Green Gold calling out for Manitoba alfalfa growers

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) is once again on the hunt for producers to fill out its roster for this year’s Green Gold program. The association is looking for producers willing to tap their fields for regular hay samples, which will then feed into the alfalfa quality monitoring program. Why it matters: Alfalfa growers, particularly those[...]

Green Gold canvassing for 2020 alfalfa fields

The call is out for producers willing to feed data into this year’s Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Green Gold program. The annual program, which monitors alfalfa quality through May and June, publishes weekly reports on alfalfa crop progress leading up to the first hay cut and is entering its 25th year this season. Why[...]


MFGA puts out call for alfalfa fields

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) is putting out its annual call for alfalfa fields. The MFGA is once again looking for producers to submit field samples as part of its Green Gold program. The hay monitoring program provides weekly regional data on alfalfa height, feed value and protein leading up to the first[...]

Fields wanted for MFGA Green Gold Program

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association is filling out the roster for this year’s Green Gold Program, and it’s looking for producers to add. The program has become a standing tool for producers trying to get the optimal value from their hay cut. Participating producers submit samples from their fields throughout the season every year,[...]


DUC forage program brings in the green

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has gained some big corporate names backing its Forage Program. In late March, Cargill and McDonald’s Canada, along with DUC, announced $5 million to transition a target 125,000 acres of less productive farmland from annual crops to forage or pasture by 2025. The companies have said they will provide $1.25 million[...]

The good news, bad news scenario on hay

For the first time in a long time, there’s hay in the field and lots of it. The problem has been getting to it. Tyler Fulton, president of Manitoba Beef Producers, says yields are some of the best he’s seen, but moisture has been a serious issue for putting up dry hay. “We’re struggling,” he[...]


Hope for hay, despite late spring

It’s been one of the latest starts on record for forage, but 2022 still has the potential to be the province’s first decent hay year since 2017. John McGregor, extension support with the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA), says the first alfalfa clippings of the year are now in for analysis. “It is slow[...]

Cream of alfalfa crop to come up short

Growers targeting high quality alfalfa are typically rolling by mid-June, but this year’s dairy quality hay might involve a lot of driving for little yield. David Wiens, chair of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, said he expects stand quality to be high, but that yield will likely to fall shy of normal. Alfalfa crops, “look[...]



Manitoba's hay market up in the air

Those watching the hay market are holding their breath, and keeping a close eye on the long-range forecast, as the clock starts ticking on the province’s potential forage harvest. Manitoba’s bone-dry start has had both forage experts and producers concerned the province may be in for another season like 2019 — when low yields and[...]