USDA Weighs In: Grazing Good for Soil & Environment
Bring on the cattle! says a new study conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). For twelve years, soil scientists at the Agricultural Research Service branch of the USDA have been studying the impact that grazing animals have on the land. Compared with grassland that has been undisturbed, areas that have been moderately grazed have more carbon stored in the soil. Stored carbon increases the fertility of the soil and slows global warming.
Summary of the study: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/mar11/soil0311.htm
Published in Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2010. Volume 74, pages 2131-2141.
Published in Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2010. Volume 74, pages 2131-2141.
That's a quite comprehensive study about the stored carbon increasing the fertility of the soil. What's so amazing is that it slows global warming. As an environmental services advocate, I hope the government would work hand in hand to support this study and eventually create a project out of this.
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