limited or no access to these livestock feeds due to the costs involved and the distance to the suppliers. (economist.com.na)
  • These challenges hampers livestock improvement efforts in many areas, which then contributes to poor participation of these farmers in the value chains, thus, depriving them of the potential benefits from the markets. (economist.com.na)
  • While the grant project ended, more and more farmers have started cover cropping as a means to improve soil health and reduce negative environmental impacts. (umaine.edu)
  • Now, farmers in New South Wales are scrambling to feed their livestock and keep their livelihoods, but the drought is unrelenting. (earth.com)
  • Are integrated crop-livestock clinics an option for Kenyan smallholder farmers to address One Health issues? (cabi.org)
  • The majority of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa rely on both crops and animals for their livelihoods. (cabi.org)
  • Before launching the Kenyan pilot, a study was conducted to ascertain farmers': (i) awareness of 'One Health issues' related to crops and animals, (ii) information needs on crop and livestock farming, and (iii) perceptions on joint crop-livestock clinics as a new type of integrated farmer service. (cabi.org)
  • This project will develop integrated crop-livestock health advisory services that will enable male and female smallholder farmers in Uganda to address major health and production problems affecting crops, livestock, and food safety. (cabi.org)
  • Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) invites you to a free, in-person event with the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyard in Acampo, CA. We will discuss cover cropping and integrated livestock grazing in vineyards as part of a systems approach to land management. (caff.org)
  • As farmers and property owners, we understand the challenges of ensuring the safety and security of our valuable crops and livestock. (profence.org)
  • Electric fencing has become a game-changer in the agricultural industry, providing farmers with reliable means of protecting their livestock. (profence.org)
  • This paper examined the effect of livestock on crop commercialization and poverty reduction among smallholder farmers in crop-livestock farming systems in Singida Region, Tanzania. (future-agricultures.org)
  • It was hypothesized that livestock enhances crop commercialization and reduce poverty among smallholder farmers in the Region. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Descriptive statistics were used to compare ownership of livestock, use of ox-plough and livestock manure, crop productivity, crop commercialization and poverty levels across different categories of farmers. (future-agricultures.org)
  • The results of descriptive analyses show differences in ownership of livestock, use of ox-plough and livestock manure, crop productivity, crop commercialization and poverty levels across different categories of farmers while the results of econometric analysis show that livestock enhanced crop commercialization. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Regarding the impact of commercialization, the findings show that farmers have gained higher productivity (yield), signifying the potential of crop commercialization to reduce poverty. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Male-headed households (MHH) and households headed by medium-scale farmers (MSF), young farmers and livestock keepers were less poor than their counterpart femaleheaded households (FHH) and households headed by small-scale farmers (SSFs), older farmers and non-livestock keepers. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Exploiting the synergy between crop and livestock in crop-livestock farming systems needs to be recognized and exploited in efforts geared towards enhancing crop commercialization and reducing poverty among smallholder farmers in crop-livestock farming systems in Tanzania and elsewhere in SSA. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Row crop farmers would see payments of $20 an acre and livestock producers would be compensated for animals culled during the pandemic under the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that was unexpectedly challenged by President Trump on Tuesday, a day after Congress passed it. (thefern.org)
  • Livestock and crop farmers share their stories on how they keep farm thieves at bay. (foodformzansi.co.za)
  • How do farmers safeguard their animals from the threat of crop and livestock theft, which is ever-present in Mzansi? (foodformzansi.co.za)
  • Food For Mzansi spoke to ten farmers - both small-scale and commercial - to find out how they safeguard their livestock and crops. (foodformzansi.co.za)
  • While he has never experienced trouble with livestock thieves, Ratlale Masiu in the Free State advises farmers to build their kraals in the middle of their properties and not close to the road. (foodformzansi.co.za)
  • As if being hammered by drought wasn't bad enough, farmers must now take measures to protect their livestock and crops from the early cold weather. (foxweather.com)
  • But farmers must take measures to protect livestock and crops from the early cold weather. (foxweather.com)
  • In addition to the freeze, farmers are still battling the ongoing drought that limited the size of their hay crops. (foxweather.com)
  • Proportionate mortality of crop and livestock farmers in the United States, 1984-1993. (cdc.gov)
  • This report looks at tobacco farmers in the ASEAN region, the extent of tobacco cultivation, government support to assist tobacco growers, and efforts in alternative crops to tobacco. (who.int)
