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With the world population recently passing the seven billion mark, many questions have been asked concerning the ability of our planet to feed this growing population. It is predicted that in the next 40 years, two billion more people will be eating on Earth.
Ultra-high stock density (UHSD) or commonly known as “mob grazing” or “flash grazing” is a grazing approach that uses a large concentration of animals to graze a small area or small paddocks for very short periods of time.
The Forester family moved to the Royal Slope area of Washington State close to 35 years ago, just in time to get settled in when Mount St. Helens blew up.
Weeds can affect the establishment of any perennial system, especially forages. For example, researchers found alfalfa fields with high densities of weeds resulted in reduced alfalfa plant densities more than 50 percent, and others have documented similar results.
Researchers attributed the loss in establishment from competition for soil moisture and light.
It started to snow hard. We were on Highway 6 headed southwest out of Ely, Nevada. I was helping a friend move from Washington State to a wonderfully desolate Shangri-La due north from the fabled Area 51 in Nevada.
Tier 4 regulations for off-road diesel engines in order to create cleaner air is not a new issue. We’ve all watched the agricultural equipment industry – specifically tractor manufacturers – change their engine packages drastically over the past few years to meet the stringent regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Union.
Land is often the primary asset of a farm or ranch business, but it is also a major source of liability exposure. Harm to a person on the farm property can bring liability for medical bills, lost wages, attorney fees and other costs.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers continues to grow its electronic library of safety materials with the recent addition of a safety manual for industrial/agricultural mowers.
The e-book gives equipment operators and maintenance personnel convenient access to a wide scope of safety information from their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
The 2013 Roto-Mix National Dealer Meeting was held March 16-19 in historic Dodge City, Kansas, where several new products were previewed for the dealers who attended from across the country and from Canada, Mexico and Japan.
The event included dealer training, research results, product information and finished with an awards banquet where the Roto-Mix 2012 Dealer of the Year was awarded to Ag Equipment Inc. of Caldwell, Idaho.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers continues to grow its electronic library of safety materials with the recent addition of a safety manual for industrial/agricultural mowers.
The e-book gives equipment operators and maintenance personnel convenient access to a wide scope of safety information from their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
