Smarter Feeding: How Science Is Optimizing Livestock Nutrition
Feed is the biggest cost in raising livestock, so advances in animal nutrition directly impact farm efficiency and profits. Researchers are gaining new insights into livestock diets and health, fueling innovations that improve productivity. Precision Nutrition for Maximum Gain Technologies like NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy) testing allow nutritionists to analyze the chemical composition of feeds. This […]
Bringing Back Heritage Breeds: The Rise of Regenerative Agriculture
The market for heritage and heirloom livestock breeds has grown rapidly in recent years, driven by increasing consumer demand for niche and specialty products. As interest in these traditional breeds continues to expand, small sustainable farms are looking to heritage animals as a way to diversify their offerings and practices. Raising heritage breeds using regenerative […]
Direct Livestock Sales Surge as Farmers Adapt to Pandemic Shift
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many traditional livestock supply chains in 2020 and 2021. But this challenge sparked innovation as ranchers pivoted to direct-to-consumer models like CSAs, farm stands, and online butchery services to survive and thrive. The Rise of Direct Livestock Sales With restaurants closed and bottlenecks at meatpacking plants, the early months of the […]
How Technology is Transforming the Farming Industry
Technology has changed different areas in the modern world, and the farming business is no special case. With progressions in technology, farmers have seen huge enhancements and changes in their activities. The Human population grew from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 7.9 billion in 2021. The demand for food has also increased with the increase […]
Sustainable Solutions for Cattle Production: How Farmers Balance Production and Conservation
With growing awareness of agriculture’s environmental impact, livestock producers find themselves facing more scrutiny while trying to meet global protein demand. Cattle generate greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Overgrazing erodes grasslands. Manure runoff threatens local waterways. Yet well-managed pastoral grazing can benefit ecosystems, sequester carbon, and regenerate habitats. Farmers today are utilizing innovative […]
The Future of Cattle Monitoring
Livestock farming has always required a blend of science and practical farm wisdom. But exciting new technologies are taking the guesswork out of key decisions to help producers monitor animal health, grasslands and optimize operations like never before. RFID Tags for Health Monitoring Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems involve microchipped tags placed on each animal’s […]