  • Without it, farmers would be unable to cultivate their crops or sustain their livestock, making water insecurity synonymous with food insecurity. (lu.se)
  • The most common use of hairy vetch is as a green manure crop to be turned under a nitrogen source just prior to planting a summer row crop such as corn, cotton or grain sorghum, or an annual forage crop such as pearl millet or a sorghum-sudan hybrid. (farmprogress.com)
  • He estimates that no-till drills could handle crops, such as sorghum and rye, and radishes can be sown using a broadcast spreader on the back of four-wheeler. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • The heavy freeze kills off the sorghum crops and Johnson grass, which are feed for cattle and livestock, Thompson said. (foxweather.com)
  • A few years ago, they invited their neighbor, Craig Swaby, a cattle producer who grazes pasture adjacent to the Burgers' crop fields, to graze their cover crops. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Craig grazes his group of about 130 yearling calves in strips throughout the 35 acres of cover crops, then opens the gate to his pasture when the cattle need to be let off the cover crops. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • There are concerns that cattle grazing crop residues on cropland have negative effect on crop yield potential the following growing season. (unl.edu)
  • Generally, cattle grazing on cropland has no effect on subsequent crop yield. (unl.edu)
  • As many of you know, I have been working with many farms to help them implement cover cropping practices and reduced tillage on the corn silage acres they grow for feed for their cattle. (umaine.edu)
  • Bainard was featured as a speaker in a Beef Cattle Research Center webinar titled, "Integrating Cover Crops into Forage Operations: Risks and Rewards. (wylr.net)
  • The experimental area was 16.02 ha, divided into 18 paddocks of 0.89 ha each, organized in a randomized block design, with three replicates and six models of production systems: crop system [corn ( Zea mays ) grain production], livestock system (beef cattle under grazing conditions), and four ICLS, identified as: ICLS-1, corn integrated with Marandu palisadegrass [ Urochloa brizantha (Hoechst. (scielo.br)
  • In regard to livestock theft, Senakhoma believes in brandmarking her cattle. (foodformzansi.co.za)
  • When Freeze or Frost Warnings and Watches are in effect, producers have to hold their cattle and livestock from feeding or clip the plants. (foxweather.com)
  • Job Description Responsibilities include livestock (cattle, poultry, swine, sheep & goats) and field crops. (ncsu.edu)
  • In quantifying impacts away from target areas, we demonstrate that soot injections larger than 5 Tg would lead to mass food shortages, and livestock and aquatic food production would be unable to compensate for reduced crop output, in almost all countries. (nature.com)
  • Bringing grasslands into crop production has increased concerns of exposing erodible land to cultivation and reducing the sustainability of our food production system. (unl.edu)
  • Incorporating livestock production into a cropping system offers additional opportunities to recover establishment and termination costs associated with cover crop management. (unl.edu)
  • This study is a contribution to empirics of the CO 2 emissions, gross domestic product, crop production index, livestock production index, population, agricultural land, land under cereal crop and agriculture value-added. (frontiersin.org)
  • The outcomes of the long-run estimates indicate that the coefficients of agricultural land and land under cereal crop have a positive and significant relationship with CO 2 emissions, while the coefficients of crop production index have a negative and significant relationship with CO 2 emissions, respectively. (frontiersin.org)
  • The outcomes from short-run estimates show that the coefficients of crop production index and livestock production index are both positive and statistically significant, which implies that these variables are crucial in boosting carbon emissions. (frontiersin.org)
  • Based on the research outcomes, the government must carefully consider its regulations on agricultural and livestock production and embrace ecologically friendly techniques in the agriculture sector, which may minimize carbon emissions over time. (frontiersin.org)
  • One of the foremost challenges of livestock production in Namibia is the availability, quantity, and quality of feeds, considering both the forage resources on the rangeland and the fodder plants or crops that are used as feed resources. (economist.com.na)
  • I will also be working to help them initiate a research program using the vast natural resources they have available for grass based livestock production. (umaine.edu)
  • In accordance with provisions of the California Food and Agriculture Code section 2279, the Agricultural Commissioner submits an annual crop and livestock report that shows the agricultural production and agricultural value in Butte County for the year. (buttecounty.net)
  • The overall goal of this ACIAR sponsored project is to identify, test and prove ways to increase agricultural production, improve household food security, alleviate poverty and thereby reduce food-aid dependency in rural Zimbabwe through better integrated crop and livestock production and market participation. (ilri.org)
  • Crop yields and livestock off-take rates are presently low and declining, and, even where production surpluses are available at the farm gate, market value chains are not providing effective links between consumers and producers. (ilri.org)
