Father and son duo Barry and Eli Little of Blioux River Ranch in Hamlin County, S.D., have been selected as the recipients of the 2024 South Dakota Leopold Conservation award.
In years like this, the forage budget needs to be adjusted to assure the continuity of livestock production. In this sense, to offset the systems, there is a need to reduce the demand or increase the forage input.
The development of a successful grazing management program begins with a mental inventory and an observation of what is happening that you would like to change, says South Dakota State University Extension.
In a limited study, Louisiana State University researchers found that winter annuals incorporated into a bahiagrass pasture improved soil organic matter, while nitrate concentrations decreased, carbon concentrations stabilized, and soil microbial enzyme activity increased, suggesting a healthy soil environment, according to SSARE.
Here’s a quick view of what’s happening with Farm Bill negotiations and how they could impact long-standing conservation programs that play an important role in no-till and cover crop adoption.
With grasslands in the U.S. threatened by overgrazing, increasingly frequent and severe drought and land-use change, South Dakota State University Extension discusses grazing management practices to improve maintenance of forage productivity and increase maximum long-term economic profit compared to other agricultural production options.
Farmers and ranchers have until Feb. 3 to submit initial applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program to the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.
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