To address the need for ICLS resources, OFRF has created a Crop-Livestock Integration series based on interviews with highly experienced organic producers across the US whose farming operations have benefited from integrated crop and livestock production. The series includes four farmer stories, a video presentation, and factsheets on key topics, such as: The Benefits of… Continue reading Crop-Livestock Integration Resources
Resources Category: Integrating Crops and Livestock
Integrate Livestock into Your Veggie Crops
This question-and-answer session is a follow-up to a webinar NCAT hosted about integrated crop-livestock systems. Such systems may provide sustainable alternatives to terminate cover crops, reduce fertilizer, and improve the water cycle. Featured in this session are Montana specialty crop farmer Leon Stangl, Montana State University (MSU) research associate Devon Ragen, and MSU graduate student… Continue reading Integrate Livestock into Your Veggie Crops
Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm Part I
Korey Fauque and his wife Wendy farm 4,500 acres of dryland ground in northern Montana where there is a 10-inch to 12-inche average rainfall. They grow spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, canola, mustard, yellow peas, chickpeas, and cover crops. They run 70 head of Moderator cattle (Aberdeen Angus crossed with Angus) and 70 yearlings on… Continue reading Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm Part I
Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm Part II
Part two of the webinar series. Korey Fauque and his wife Wendy farm 4,500 acres of dryland ground in northern Montana where there is a 10-inch to 12-inche average rainfall. They grow spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, canola, mustard, yellow peas, chickpeas, and cover crops. They run 70 head of Moderator cattle (Aberdeen Angus crossed… Continue reading Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm Part II