Increasing more targeted cattle grazing is a ‘Win-Win-Win Opportunity’
A team of ten researchers looked closely at cattle grazing in California and determined that the practice has a great deal of potential in combatting catastrophic wildfires.
Read More...Best farming practices for soil health vary by region
Farmers can use a variety of practices to keep their soils healthy. Some of these practices include not tilling the land, planting cover crops between growing seasons and rotating the…
Read More...Biochar helps hold water, saves money
The abstract benefits of biochar for long-term storage of carbon and nitrogen on American farms are clear, and now new research from Rice University shows a short-term, concrete bonus for farmers as…
Read More...Grass, greenhouse gas and grazing: Why North America’s prairies are key to cutting emissions
In North America, prairie grass used to be everywhere. Today, just a fraction of it remains. It sits at a critical intersection of agribusiness and the environment — cattle can…
Read More...Black cowboys reclaim their history in the West
At an annual rodeo in Phoenix, the contributions of African Americans are finally recognized. Though historians estimate that as many as one-fourth of the cowboys in the late 1800s were…
Read More...These hay fields may know something we don’t: how to save the Colorado River
Timothy hay, a native to Colorado which feeds thousands of cattle in the Upper Colorado River Basin, and other hay species are being closely watched this year as part of…
Read More...Does overselling regenerative ag’s climate benefits undercut its potential?
A new white paper from the Rodale Institute and the Carbon Underground says that regenerative practices, if adopted around the world, could sequester all annual carbon dioxide emissions. Critics warn…
Read More...The BLM to award contracts for seven new wild horse off-range pastures
The BLM is completing contracts with ranchers in four states to place as many as 5,000 wild horses and burros rounded up off federal rangelands onto private pastureland. As part…
Read More...USFWS proposes listing New Mexico thistle
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting as threatened the Wright’s marsh thistle. Along with the litigation-pressured Endangered Species Act listing, the federal agency proposed designating as critical habitat 159…
Read More...Combined droughts and heatwaves are occurring more frequently in several regions across the U.S.
The frequency of combined droughts and heatwaves – which are more devastating when they occur in unison – has substantially increased across the western U.S. and in parts of the…
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