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There’s cash in that grass

By Daniel Winters March 1, 2013

With shrinking inventories pushing prices skyward, forage seed contractors say crops such as perennial ryegrass are a lucrative alternative for farmers wishing to diversify their rotation. “Potentially, it’s the most profitable crop out there,” said Harley Bell, Winnipeg-based product marketing manager with Brett Young. This year’s contract prices are the highest they’ve ever offered amid

Forages, Livestock, News

New sainfoin cultivar promises bloat-free alfalfa pasture grazing

March 1, 2013

Scientists have developed a new variety of sainfoin that offers bloat-free grazing for cattle when paired with alfalfa in a mixed stand. Development of the new cultivar, tested as LRC 3902, was led by Dr. Surya Acharya of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Lethbridge. Acharya announced the variety and its proposed name of Mountainview

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Robins eager to embark on Nuffield-funded world tour

By Daniel Winters January 4, 2013

With a $15,000 Nuffield scholarship in hand, Clayton Robins is getting ready to pack his bags for a trip of a lifetime. The fourth-generation rancher from Rivers and former Agriculture Canada research technician will take a temporary hiatus from his current job as executive director of 4-H Manitoba this summer to learn more about how

Forages, Livestock

New Ranchers’ Forum targets wider audience

By Daniel Winters October 10, 2012

It’s time to move beyond just moving cattle, say organizers. The Manitoba Forage Council’s annual Grazing School, an event that in years past showcased the latest advances in pasture and forage production, has been renamed Ranchers’ Forum to reflect a new focus aimed at incorporating more aspects of livestock production. “Basically, we’re looking at a

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News, Oilseeds, Other livestock, Pulses

Yellow-flowered legume turning heads and attracting interest in Manitoba

By Shannon VanRaes July 21, 2012

Birdsfoot trefoil is a challenge to grow and harvest, but the perennial can prevent bloating in grazers

From a distance it might just seem like another field of yellow canola, but get up close and you will see something that looks quite different. Birdsfoot trefoil, although not widely grown for seed in Manitoba, is a yellow-flowered legume offering benefits to pasture-grazed animals. A new field of the picturesque seed crop was one

Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Green Gold early-warning system advises on first-cut alfalfa timing

May 31, 2012

The Manitoba Forage Council’s Green Gold program, which provides a forecasting service for optimizing harvest times for first-cut alfalfa, will be keeping a close eye on the progress of this year’s crop, just as it has for the past 17 years. John McGregor, who gathers and tests alfalfa samples each spring under the program for

Crops, Forages, News

Organic forage seed a hot market

By Daniel Winters May 4, 2012

The market for organic forage seed is currently undersupplied and offers large and growing demand over the next few years. It’s such a good business, said Laura Telford, a MAFRI organic specialist, that even people who hate organic can’t resist its allure. In preparation for her presentation on marketing opportunities at the Portage Food Development

Crops, Forages, News

Hay is here, markets are there

By Daniel Winters, Lorraine Stevenson April 16, 2012

The hay is here, it’s moving it that’s the problem. The Tyrchniewicz report found that the Manitoba and Saskatchewan forage industry has sufficient quality and quantities of forage for export markets, the spotty availability of up-to-date market intelligence and a lack of compressing, pelleting and cubing facilities hinders the export trade. Portage la Prairie and

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

Ranchers not fooled by rainy cycle

By Lorraine Stevenson January 13, 2012

One Interlake farm family is developing a rubber management strategy — one that bounces back in wet times or dry — for dealing with weather extremes. Don Green even joked about the new “Interlake cowboy boot,” made of rubber of course, as he shared his approach to dealing with the wet cycle of the past

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Graze Alfalfa Safely With New Sainfoin Lines

By Helen Mcmenamin September 15, 2011

The high gains from alfalfa come with the risk of bloat but new lines of sainfoin look set to change that. Sainfoin is a little-used pasture legume with high levels of condensed tannins that bind to proteins and protect them from breakdown in the rumen, preventing bloat and possibly allowing for better use of protein.

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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