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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.

Forages, Livestock

Carrying Capacity Is Not Just About Numbers

By Angela Lovell July 21, 2011

Assessing the carrying capacity of your pasture is about more than just stocking rate. Calculating the carrying capacity of the land will help you stock to a level that maintains the health and productivity of both the land and the animals that feed on it. But how do you make that calculation? The 13 participants

Crops, Forages, Livestock

It’s Not Too Late To Seed Some Forages

By Angela Lovell July 21, 2011

Most farmers have parked the seeder by mid-July, but this year, thanks to abundant moisture and a program offered by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Viterra, there are a few more reasons to plant some late forages. The Forage Incentive Program offers conservation-minded farmers up to $30 an acre to seed any of a number

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Time For A Hay Day

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 16, 2011

Forage alfalfa across the province is ready to harvest, if farmers aren’t too busy fighting back the water. The Green Gold Reports dated June 6 from the eastern, central and western regions of the project show relative feed values have peaked and are on the decline. The Manitoba Forage Council’s Green Gold program (Alfalfa Scissor

Forages, Livestock

Forage Exports Through Churchill Studied

May 5, 2011

Anew study currently underway into exporting Manitoba forage crops through the Port of Churchill may find sales opportunities somewhat mixed. New overseas markets do exist for locally grown forages. And shipping through Hudson Bay is shorter and cheaper than via Vancouver or the St. Lawrence. But, as always, Churchill has limits as an ocean port

Forages, Livestock, News

New Forage Group Hopes To Raise Industry Profile

By Ron Friesen January 6, 2011

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Canada’s forage producers sometimes feel they get no respect. Despite having the biggest farming sector in the country, forage producers say others in the agri-food industry either take them for granted or largely ignore them. “We have the largest agricultural acreage but no voice,” lamented Ed Shaw, chair of the Canadian Forage

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Producers Urged To Test Nutritional Quality Of Forage

October 14, 2010

Feed testing will be especially important this year as the quality of weather-damaged or mature forage may not be adequate to meet the nutritional requirements of livestock. “With the amount of hay that has been cut late and is over-mature, or has been cut at the right time, turned twice, sat in the swath or

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Tag Archives Forage

Organic forage seed a hot market

Hay is here, markets are there

Ranchers not fooled by rainy cycle

Graze Alfalfa Safely With New Sainfoin Lines

Carrying Capacity Is Not Just About Numbers

It’s Not Too Late To Seed Some Forages

Time For A Hay Day

Forage Exports Through Churchill Studied

New Forage Group Hopes To Raise Industry Profile

Producers Urged To Test Nutritional Quality Of Forage

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