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Cold Weather Makes Cattle “Greener”

By Daniel Winters April 14, 2011

Cattle emit less methane in the winter than in summer, a recent study has discovered. And now that the results have been sent to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists will use it to develop a more accurate picture of the true contribution of ruminants to global warming. Previously, the IPCC had not taken

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Two Growers Needed To Try Something New

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Ever wonder what would happen if you just dumped a shotgun blast of legume, cereal and brassica seeds into the seeder and drilled it in? Two or more growers in the southwest and southeast corners of the province are needed to do just that, as MAFRI’s polycrop trial enters its second year. “The multicropping thing,

Forages, Hogs, Livestock

Deadline Extended

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2011

The deadline for the Canada-Manitoba Feed and Transportation Assistance Program (CM-FATAP) has been extended to March 31. The program helps livestock producers whose feed supplies were reduced due to excessive moisture last year with transportation costs to bring feed to their livestock or take the livestock to the feed. The program also provided money to

Forages, News

Crop Insurance Is The Farmer’s First Line Of Defence: Struthers

By Allan Dawson March 17, 2011

March 31 is the crop insurance sign-up deadline and with the possibility of another wet spring farmers are being urged not only to enrol, but to review their Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) options and consider forage insurance. “We need a dry spr ing because if we have a wet spring with five or six inches

Crops, Forages, News

Joint Ventures Easier Without Land Ownership

March 10, 2011

In addition to being good for your farm business, separating land ownership from your farming business also makes it easier to develop joint ventures with other farmers or businesses, says Merle Good, a farm business specialist with Alberta Agriculture. Good himself has been part of a joint venture with two fellow timothy producers in his

Forages, Livestock

Livestock And Floods Do Not Mix

By NDSU Release February 17, 2011

Livestock producers need a plan for moving their animals and hay to higher ground before flood waters start rising. “Make arrangements now in case cattle and other livestock need to be moved, or have a plan to utilize other facilities in case of flooding,” says Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State University extension service veterinarian. “Livestock

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Big White Dogs Keep Elk Away From Hay Bales

By Daniel Winters February 3, 2011

Ranchers stockpile hay to feed their livestock, not roving wild ruminants. Freeloading deer and elk can cart off large amounts of feed in their bellies, and leave behind bovine tuberculosis-infected snot, saliva and feces on the fodder. Tall fences keep them out of bale yards, but are expensive and won’t help with bale-grazing sites –

Crops, Forages, News

Get Insured, Urges Struthers

By Daniel Winters January 27, 2011

With another wet year looking likely, Manitoba’s agriculture minister is urging farmers and ranchers to sign up for the province’s enhanced suite of risk management programs. “I want to take this opportunity to encourage producers to look to AgriInsurance as the first and best line of defence against such risks as excess moisture,” said Agriculture,

Crops, Forages, Opinion

Make Hay When The Sun Shines — Or Not

By Laura Rance-Unger January 13, 2011

Why make hay? At first blush, the answer to the question U.S. grazing consultant put to producers attending the recent Manitoba Grazing School was so obvious a teenager could answer it. Well duh – we make hay to feed livestock through the winter (stupid.) Nobody really thinks about it, other than to manage the mechanics

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Gerrish: Making, Feeding Hay Makes No Sense

By Daniel Winters December 16, 2010

It’s almost always easier to save a dollar than it is to earn one. Earning generally requires sweat, toil, and tied-up capital, while saving is often simply a case of doing less. “Why are we in the hay business, when we’re really in the livestock business?” asked Jim Gerrish, an independent grazing lands consultant from

Daily Network News

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