  • The lowlands and uplands in southern Laos could improve rice production, and produce market surpluses in non-rice crops and livestock. (aciar.gov.au)
  • These mixed crop-livestock systems could be intensified and diversified through integrated crop-livestock techniques, strengthening links with the private sector, implementing new production and marketing practices, and adapting relevant technologies to make rice, post-rice crops and livestock production systems more profitable. (aciar.gov.au)
  • We have a few goals and strategies when it comes to utilizing cover crops and increasing forage production," said Bainard. (wylr.net)
  • Coupled with the production rewards associated with cover crops, there are some risks and difficulties associated with the practice," Bainard noted. (wylr.net)
  • Price-trigger crops will receive a payment equal to the greater value of either the flat-rate of $15 per eligible acre or a calculation based on eligible acres, a nationwide crop marketing percentage, a fixed-payment rate, and weighted 2020 actual production history (APH) yield. (msucares.com)
  • Strategy for technology transfer to crop/livestock-production systems " by Roger E. Banner, P Bartel et al. (usu.edu)
  • Livestock production on communal rangelands of Morocco is of central importance to the agricultural economy of the country. (usu.edu)
  • It is concluded that farm profitability could be significantly improved by reducing livestock production costs (feed and forage costs) while increasing forage production on communal rangelands. (usu.edu)
  • Current government policies and interventions support the development of integrated crop-livestock production systems for enhancing food security and environment sustainability. (uky.edu)
  • This paper presents relevant research activities relating to alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) and winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) management in integrated crop-livestock production systems. (uky.edu)
  • The present information expands our understanding of integrated forage-livestock production in rain-fed areas, exploring options that can improve productivity in small-farm households leading to income generation. (uky.edu)
  • This cluster had a 2.90 ha land area, farm income almost equally generated from crop and livestock production, and successfully met all set objectives except maximizing livestock density. (wur.nl)
  • Agriculture includes crop production, animal production and aquaculture. (cdc.gov)
  • For centuries, agriculture evolved by improving crop production and livestock breeding techniques, adapting them to the current land conditions and climatic changes. (lu.se)
  • The more we learn about soil health and using agriculture to mimic natural ecosystems, the more we realize the benefits of including livestock in cropping systems. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Quick searches for such keywords as "agriculture" and "crop" only generated a couple of hits, but I think most of the tools included (things like gender analysis and participatory rural assessment) will be particularly relevant to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity. (biodiver.se)
  • As part of a Specialty Crops grant from USDA through Mass. Dept. of Food and Agriculture an investigation into stockpiling cool-season grasses was conducted at the University of Massachusetts Agronomy Research Farm in South Deerfield and with farm cooperators. (umass.edu)
  • We estimated that SOII missed 73.7% of crop farm cases and 81.9% of animal farm cases for an average of 77.6% for all agriculture. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, our current industrialized agricultural system is colliding against its own limits [1] , a fact that fuels our conviction that agriculture and livestock farming are the major causes of environmental degradation. (lu.se)
  • About 59% of households had lost at least a livestock species and poultry in last year, and that varied well across the sectors. (nepjol.info)
  • SIGNIFICANCE: Our study infers the need to increase land area, expand poultry and rear crossbred cows, and cultivate high value crops to realize a living income solely from agricultural activities. (wur.nl)
  • Uganda began piloting crop-livestock clinics in 2021, and Kenya followed in 2022. (cabi.org)
  • We have enlisted almost 15 farms that will adopt new cover cropping practices and techniques. (umaine.edu)
  • Escaped and loose livestock are common on working farms and ranches. (hellohomestead.com)
  • Results: We estimated 74,932 injuries and illnesses for crop farms and 68,504 for animal farms, totaling 143,436 cases in 2011. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to protecting land from erosion, hairy vetch can provide spring pasture for livestock. (farmprogress.com)
  • This experiment has been successful because of how simple it is to move cows back and forth from cover crops to pasture. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • The decision as to when to initiate the stockpiling will depend on various factors, such as the requirements of the livestock grazing the forage, the expected time when the stockpiled forage is required, and the amount of pasture that can be set aside for stockpiling purposes. (umass.edu)
