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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

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Cattle Evacuation Continues Around Lake Manitoba

By Ron Friesen May 26, 2011

Art Jonasson is a farmer by long distance this year, thanks to unprecedented spring flooding on Lake Manitoba. The Vogar-area farmer’s cattle are scattered across the province because of an emergency evacuation of livestock in the region ahead of water spreading inland from the swollen lake. He has no idea when they’ll be able to

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Introducing Your Horse To Spring Pasture

By Carol Shwetz May 19, 2011

DVM It is tempting to allow horses unlimited access to spring pastures as soon as the grass turns green, particularly after a long winter. But management practices which make this transition a slow and steady one are beneficial to both the horse and the pasture. In natural rangeland conditions, the new spring grasses are covered

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Crop Report – for May. 12, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture May 12, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no seeding has occurred in the Southwest Region. Some sandy, well-drained fields were planted. Most producers estimate a week to 10 days before starting seeding operations, depending on weather conditions. Several areas are reporting pasture acres under water which will impact grazing capability for the start of the season. NORTHWEST REGION

Livestock, News

Environment Threatens Human-Animal Relationship, Scientist Says

May 5, 2011

People may have to change the way they work with animals if they want the world to have a sustainable future, a recent conference at the University of Manitoba was told. The historical relationship between human beings and domesticated animals, which has lasted for ages, may now be too environmentally burdensome to cont inue, an

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

Pasture Days Insurance Enters Second Year

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Wet weather limited Dane Guignion’s ability to harvest hay last summer – and the time his cattle spent grazing on pasture. Guignion had crop insurance contracts for both hay production and days on pasture. He didn’t get paid for the first one. He did for the second. The reason? The hay was there but Guignion

Crops, Forages, Opinion

Make Hay When The Sun Shines — Or Not

By Laura Rance-Unger January 13, 2011

Why make hay? At first blush, the answer to the question U.S. grazing consultant put to producers attending the recent Manitoba Grazing School was so obvious a teenager could answer it. Well duh – we make hay to feed livestock through the winter (stupid.) Nobody really thinks about it, other than to manage the mechanics

Livestock

Leave More Grass, Make More Money

By Daniel Winters January 13, 2011

Graziers are quick to tear up pastures, plant the latest “wondergrass,” dump truckloads of fertilizer onto their paddocks or install irrigation in the name of boosting pasture productivity. But many overlook the one strategy they can implement to boost their productivity at little or no cost, says Jim Gerrish, an independent grazing lands consultant from

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

Daily Network News

Pulse Weekly: War, weather affecting Manitoba pulse prospects

JBS posts flat Q4 profit on record sales but lower U.S. beef margins

Brazil soybean planting outlook hinges on Middle East war, says Agroconsult

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