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Standing corn west of Giroux, Man. on Oct. 21, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

MarketsFarm — An early snowstorm may have been the last straw for Manitoba livestock producers looking to put up feed ahead of winter. While the foot or more of heavy snow that blanketed much of the province over the Thanksgiving weekend has melted, saturated fields continue to limit corn silage harvests and hay cutting. “Feed

There’s plenty of material available after a grain corn harvest, but collecting it can be tough on machinery.

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Can cornfield leftovers help fill the gap on feed?

Corn stover harvest is normally an American pastime, but one Manitoba couple says the process can work here and might help fill feed supplies for anyone coming up short going into next winter

By Alexis Stockford July 20, 2018

Pasture conditions and a less-than-ideal first cut already have some producers weighing options on feed, but one Manitoba farmer says the answer might lie in the corn stover. Alfred Billingham, along with his wife, Judy, says they’ve filled in their feed supplies with baled corn stover for years, a practice more popular in the longer

Corn grazing gets a moment in the spotlight during a Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives extended grazing tour.

Beef cattle, Livestock

MBFI tackles the ins and outs of winter pasturing

From swath grazing to corn grazing, geothermal wells to motion sensor water pumps, farmers got a taste of their extended grazing options earlier this month

By Alexis Stockford December 29, 2017

Beef producers should all consider some type of extended grazing, even if it only adds a few weeks to the season. That’s according to Manitoba Agriculture livestock extension Shawn Cabak, one of the speakers at the latest producer-focused workshop from Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives near Brookdale. Attendees took home the pros and cons of

Dave Park, Sarnia-area farmer and president of the Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative stands in front of one of the bale accumulators that will be used by the co-op. Photo: John Greig

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Cellulosic sugar co-op looking for farmer investors

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 10, 2016

The Ontario-based Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative is now ready to sign up farmers to supply 55,000 acres of wheat straw and corn stover to a new plant the co-op will partly own in Sarnia, Ont. The co-op will be supplying the biomass to a proposed $70 million Comet Biorefining plant to be built in Sarnia.

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Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

Can cornfield leftovers help fill the gap on feed?

MBFI tackles the ins and outs of winter pasturing

Cellulosic sugar co-op looking for farmer investors

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