A few days ago, there was a great article in the Colorado Sun by Tracy Ross, rural reporter, detailing how cattle had become an important link in the battle against drought and wildfire in Boulder, ...

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Cows eat grass...everyone knows that. But climate change is forcing producers and scientists to rethink some of our long-held assumptions about livestock nutrition. Crop costs are climbing.

Beneath rows of solar panels in Tennessee, an innovative experiment is unfolding that could change how farms produce food, power, and profit.

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Jim Knopik winds up a twine fence to let his cattle into a new area of pasture for grazing on his central Nebraska ranch. Knopik uses a ranching practice called mob grazing, which aims to improve soil ...

Were cattle evolved to eat grain? Absolutely not. Cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. Farmers today feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. More ...

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For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that even ...