New CA Pollinator Coalition Pledges to Increase Pollinator Habitat on Working Lands
The California Pollinator Coalition is broadening its collaboration between agriculture and conservation groups to improve the health, diversity and number of pollinators on working lands. Spearheaded by the almond industry, a new…
Read More...Shipping and selling cattle during drought
Feeding cattle during a drought can be a tricky endeavor. Most farmers and ranchers first consider supplementing their cow-calf pairs as drought rolls along. But there are other options explains…
Read More...Better management can reduce beef production emissions
A comprehensive assessment of 12 different strategies for reducing beef production emissions worldwide found that industry can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 50% in certain regions, with…
Read More...When is your livestock ready for market?
Direct-to-consumer meat sales require producers to evaluate livestock’s harvest readiness and set profitable meat prices. Direct-to-consumer meat sales boomed in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is…
Read More...Proposed roundups target 3,500 wild horses in Wyoming
The U.S. Bureau of Management is accepting public comments through the end of April on plans to remove some 3,500 wild horses from public land in southwestern Wyoming. The federal…
Read More...Megadrought: New Mexico farms face uncertain future
Historic heavy usage of Rio Grande water has left New Mexico in a particularly difficult position ahead of the impending drought. Right now, a New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission hydrogeologist…
Read More...Virtual fence keeps cattle where you want them
To manage livestock, we need ways to keep them in desired areas. Traditionally, herding or fencing (permanent or portable) were the only options. Now there is virtual fencing-invisible boundaries that…
Read More...How Regenerative Ranching is Revitalizing Rangelands
Duke Phillips, a third generation rancher and the CEO & Founder of Ranchlands, has spent his life on working lands. When people learn this, they generally have one of two notions—a…
Read More...Bird Friendliness Index Shows Audubon Conservation Ranching is Bringing Grassland Birds Back
Populations show a jump of more than a third in some areas. The National Audubon Society created the Conservation Ranching Initiative (ACR) in order to support ranchers while protecting and…
Read More...Service enhances cattle management tasks
Capturing information on any operation can be a challenge. That’s why AgriWebb has created a ranch management data capture platform to help ranchers boost profits. The system can help a…
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