How do you transform land overgrown with invasive shrubs and weeds into a shade-dappled pasture perfect for managed grazing? Find out how Butler Grassfed Beef in Spring Green, Wis., created a silvopasture for its cows in a move that benefits farmers, water quality, our climate and our animals.

🌳 Silvopasture is the practice of integrating trees & forage plants into livestock pastures. Keeping the farmland covered with perennial plants and trees holds carbon in the soil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It also minimizes soil erosion and nutrient runoff, keeping nearby waterways healthier.💧 (Photos courtesy: Butler Grassfed Beef)

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➡️ Wisconsin’s agricultural sector saw a 21% increase in climate emissions between 2005-2018.
➡️ Between 1995-2020, Wisconsin farmers received $10.1 BILLION in subsidies.
➡️ Only 11% of subsidies went to support conservation programs.
➡️ Tens of thousands of drinking water wells in rural Wisconsin are polluted with unsafe levels of nitrates, 90% from agricultural sources.

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What we need in the next Farm Bill:
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Taste the Change: Kernza, the World's First Perennial Grain Crop
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Benefits of Silvopasture
2:20 Steps to Transform the Land
3:38 Challenges with Water
4:00 Importance of Stabilizing the Banks
5:07 Importance of Sampling the Water
5:36 The Key to a Good Silvopsture

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