Biodiversity’s Impact on Soil Health and Rancher Profitability

In cattle production, biodiversity in pastures is vital for soil health and rancher success. A diverse plant ecosystem provides many benefits including enhanced water and nutrient retention, and increasing resilience to weather extremes. Improved soil health also boosts forage productivity, which can act as a shield against droughts. For ranchers, there’s an opportunity for a […]

Eyes in the Sky: Using Remote Sensing to Help Measure Soil Carbon

In a previous Ag Carbon Knowledge Hub article, entitled “Trust in the Progress,” we described how our third-party vendors physically collect soil samples to monitor soil organic carbon (SOC) stock changes on our grower farm and ranch fields. This article focuses on how we assign individual sampling locations to each field. Since it is not […]

Enhanced Winter Pasture Care

Winter ranching involves unique challenges. Sometimes, it takes a great deal of effort to just keep livestock fed, watered, healthy, and warm. . Despite weather obstacles, winter  presents several opportunities to enhance soil management practices. Winter is often underestimated for range and pasture improvements. Explore strategies like forage caching, supplemental feeding, and bale grazing to […]