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How ‘Belief’ Empowers Regenerative Success. By Clayton Handy, UA Consultant, Farmer What Rabbits, Placebos, and Regenerative Farming All Have in Common In the late 1970s, a team of scientists conducting a study on heart disease in rabbits made a startling discovery. They fed all the rabbits a high-fat diet to induce arterial plaque, expecting uniform […]
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By: Chuck Schembre Historically, we have been greatly miseducated about plant nutrition by universities and fertilize sales companies. When it comes to understanding how and why balanced plant nutrition leads to optimizing disease and pest resistance, we can give big thanks to experts such as John Kempf and Dr. Kristine Jones, just to name a […]
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Regeneration Generation by: Rodney SaundersI started working with Eddie Hale from Eagleville, Missouri two years ago when he was 77 years old. When I went to his farm, he told me he didn’t have any earthworms in any of his fields. “You can dig anywhere on the farm and won’t find earthworms,” he told me. At […]
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By: Kyle Richardville, Understanding Ag, LLC About the “Understanding” series Agriculture isn’t rocket science. It’s much more complex than that. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Companies make a fortune off many farmers and ranchers on such […]
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By: Allen Williams, Ph.D. REPUBLIC, Mo. – “Research is like meatloaf,” a wise man once opined. “Before you consume it, you need to know what’s in it and who cooked it.” Those words came cascading through my mind as I read a recent research paper in the scientific journal PNAS titled “U.S. grass-fed beef is […]
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By: Allen Williams, pH.D., Understanding Ag, LLC Green Revolution The Green Revolution started in the 1940s following the end of World War II and expanded rapidly over the next three decades. It has been hailed as the savior of agriculture and has been credited with our ability to “feed the world.” The major achievements of […]
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By: Allen Williams Ph.D., Understanding Ag, LLC The 2025 grazing season is fast approaching, and it is time to prepare ourselves for a successful season. There are a number of key factors we need to consider. Let’s get started. Strategic Rules of Disruption: Incorporate strategic Rules of Disruption into the grazing strategy. Key disruptions play […]
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By: Kyle Richardville, Understanding Ag, LLC About the “Understanding” series Agriculture isn’t rocket science. It’s much more complex than that. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Companies make a fortune off many farmers and ranchers on such […]
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By: Brian Dougherty Understanding Ag, LLC I recently attended a Ranching for Profit (RFP) school where one of the instructors asked a very simple but thought-provoking question: “Do you control your business, or does your business control you?” In other words, do you accept whatever happens and hope for a better outcome next year, or […]
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By: Kyle Richardville, Understanding Ag, LLC About the “Understanding” series Agriculture isn’t rocket science. It’s much more complex than that. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Companies make a fortune off many farmers and ranchers on such […]
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