New Mexico Grazing Exchange Website Launched
A new interactive website facilitates matchmaking between landowners and livestock farmers or contract graziers.
Targeted grazing for fire prevention and ecosystem restoration
Join us on Thursday June 30, 2022 at 5:30 – 6:30pm MT for a webinar on targeted grazing, offered in partnership with Valencia Soil & Water Conservation District.
Grazing for Profit and Regeneration
CS Ranch in Colfax County will host a three-day, hands-on regenerative ranching school titled “Grazing for Profit and Regeneration,” presented by the Soil Health AcademyMay 31-June 2.
Benefits of Cover Crops Extend to Dry Areas
A new study shows that cover crops can improve most ecosystem services in water-limited environments without negative effects on food crop yields.
Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing in a Nutshell
AMP involves managing livestock using multiple small paddocks to provide periods of short duration/high stock density grazing followed by adequate forage rest and recovery periods.
Happy Worms all Winter long!
Pro tips on successful vermicomposting throughout the winter months from Sam McCarthy who has been raising and selling red worms in the Santa Fe area for over 20 years.
Building a Microfarm from the Ground Up
Rocket Punch Farm in Belen uses no-till sheet mulching and ecological pest control methods modeled after the urban farms, community gardens, and school gardens in Washington, DC.
New Beginnings: Bale Grazing to improve Soil Health
Beginning farmer Mira Merritt shares her family’s experience with the Healthy Soil Program and their success in using ground cover and livestock to improve the health of the soil.
Nature’s Soil Regenerator
Find out what small, spiky creature restores landscapes through ecosystem engineering!
Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health
New study reviews pesticide impacts on soil, finds harm to soil invertebrates in 71% of cases. Herbicides and fungicides are especially detrimental to earthworms, nematodes and springtails.