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Ramping up phosphorus for alfalfa
Forages, Livestock

Ramping up phosphorus for alfalfa

Building soil phosphorus when fertilizer prices are lower may have big impacts for future profit, 
tour attendees heard Aug. 30 at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives Brookdale site

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Producers got a side-by-side comparison of different phosphorus treatments in alfalfa Aug. 30. The phosphorus ramp, presented during the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) Brookdale field tour, showcased consecutive strips of alfalfa grown with progressively more phosphorus. The ramp tracks crop impact in the three years following a one-time phosphorus application ranging from no
Don Guilford (MBFI management committee chair), Katherine Kingdon (Co-op corporate secretary), Ken Jenner (Heritage Co-op president), Lorne Zacharias (Heritage Co-op general manager), Robin Hamilton (Ducks Unlimited Canada agronomist), Ramona Blyth (MBFI president), Glenn Friesen (Manitoba Agriculture, MBFI management committee), Duncan Morrison (Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, MBFI management committee) and Brian Lemon (Manitoba Beef Producers general manager, MBFI management committee)
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MBFI Learning Centre site gets funding

Brookdale site is one of 27 projects supported across Western Canada 
by the Co-op Community Spaces program

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The Co-op Community Spaces program is putting $125,000 towards an educational centre at Brookdale that will serve as a site for both on-farm research and a place to learn about the role of agriculture in rural and urban communities. Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI)’s Learning Centre of Excellence will be located at the research
MBFI research co-ordinator Kristelle Harper stands in front of the herd at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives Johnson Research Farm.
Forages, Livestock

Putting spurge on the menu for research — and cattle

With an incoming learning centre and research ranging from rodent control to grazing systems and leafy spurge, 2017 looks to be busy for Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives

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Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) is ramping up for 2017. Preparations are underway for a long list of projects at the collaborative’s three test farms outside of Brandon. “Some of them are continuing projects from last year,” said MBFI president Ramona Blyth. “Research is never just done in one year, so there’s the carry-over

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