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A grazing plan that matches animal numbers to predicted forage yields should be made before turn out.

Making the most of available forage

Start the grazing season with a plan and lower cost of production over time

By Beef Cattle Research Council June 27, 2023

Developing a grazing plan is an important first step to ensure effective grazing management on an operation, and it can help save a producer on cost of production in the long run. A grazing plan that matches animal numbers to predicted forage yields should be made before turn out. Several key steps should be included:

Livestock

Grazing mentors offer expert advice, path to on-farm funding

Mentorship program takes aim at rotational grazing knowledge gap

By Don Norman June 3, 2023

A new mentor program may prompt more farmers to add rotational grazing to their management plans. The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) has provided the Manitoba Association of Watersheds with access to roughly 15 grazing experts. Those experts are spread across the province and will be made available for one-on-one mentorships through the program.

Stephen Carlyle, CEO of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation, speaks to media on the banks of the Red River in East St. Paul during the funding announcement.

News

Grazing projects receive major funding

Rangeland projects scoop $1.2 million out of larger funding announcement

By Don Norman April 28, 2023

[UPDATED: May 1, 2023] Projects related to the Manitoba grazing sector were big winners in the latest round of funding from the province’s conservation trusts. Projects totalling $1.2 million, including $400,000 to the Manitoba Beef producers, will support various conservation efforts on the province’s rangelands. “We were very happy with this announcement,” said Carson Callum,

An adult lygus bug. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops

Matador, Voliam insecticides back in ‘limited’ release

Revised labels prohibit feeding, foraging of treated crops

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 24, 2023

Syngenta Canada no longer plans to keep its lambda-cyhalothrin insecticide products off the market in Western Canada this year — but it’s planning to have a smaller supply. The crop chem and seed company announced Friday it will have a “limited amount” of its lambda-cy-based products Matador 120EC and Voliam Xpress available in the West

File photo of a cow grazing near Leader, Sask., about 85 km south of Kindersley. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Weather

Saskatchewan holds Crown grazing rents at last year’s levels

Also, leaseholders on drought-downgraded land eligible for rate cut

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 26, 2023

Cattle producers leasing Crown land for grazing in Saskatchewan won’t see a rate hike this year and may be eligible for a significant rate cut. The provincial government announced Wednesday it has frozen the rates charged to producers who lease Crown grazing land in 2023 at their 2022 level. The freeze will apply to all

The Lake Ranch project marks the start of NCC’s grasslands campaign in Manitoba.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Nature Conservancy of Canada inks massive land deal

Grazing will remain an integral part of the 6,700 acre Lake Ranch project

By Don Norman November 29, 2022

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is launching a “once in a generation” project in the wake of a 6,700-acre private land donation. The property is northwest of Winnipeg in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, on the shores of East Shoal Lake. The NCC wants it to become an accessible conservation area that will engage local

“Cattle are selective grazers and will eat any grain first that is remaining in the field, followed by husk and leaf.” – Zac Carlson, NDSU Extension.

Forages, Livestock

Extend the grazing season with corn stalks

Technique requires proper considerations for nutrient content and stocking rate

By North Dakota State University November 22, 2022

Grazing corn stalks is one way farmers and ranchers can reduce the cost of wintering beef cows. However, “grazing corn stalks” is a bit misleading, as cattle shouldn’t be forced to graze the stalk of the corn plant, say North Dakota State University Extension specialists. “The components of the corn plant remaining post-harvest include the stalk, leaf, husk,

Steve Sager explains the drainage project on Les Felsch’s farm.

News

Living Labs links research with the farm

Connection with local producers key to project’s early success

By Don Norman October 11, 2022

An effort to track the environmental impact of various management practices in the ‘real world’ of agricultural Manitoba is bearing its first fruit. Living Labs – Eastern Prairies is an effort spearheaded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada over four watersheds in the province: Upper Oak River, Swan Lake, North Shannon Creek and Main Drain. The

Crops

VIDEO: When cover crops and cattle meet

Partnership with local cattle producer helps improve soil health

By Greg Berg August 23, 2022

In July, the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) held a cover crop farm tour at Faspa Farm near Manitou, Man. Here, Karen Klassen, farmer and executive director of the MOA, talks about the cover crops that were planted at Faspa Farm, how the cover crops planted in 2021 fared during drought, her partnership with a local

A section of pasture shows evidence of careful grazing around leafy spurge stems.

Livestock

Living with leafy spurge

Research projects look at how to manage, not eliminate, this pasture weed

By Alexis Stockford July 26, 2022

In terms of nightmare plants for pasture management, leafy spurge is a scary one. It’s an official noxious weed, invasive, deeply rooted, able to spread through both seed and creeping roots and almost impossible to eliminate. Its thick patches can wreak havoc on pasture productivity for most outdoor livestock species, goats and sheep being the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle make small gains, hogs fall

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch seven-week low on broad sell-off

Public consultations open on four international trade deals

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