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Bee stewardship award open for nominations
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Bee stewardship award open for nominations

Pollinator protection measures on Canadian farms and ranches are to be recognized with a conservation award

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Are you or someone you know taking steps to protect pollinators on a farm or ranch in Canada? Then you should consider applying for the 2016 Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award, a program that’s a joint undertaking of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Pollinator Partnership (P2), and Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA). Individuals
Cattle play role in bird habitat
Livestock

Cattle play role in bird habitat

Bird populations have declined on the Canadian Prairies as grassland areas have shrunk rapidly

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As a rancher, Kristine Tapley’s passions are split between the large ruminants she raises and the land that sustains them — sort of. “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m less interested in the cattle and more interested in using cattle as a tool to protect and maintain grasslands, because I think there are so
“Research in the dairy industry shows that cows eat more forage that is higher in sugar content. Researchers are also seeing a corresponding increase in milk production, up to eight per cent,” said Bill Houston, senior range and forage biologist with AAFC.
Crops, Forages

Industry updated on research efforts in forage and grassland sector

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada presented the details of its forage research project that began last October

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Awareness of the role forage plays in a healthy agricultural sector has grown over the past six years since the formation of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA), speakers told the group’s annual meeting here. “Just as recent as two years ago the dairy industry had no interest in investing in the research and
Doug Wray is among several Alberta cattle producers experimenting with adding a variety of forages to feed his cattle. The mix adds important nutrients to the cattle’s diet, but also increases the diversity on the land.
Forages, Opinion

Editorial: Increasing your farming options

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Even in June, you could feel a drought in the making as we tramped across the bone-dry paddocks of Doug Wray’s ranch north of Calgary. Far from the lush, succulent feel of the pastures here in Manitoba, the grasses there rustled and crunched underfoot. Conditions haven’t improved — in fact, the situation out west has
Fairview, Alta. seed grower and Forage Seed Canada president Heather Kerschbaumer, says the association is seeking allies in its efforts to keep Roundup Ready alfalfa out of Canada.
Forages, National news

Forage Seed Canada seeks allies to keep Roundup Ready alfalfa out

Forage seed growers fear they and hay exporters will lose valuable markets because of GM contamination


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Heather Kerschbaumer just lost another forage seed sale because of GM contamination, reinforcing her opposition to allowing Roundup Ready alfalfa production in Canada. The Fairview, Alta., seed grower and president of Forage Seed Canada says the association is seeking allies to help block Roundup Ready alfalfa from commercial Canadian production until certain conditions are met.
Forage Seed Canada president, Heather Kerschbaumer
Crops, Forages

Concerns about Roundup Ready alfalfa raised at national forage meeting

Many forage and forage seed importers have zero tolerance for GM crops, including alfalfa

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Asingle genetically modified (GM) canola seed cut the value of Heather Kerschbaumer’s timothy seed in half — costing her $20,000. That’s why the seed farmer from Fairview, Alta., fears the introduction of GM Roundup Ready alfalfa. “In my opinion I think it would be a devastating blow to the seed industry, especially for our Peace
man standing beside hay-baling machinery
Crops, Forages

VIDEO: Quebec haymakers use homemade dryer to improve hay quality

The Normandins also modified a small hay baler to convert big square bales into small ones

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David Normandin and his brother Mathieu preferred driving tractors to milking cows and that’s why they make hay and not milk. The brothers, along with their father Luc and Luc’s partner’s daughter, Audrey Mailloux, operate Norfoin Inc., 57 km southeast of Montreal in the Montérégie region of la belle province. The operation had been a
cow eating hay
Opinion

Editorial: Foraging for a national voice

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Just four years since its inception, the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is struggling after losing the support of the sector that arguably benefits the most from its activities. Eighty per cent of Canada’s beef production depends on forages as the main feed source. Of the $5.1 billion of economic activity forages contribute to the
bale making machine
Crops, Forages

CFGA makes the case for more publicly funded forage research

The association also has a plan for performance testing new varieties and restoring lost inoculants

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Cuts in federal government-funded forage research came easier than others because they generated fewer complaints, Ron Pidskalny told the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) annual meeting Nov 16. Pidskalny, who was the CFGA’s executive director until resigning Nov. 19, said that’s what a former high-level Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada official told him. Cutting a

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