Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 7th, 2014 | Comments Off on Livestock Farming – Challenges & Concerns During Spring
The spring weather can often bring severe cold storms and snow in the USA. The spring weather and snow may cause cattle farming and beef production to become a challenging job. Snow makes grazing for the cattle difficult and cause shortages of food. Below normal temperatures could also negatively impact the growth of crops. The effects of drought and cold could also impact into the calf into the...
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 28th, 2014 | 34 comments
Farming has become a profitable business not only for traditional farmers and food producers, but for anyone who is enthusiastic about growing food on their own. Farm land owners and cattle owners can benefit from trading and selling cattle for beef, as well as other products, such as milk, hide, and other related farm products. Livestock and farming is gaining popularity not only because of the...
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 28th, 2014 | 1 comment
Feeding your livestock during spring when the pastures are not fully grown and there are shortages of food or grass on the fields. During these times, it is important to carry fodder to the animals in the barns or in their sheds. Sometimes, due to harsh weather animals cannot graze on fields. The best way to produce fodder for the animals is to grow your own fodder through DIY fodder systems....
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 23rd, 2014 | Comments Off on Concerns About Droughts And Providing Water To The Livestock
There have been shortages of water and reports of droughts in several regions of the country in the past few years especially during the summer. The effects of droughts can be fatal to the animals, and the droughts usually occur during the time of year when the animals need water the most. When there is a lack of rainfall or water supply, plants can also suffer and increase toxicity and make it...
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 23rd, 2014 | Comments Off on Managing Pastures For Climate Changes
Ever since we, the human beings, became food producers rather than food gatherers, we have been managing our farm lands and pastures for livestock to graze upon. This has been a fundamental activity for humans in order to sustain livelihood on the planet. There are approximately 14 billion hectors of land available for farming on earth, and among them we use 10% of the ice free land for crop...