  • Sedentary pastoralists may also raise crops and livestock together in the form of mixed farming, for the purpose of diversifying productivity, obtaining manure for organic farming, and improving pasture conditions for their livestock. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is little advantage in turning under vetch prior to planting soybeans or other legume crops, since legumes fix their own nitrogen. (farmprogress.com)
  • We've been faced with a lot of inflated commodity crop prices in the last few years, and we just came off a record-setting year for soybeans, but it's got to come back down to reality and we've got to start making comparisons because this year won't be as good. (wylr.net)
  • Since soybeans are categorized as a price-trigger crop, the producer can receive the higher of the flat-rate payment of $15 per acre or the payment determined by the marketing percentage and payment rate. (msucares.com)
  • Cotton, corn, and soybeans are the main GE crops grown in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Unit Code: AGR812 Unit Title: Honors Project in Agronomy (Crops & Livestock) Honors projects are original, innovative, research-oriented efforts made by a student with limited supervision by an Honor's Committee or Advisor. (edu.sb)
  • To increase productivity of smallholder crop-livestock farming systems in four districts in two contrasting agro-ecological regions of Zimbabwe by identifying and adapting technologies and associated management practices. (ilri.org)
  • Past and present research, particularly that conducted by the agencies represented in this project partnership (ILRI, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, CSIRO, QAAFI in partnership with DEEDI) and their national partners identified promising innovations and strongly suggests that the productivity of smallholder crop-livestock systems can be substantially enhanced when their component activities are more efficiently integrated and intensified (see Attachment 2). (ilri.org)
  • Smallholder households will benefit from more productive, integrated crop-livestock farming systems, increased turnover and income, reduced risk and increased food security. (ilri.org)
  • Diversified crop-livestock systems are more productive, sustainable, and economically competitive with traditional cropping systems. (unl.edu)
  • Yes, with this approach to farming we make decisions and put our hands to some small manipulations but the very breadth of mixed crop and livestock systems often quickly leave us behind and spread out to do their own work of symbiotic osmosis and complementary relations. (smallfarmersjournal.com)
  • This project worked to refine selected integrated crop-livestock technologies, assess systems approaches to crop-livestock integration, and create institutional capacity with local partners at national, provincial and district levels for establishing local platforms for commercialisation and co-learning. (aciar.gov.au)
  • Co-design and assessment of cropping systems for developing crop-livestock integration at the territory level. (scielo.br)
  • Livestock is an important component of crop-livestock farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). (future-agricultures.org)
  • Powell - Increased input costs, alternative crops and profit potential are a few aspects of Wyoming's crop industry that are fueling the ongoing crop and variety trials at the UW Powell Research and Extension Center (PREC) in Powell. (wylr.net)
  • We're looking for something with lower inputs, primarily in fuel, fertilizer and seed costs," says PREC Research Associate Randy Violet, who, along with other researchers, is analyzing these alternative crops in the Big Horn and Wind River basins. (wylr.net)
  • Although crop commercialization has positively impacted on crop productivity (yields) and poverty, the results show existence of socio-economic disparities. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Newly-weaned lambs start grazing a cover crop cocktail after being released into standing corn planted in rows 60 inches apart. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Robert Alexander raises organic row crops and livestock near Granville, in northwestern Iowa, and has been experimenting with planting corn in 60-inch row-widths and interseeding cover crops between the rows. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops. (usda.gov)
  • For corn, Romania's crop is larger than previously forecast following good crop development. (usda.gov)
  • When looking for someone to graze your cover crops, John recommends an interview and finding someone with a proven history of proper herd management, not someone just looking to rent ground to feed cows. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • T he drought has made planting crops impossible, and there's no feed for livestock to graze on. (earth.com)
  • Crop and livestock health is crucial to agricultural productivity and farmer livelihoods. (cabi.org)
  • In a forage context, growing multiple crops together increases biodiversity, productivity and nutrition, as well as improves upon sustainability and soil health," said Agri-Food Canada Research Scientist Jillian Bainard. (wylr.net)
  • Bainard explained, to reach these goals, she and her colleagues have studied numerous practices in relation to increasing forage productivity via cover crops. (wylr.net)
  • These social differences are consequences of differences in the use of ox-plough, livestock manure and other productivity enhancing inputs. (future-agricultures.org)
  • The irregular pattern of rainfall in the past three seasons is a major hindrance to increased crop productivity especially that none of the villages have any worthwhile irrigation infrastructure. (lu.se)
