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Extension programs are essential for the beef industry, ensuring accessibility to the latest research and best practices in forage management. By promoting efficient forage use and sustainable grazing, these services bolster the beef sector’s growth, productivity, and resilience. In this episode, Jeff Semler, M.Sc., a distinguished University of Maryland Extension Educator, delves into captivating forage research. He shares insights about optimizing forage production under traditional and organic settings, unveiling their impact on beef output. Discover Semler's role in knowledge transfer and advocating for sustainable agriculture. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dU_BWs76 Trusted and supported by innovative companies like DSM Nutrição e Saúde Animal | Healthy Farms by Bioverse

Extension programs are essential for the beef industry, ensuring accessibility to the latest research and best practices in forage management. By promoting efficient forage use and sustainable grazing, these services bolster the beef sector’s growth, productivity, and resilience. In this episode, Jeff Semler, M.Sc., a distinguished University of Maryland Extension Educator, delves into captivating forage research. He shares insights about optimizing forage production under traditional and organic settings, unveiling their impact on beef output. Discover Semler's role in knowledge transfer and advocating for sustainable agriculture. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dU_BWs76 Trusted and supported by innovative companies like DSM Nutrição e Saúde Animal | Healthy Farms by Bioverse

Thanks to Texas Highways Magazine for the shout-out in their April Discovery issue! Check out their delightful coverage of Insects as Food and Feed in Texas. It’s hard not to be distracted by the gorgeous pictures of entrees, drinks and appetizers inspired by authentic, traditional Mexican dishes that include crickets, grasshoppers and ants. But the meat of the article lies in the discussion about how insects are key to solving worldwide challenges as the human population grows over the next 25 years, even though human consumption of bugs goes back thousands of years. Texas restaurants that use insect ingredients may be looking to the past for inspiration, but it’s the insect agriculture sector where Texas is at the forefront of innovation. Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin (CEIF’s Center Director at Texas A&M University) explains the difference between insect-eating and CEIF’s work in utilizing insects as novel proteins for food and feed and harnessing their unique capacity to break down and repackage nutrients. The section below, in particular, distills the objectives of the Center beautifully while recognizing the challenges we face with regard to the public perception of entomophagy— “First, it aims to use insect protein as feed for farm animals, while also making insect ingredients more feasible for widespread consumption at the dinner table. To achieve the latter, these insect innovators understand they’ll have to upend some firmly ingrained attitudes about what should and shouldn’t be put into our bodies.” — J. Jones, Texas Highways #insectag #insects #nsffunded https://lnkd.in/echhmf8V

Regenerative agriculture is important in so many ways and to so many sectors. This event will provide a useful insight into the topic and to hear the latest updates on best practice, innovation and the policy landscape around this topic. #regenerativeagriculture #soilhealth #sustainableagriculture #sustainability

🌿 We are thrilled to see Alain Vidal - Senior Advisor Biodiversity and Regenerative Agriculture, Quantis - speaking at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit Series in Amsterdam from September 3-5! Join us for a roundtable on how to integrate biodiversity and nature into climate strategies. In this session, you will hear how leading brands are taking a more holistic approach and incorporating nature into their climate and sourcing strategies: 1️⃣ What does this look like in practice? 2️⃣ Setting realistic KPIs for biodiversity and utilising tools to monitor and verify impact? 3️⃣ Overcoming barriers to action including challenges with engaging supply chain actors and driving actual impact on-the-ground 4️⃣ Navigating water risk: Strategies for addressing usage, wastage and scarcity #RegenerativeAgriculture #sustainability 

What's the only thing better than precision pollination? FREE precision pollination, of course! 🎉 Yes, you're reading it right! We're offering an amazing opportunity for one lucky grower to win $5,000 worth of BeeHero's industry-leading precision pollination services – absolutely free. This is your chance to experience the difference that precision pollination can make on your yield and crop health firsthand. 👉 How to enter: Come to the Almond Conference 2023 held by Almond Board of California in Sacramento between December 5-7. Swing by BeeHero's booth 610, and drop off your business card or fill out a quick entry form to get your name in the draw. Can't make it to the conference? No worries – enter online and you won't miss out. (Link in the comments!) ⏰ The lucky winner will be selected in a random draw at 10 am on December 7th. Remember, you don't have to be present to win – but make sure to check in to see if you've won! 📝 Terms and conditions apply: To ensure a fair and transparent process, please review the terms and conditions of the giveaway on the landing page linked below. #pollinators  #precisionagriculture  #smartfarming  #BeeHero #savethebees  #thoughtleadership  #agtech #climatetech #sustainableagriculture #globalfoodsecurity  

What does Biodynamic mean?

2024 Spier Harvest Report: Exceeding Expectations 🍷 The exceptional quality of the 2024 vintage was evident from the very first grape pickings. Our regenerative farming practices ensured resilience against the season’s weather whims, promising a vintage that could surpass even the acclaimed 2015 and 2017 releases. We’re grateful for the collaborative effort of our grape growers, vineyard teams and cellar crews, and all their supportive families, for another standout vintage. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dS3TrdR4

Bestselling author, activist and gardener Maria Rodale is a board member of Rodale Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the regenerative organic agriculture movement through research, farmer training and education. She is the former CEO of Rodale Inc., the global health and wellness media company that published notable books and magazines, including Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Her own books include Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe, as well as Scratch: Home Cooking for Everyone Made Simple, Fun, and Totally Delicious. In her latest work, Love, Nature, Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden, Rodale leads readers through her relationship with the plants, animals and insects that inhabit her garden and shares the life lessons these often misunderstood creatures taught her. Learn more by reading the full article at www.naturalawakenings.com Rodale Inc. Rodale Institute #nature #naturelovers #farming #regenerativefarming #regenerativeagriculture #wisewords #

Have you heard the buzz? 🐝 NC State is home to a nationally renowned apiculture program that helps promote and protect honey bees. Led by Extension specialist David Tarpy, the program's research, instruction and extension works to ensure the essential pollinator's health for generations to come. Check out some buzzworthy facts about honey bees: 🐝 Honey bees are responsible for pollinating 80% of all flowering plants. 🐝 More than a third of the world's food supply relies on honey bees for pollination. 🐝 Honey bees are the workhorses of North Carolina's $111 billion agriculture industry, helping to sustain our food supply and economy. Learn more about the bustling lives of North Carolina bees and how NC State promotes and protects these pollinators: http://ncst.at/yvW250SmOCY