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The practice comes with a learning curve, but can increase grazing options while boosting soil health
Most of the province’s hybrid rye goes to grain, but new projects hope to get a better handle on its potential for feed, forage and grazing
Livestock producers are getting their wish on how MASC anticipates corn silage yields, among other announcements
Ammoniating poor-quality feed is an old technique that producers may want to keep in their tool box
Determining the nutrient content of forages and other feeds through laboratory analysis is the best way to design a nutrition program that meets livestock requirements
After two years of running very lean, Manitoba’s feed supply is back from the brink
FORAGE Hay yields are up compared to last year, but many areas are still a long way from ‘good’
Manitoba is seeing its best hay year in two years, but given how dismal yields were in 2018 and 2019, that’s a low bar. Poor growing conditions both last year and the year before had pastures fall short of production, hay yields in areas dropping to half or less of normal and dugouts drying. Producers
A new online tool promises to tailor forage choices for a producer’s field conditions and planned use
Issues with the program prevented widespread adoption, but that could now change
The first hay fields are being cut and producers in the west are looking at some of their first good hay stands in several years, although the eastern part of the province is less cheery.