  • Hairy vetch is a winter annual legume that offers a number of potential benefits to row-crop or livestock producers when used as a winter cover crop. (farmprogress.com)
  • She noted it is important for producers to understand more does not always equal better when it comes to choosing cover crops and mixtures. (wylr.net)
  • CFAP 2 will provide row crop producers with financial assistance to offset increased marketing costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. (msucares.com)
  • For producers who insured acres of the crop under a policy or plan of insurance, the weighted APH yield is the weighted average of the producer's 2020 APH-approved yield from all insured acres. (msucares.com)
  • They will share their experience with cover cropping and integrated sheep grazing, and the considerations to have when planning and implementing these practices. (caff.org)
  • With many of Nebraska's acres in cover crop mixtures due to prevented planting, taking a quick check before grazing or using them is key. (covercropstrategies.com)
  • In cover crop mixtures, grazing mature plants and making sure that mixtures don't contain more than 50% high forage quality species like clover and alfalfa will help lower this risk. (covercropstrategies.com)
  • Only LG-M clusters intensified livestock by addition of 4-8 crossbred cows and 1-10 chickens, supported by imported feed and off-farm grazing but face strong environmental trade-offs of increased GHG and soil N losses. (wur.nl)
  • This might include annual grasses such as triticale and the forage Brassica crops . (umass.edu)
  • Price-trigger crops are commodities that suffered a 5 percent or greater national price decline in a comparison of the average prices for the week of January 13-17, 2020, and July 27-31, 2020. (msucares.com)
  • Three million acres of crops and over 1.2 million livestock were destroyed, thereby gravely affecting food supplies. (who.int)
  • As the planting of alfalfa is strongly encouraged in northern China, alfalfa species selection and optimised harvesting management are essential to ensure the full benefits of alfalfa are available for livestock intensification. (uky.edu)
  • Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. (wikipedia.org)
  • Offered by the Gebhardt family, the well improved, 80 per cent arable property is currently run as a mixed farming operation with an emphasis on zero till cropping system based on a canola/wheat/legume rotation. (theland.com.au)
  • If an escaped livestock species is not recaptured, it may find itself surviving in the wild. (hellohomestead.com)
  • They tear up turf, lawns and crops [and] feed on and destroy natural and endangered plant and animal species. (hellohomestead.com)
  • Healthy soil, clean water, and productive crop and grasslands are essential to maintaining quality of life. (unl.edu)
  • This in turn has compromised the productive potential of livestock because much of their daily nutritional (protein, energy, minerals, vitamins) needs including the dry mater or fibre intake are not fully satisfied. (economist.com.na)
  • The timing of turning under a vetch cover crop in such situations is important. (farmprogress.com)
  • Vetch is particularly well suited to being used as a winter cover on fields in which summer row crops are to be planted by no-till methods. (farmprogress.com)
  • Extensive testing for forage yield, maturity, canopy height, composition and diseases of hairy vetch lines was conducted throughout Alabama and in Americus, Ga. AU EarlyCover was shown to be an excellent cover crop because of its early growth. (farmprogress.com)
  • Near Udell, in south-central Iowa, John Burger and his uncle, Richard, raise row crops and have been experimenting with cover crops for five years. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Because the setup has been so successful so far, the Burgers like to "keep it simple," planting a cereal rye cover crop, rather than experimenting with cover crop mixes. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • We're pretty happy using one cover crop because it's really tough," John says. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • The potential to use these cover crops as forage and add more grazing days is a primary motivator for Robert. (practicalfarmers.org)
  • Cover cropping takes additional effort by growers and involves additional expense. (umaine.edu)
  • As I leave for sabbatical, my co-worker Caragh Fitzgerald and I received word of a successful grant application to continue research with growers in Kennebec, Waldo, and Somerset counties on cover crop practices and soil quality impacts. (umaine.edu)
  • Part of this project involves investigating methods to sow cover crops. (umaine.edu)
  • Fall cover crops, such as clover, turnips and peas, can provide nutrient-rich winter forage and help lure hungry deer away from hay and other stored livestock feed, according to distinguished professor Jonathan Jenks of the South Dakota State University Department of Natural Resource Management. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • The Agricultural Experiment Station researcher and graduate student Troy Wieberg are identifying which cover crops are more likely to attract deer through a 3-year grant for nearly $90,000 from the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration, administered by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • Cover crops, planted in August or September, must have sufficient fall moisture, which made eastern South Dakota an ideal location for the experiment, according to Kevin Robling, big game biologist for the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • Though some landowners have experimented with cover crops, such as turnips, on their own, this is the first controlled experiment, according to Jenks. