More scattered showers across Manitoba helped crops advance in their development during the week ended July 13, 2025.
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Forage association presents 2023 Leadership Award
The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) presented its Leadership Award at its 14th Annual Conference on Nov. 29, in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, to Dr. Dan Undersander of Wisconsin – the first non-Canadian to win this award. As well as being the keynote speaker at the conference, Undersander has worked as a forage[...]
Annual forages best in dry years
When you think of forages, you often think of perennials like alfalfa, clover or timothy, which are there for the long haul and perfect for baling or silage. While they have many strengths, one weakness became evident last year. They don’t do well when it’s really hot and dry. [READ MORE] Nitrate risk comes from[...]
Teff a promising forage in dry year
James Frey of the Parkland Crop Diversity Foundation stands in a plot of teff grass, an African annual that’s new to the province and to the Parklands. In a small plot trial, it shows promise as a warm-season forage. “It originally comes from northeastern Africa, sort of in the Ethiopian area, where it is grown[...]
Pitching forage as a cash crop
Grain farmers can harvest a heap of benefits by cycling perennial forages through their crop rotations, says an agronomist with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. Ken Wall said the economics of growing forage as a cash crop have changed significantly in recent years due to market conditions and a sharp increase in the price of fuel. Hay[...]
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[...]
Optimum cutting dates for alfalfa
Western On the fields that received heavy amounts of rain, the bottom leaves are starting to rot and become yellow. The RFV gained 18 points over 48 hours. The optimum cutting date is June 20. The MFGA thanks Jeremy Dueck, Jacques Saquet, Luke Muir, Gerry Gourley, Keith DeVries, and Jean Borne for this year’s contributions.[...]
RFV values in alfalfa see dramatic drop
Western The outcome of the fields are increasing in yield and height in the majority of the regions. The RFV lost 59 points over 5 days. The optimum cutting date is June 20. (click here to read the full Green Gold Report for Western Manitoba; opens as PDF) Central The RFV has dropped 56 points[...]
Alfalfa buds develop, increase in growth with recent heat
[UPDATED: June 15, 2022, due to additional results received for Central and Western regions] Western Areas of the western section have developed early buds with the recent heat. Wind damage has occurred on some of the plant leaves. The RFV gained 4 points in 48 hours. (click here to read the full Green Gold Report for[...]
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[...]
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