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A field tour at the Gemstone Cattle Company gave attendees, many of them long-time practitioners of progressive grazing methods, a chance to get hands-on in examining soil health of this irrigated and rotationally grazed pasture.
Crops

COVER CROPS: Give ’em a shot and have some fun, says soil health expert

The short season here is a challenge, but there are ways to profit from this much-discussed practice

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Glacier FarmMedia – Cover crops aren’t a magic bullet but they’re worth a try. That was the message an American expert delivered to a group of Canadian producers who considered whether the much-hyped soil health practice can work during the short growing season. “Cover crops don’t solve everything,” said soil scientist Abbey Wick. “It’s not
FaRM program cover crop group facilitators Karen Klassen and Scott Beaton during a tour of Klassen’s farm on July 11.
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Cover crop learning program seeks to provide community

Manitoba Association of Watersheds rolls out federal funds for cover crops

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A new cover crop mentorship program will provide the location-specific support that books and Google can’t, says one farmer. “It was just another avenue to get in more knowledge and to be able to work with peers to see what’s worked and not worked for them for our specific geography,” said Kim Wilton, who farms
While there’s much evidence of the benefits of cover crops, they’re not that common in Manitoba.
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Cover crop training, peer group to begin this summer

Groups offer free courses on cover crops and other techniques

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A cover crop training and peer-learning program will kick off with two farm tours this July. It’s one of three free courses through the Farm Resilience Mentorship program (FaRM) hosted in Manitoba by the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) and the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA). The course is for both conventional and organic farmers.
Producers at a 2019 field tour take a look into the soil under cover crops.
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Eroded topsoil points to need for better ‘armour’

Programs supporting cover crops have spread in popularity, and organizers say they’ve found plenty of interest from farmers, despite learning still being done

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Regenerative agriculturalists have a visually evocative word for ground cover: soil armour. It means crop residue or living plants that hold the soil together and protect it from erosion. The soil could’ve used some armour this spring, according to one first-hand account. “I’ve never seen so much displaced soil,” said Elie-area farmer Justin Girard, referencing
Screengrab from a DSV promotional video. (DSV-seeds.com)
Crops, Forages

German seed company buys Prairie forage seed firm

DSV to take up full control of Northstar Seed

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A Prairie company producing and selling forage, turf and grass seed for international and domestic markets is set to be an early foothold for a German seed firm in North America. DSV (Deutsche Saatveredelung) announced last week it has reached a deal in early April to buy up all shares of Northstar Seed, which is
Think of soil aggregates like the frame of a house, giving that building its shape and strength.
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How to improve your soil architecture

Cover crops can help form better soil aggregates and soil structure

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A lot of architecture is about bearing weight and many of the buildings on your property do this with two basic shapes. The triangle, that you see in your rafters, or the arch, as in the double 2×4 header over your garage door, are important weight distributors. They allow you to have large amounts of
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China to promote soy, corn intercropping

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China’s Agriculture Ministry will promote intercropping of soybeans with corn on more than one million hectares of land this year, seeking to boost output of the oilseed without reducing production of corn. China, the world’s top soybean importer, said late last year that increasing its output of the oilseed was a political priority, but it
Manitoba Grazing Exchange opens for business
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Manitoba Grazing Exchange opens for business

The site connects livestock owners and landowners looking to graze fields, cover crops

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A site to link landowners who have pastures or cover crop fields for grazing with livestock owners in search of pasture went live on January 27. The Manitoba Grazing Exchange was created through a partnership between the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) and the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association. The site allows livestock and crop producers
Farmer Dave Gruenbaum plants corn as he terminates off-season cover crops with a roller near Plain City, Ohio, May 2021.
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Farming for the climate

U.S. growers embrace cover crops while eyeing low-carbon future

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Reuters – Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will be killed off with a weed killer next spring before McCormick plants soybeans in the same dirt. The barley and radishes will not
Manitoba farmer Ryan Boyd says the key challenge is both sides carving out enough value to find a win-win situation.
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Let’s make a deal. How crops and livestock producers can work together for their mutual benefit

Livestock and grain producers can work together for better results, but there are plenty of details to work out

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Blake Vince adopted a “Field of Dreams” philosophy when he decided to custom graze his cover crops this year — if he builds it, someone will come — so he started fencing and laying out a watering system. Vince’s farm in southwestern Ontario is a rare breed: a grain operation courting livestock integration. As a

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