Have we passed ‘peak sheep’?
#Sheep #Agriculture #Farming #UK #BritishCountryside #Livestock #SheepFarming #FoodProduction #Farming #RuralEconomy #FarmLife #LandManagement #Biodiversity #WoolIndustry #NaturalFibres #RuralCommunities #FoodSystems #Grazing
https://the-14.com/have-we-passed-peak-sheep/

#FotoVorschlag: Weidetiere // #Grazing animals

Irgendwo in England, zwischen Garston und St Albans
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Somewhere in the British #countryside, between Garston und St Albans


#horses #Pferd #Pferde #horse #horsesOfMastodon #horsetodon #Pferdeliebe #BritishCountryside #landscape #landscapePhotography #Herfordshire

I turned down a dead-end road and found this gray munching away in a field. 'Weidetiere' ('Grazing Animals') #FotoVorschlag 📷 Pentax K-50 🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C #photography #Art #Animals #Horse #Rural #Farm #Grazing #Field #Nature #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #ChineseNewYear #Pentax #P452

New publication: Contrasting responses of particulate and mineral-associated organic #carbon stocks to #grazing exclusion in an #alpine meadow.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110227

An #Oregon #cattle #ranch just added #solar without losing #grazing land
The one‑acre, 120‑kilowatt array is the first real‑world installation of #RUTE’s patented, cable‑stayed solar tracker designed specifically to coexist with grazing cattle. RUTE supplies the hardware and is also acting as the developer for its first regional cattle‑plus‑solar demonstrations.
https://electrek.co/2025/12/19/an-oregon-cattle-ranch-just-added-solar-without-losing-grazing-land/

Africa: Grazing and Digging Put Some Herbivores At Greater Risk From Toxic Elements in Soil - New Research: [The Conversation Africa] If you've watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland or a warthog shuffling around on its knees in South Africa's Kalahari desert, you know what they eat: leaves, grass, shoots and roots. With every mouthful, they swallow something less… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQmSbB #Africa #Wildlife #Herbivores #Grazing #SoilHealth

Yesterday we gathered sheep in from our common grazings. This land is grazed communally, a unique feature of crofting in Scotland, and at various times of year we work together to gather in our animals. The land is heather covered in parts, seen in the foreground here. You can see in the distance the distinct lines of the historic feannagan, a traditional method of creating raised planting beds, which would have been planted with potatoes and corn.

#heather #feannag #feannagan #commongrazing #grazing #communal #agriculture #isleoflewis #scotland #crofting