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  • Carrying Capacity

    Ulf Kintzel 

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    How many sheep can you raise per acre? The question about how many sheep per acre one can raise is almost guaranteed to be asked when people inquire about my White Dorper breeding stock, especially when they are beginners. It also is the question that is the hardest to answer because it depends on so…

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  • African rice farmers test traditions against NY climate

    Krishna Ramanujan

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    In 2013, Nfamara Badjie and his wife, Dawn Hoyte, bought a 6-acre farm in Ulster Park, New York, in the Hudson Valley. They soon realized the fields were muddy – almost wetlands – but Badjie didn’t mind.  “I said, ‘That’s the one I’m looking for, the wetland is good for the rice,’” Badjie said, flashing an easy smile. “Dawn said, ‘No, you can’t…

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