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • Cover crops are an indirect way of possibly preventing depredation and redistributing deer densities, he says. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • For the research project, Jenks and Wieberg planted six cover crops - purple top turnips, Daikon radishes, Austrian winter peas, winter rye, chicory and crimson clover - at the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Research Facility. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • When the results are compiled, Jenks will give wildlife officials recommendations regarding how cover crops can be used to help manage the state's deer population. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • Bainard noted the team has also researched cover crop spacing for weed control. (wylr.net)
  • We have looked into soil microbiology ecology in forage cover crops," said Bainard. (wylr.net)
  • He says cover crops are paying off big time in his 7,500-acre operation, especially during heavy rainfall events. (covercropstrategies.com)
  • Econometric analyses were used to determine if livestock had a significant effect on crop commercialization and poverty levels, controlling for other variables that might have an effect. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Here, we use climate, crop and fishery models to estimate the impacts arising from six scenarios of stratospheric soot injection, predicting the total food calories available in each nation post-war after stored food is consumed. (nature.com)
  • The livestock losses experienced in New South Wales and Queensland are a tragic consequence of the recent climate change extremes. (earth.com)
  • Makes me wonder if we in the agrobiodiversity community could link up with WWF and use this existing network to highlight specifically how climate change is affecting crops and crop wild relatives. (biodiver.se)
  • Among all these methods, crop guarding, shouting, use of natural fences, guarding by dogs, and throwing stones were the most effective and safest practices/techniques, but the use of a single means and approach was found ineffective. (nepjol.info)
  • Use the USDA Organic Crops and Livestock: Ruminant Dry Matter Intake (DMI) mobile app to describe your methods for estimating Dry Matter Demand (DMD) and to summarize your calculations of Dry Matter Intake (DMI) percentages during the grazing season for each class of livestock. (gocanvas.com)
  • Any crops planted with the intention of grazing are not eligible for CFAP 2 payments. (msucares.com)
  • Saralee Lawrence and Ashanti Samuels are Rainshadow Organics, a burgeoning, certified organic operation which fully embraces the tenets of mixed crop and livestock farming. (smallfarmersjournal.com)
  • The cold also impacts the nutrient value of the crop and can cause the plants to turn brown and wilt. (foxweather.com)
  • The crops so irrigated are mostly vegetables and small plots of maize meant for early harvest, just before the onset of the rains. (lu.se)
  • The capacity for a prevalent grain crop, winter wheat to be managed as a dual-purpose fodder and grain source shows potential as a means to alleviate deficits of animal feed supply. (uky.edu)
  • For wheat, year-on-year increases are reported in a number of Member States, several of which have seen better wheat harvests than previously forecast, but the changes on both fronts are most significant for France where their wheat crop is now forecast to be the second largest on record. (usda.gov)
  • If the producer grows a crop in multiple counties, then the ARC-CO yield will be weighted based on the producer's crop acreage physically located in each county. (msucares.com)
  • METHODS: FarmDESIGN model evaluated performance of four stylized medium- and small-scale farm types in a low (Lay Gayint)- and high (South Achefer)- potential district: LG-M, LG-S, SA-M and SA-S. Pareto-based multi-objective optimization was performed to maximize farm profit, livestock density, dietary energy and vitamin A yield, and minimize GHG and soil N losses. (wur.nl)
  • In general, evidence from the results show decline in poverty as crop commercialization increases from zero to medium level. (future-agricultures.org)
  • Due to their persistence, PFAS can accumulate in the environment, including soil and water, and subsequently, enter the food chain through crops and livestock. (growingmagazine.com)
  • All of the very well managed cropping paddocks have been mapped for soil type and cation exchange capacity. (theland.com.au)
  • Since then flax has developed potential as a specialty crop for health food stores. (wylr.net)
  • Joint crop-livestock clinics have the potential to augment conventional extension service delivery and help address knowledge gaps highlighted in this study. (cabi.org)
  • Electric fences act as a powerful deterrent, keeping both livestock and potential predators at bay. (profence.org)
  • Analysis of GPS tracks indicated that a crop field frequented by both chimpanzees and domesticated animals was a potential hotspot for Cryptosporidium transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Kanoona is an extremely versatile 533 hectare property that is equally suited to both cropping and livestock. (theland.com.au)
  • However, the scarcity of farmer advisory services leaves them with insufficient knowledge about crop and animal health, as well as the wider health issues emanating from farming. (cabi.org)