Livestock farming
Research
Links to studies supporting well-managed livestock farming: improving rangeland ecology & building soil carbon
As not all science can be trusted, I do not necessarily endorse each study presented here.
To help discern good science from bad, see the following:
- Where does nutrition misinformation come from?
- science+ (a collection of more than 60 articles discussing the problems with “science”, collated by Matt on đ)
Credit for sourcing many of the studies below goes to Soil4Climate Inc and their document Hope Below Our Feet.
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The use of sheep grazing to recreate species-rich grassland from abandoned arable land Loading... - Reassessing the role of grazing lands in carbon-balance estimations: Meta-analysis and review Loading...
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Ecosystem impacts and productive capacity of a multi-species pastured livestock system
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The role of ruminants in reducing agriculture's carbon footprint in North America
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Forages and pastures symposium: Cover crops in livestock production: Whole-system approach: Managing grazing to restore soil health and farm livelihoods
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Assessing the role of cattle in sustainable food systems
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Essential amino acids: master regulators of nutrition and environmental footprint?
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Sustainable livestock systems to improve human health, nutrition, and economic status
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Managing grazing animals to achieve nutrient cycling and soil improvement in no-till integrated systems
Loading... - Sustainability of holistic and conventional cattle ranching in the seasonally dry tropics of Chiapas, Mexico Loading...
- Impacts of holistic planned grazing with bison compared to continuous grazing with cattle in South Dakota shortgrass prairie Loading...
- Friend or foe? The role of animal-source foods in healthy and environmentally sustainable diets Loading...
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Meat matters - making the case for a valuable food in a hostile environment
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Ecosystem management using livestock: embracing diversity and respecting ecological principles
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Evaluating the impacts of alternative grazing management practices on soil carbon sequestration and soil health indicators
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Grazing facilitates litter-derived soil organic carbon formation in grasslands by fostering microbial involvement through microenvironment modification
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Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions
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Loss of grazing by large mammalian herbivores can destabilize the soil carbon pool
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Adaptive multi-paddock grazing managementâs influence on soil food web community structure for: increasing pasture forage production, soil organic carbon, and reducing soil respiration rates in southeastern USA ranches
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Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems
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Vegetation, water infiltration, and soil carbon response to Adaptive Multi-Paddock and Conventional grazing in Southeastern USA ranches
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Soil carbon stocks and nitrous oxide emissions of pasture systems in OrinoquĂa region of Colombia: Potential for developing land-based greenhouse gas removal projects
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Accelerating regenerative grazing to tackle farm, environmental, and societal challenges in the upper Midwest
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Adaptive multi-paddock grazing enhances soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and stabilization through mineral association in southeastern U.S. grazing lands
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Expanding grass-based agriculture on marginal land in the U.S. Great Plains: The role of management intensive grazing
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Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of regenerative ranching: insights from Australia and the United States
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Protection of permafrost soils from thawing by increasing herbivore density
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A half century of holistic management: what does the evidence reveal?
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Soil greenhouse gas emissions as impacted by soil moisture and temperature under continuous and holistic planned grazing in native tallgrass prairie
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Simulating the influence of integrated crop-livestock systems on water yield at watershed scale
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The effect of Holistic Planned Grazingâą on African rangelands: a case study from Zimbabwe
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Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures
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Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California
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Evaluating the ranch and watershed scale impacts of using traditional and adaptive multi-paddock grazing on runoff, sediment and nutrient losses in North Texas, USA
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Potential mitigation of midwest grass-finished beef production emissions with soil carbon sequestration in the United States of America
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Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter
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GHG mitigation potential of different grazing strategies in the United States Southern Great Plains
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Global cooling by grassland soils of the geological past and near future
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Effect of grazing on soil-water content in semiarid rangelands of southeast Idaho
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Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie
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Conservation practices to mitigate and adapt to climate change
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