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Are you growing 'green gold' this year? Manitoba Forage Growers Associations want to hear from you.
Forages, News

MFGA puts out call for alfalfa fields

Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association's Green Gold program once again looking to fill its roster

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The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) is putting out its annual call for alfalfa fields. The MFGA is once again looking for producers to submit field samples as part of its Green Gold program. The hay monitoring program provides weekly regional data on alfalfa height, feed value and protein leading up to the first
Aquanty draws from real-time models in 15 sub-watershed districts in the Assiniboine River Basin.
News, Other

MFGA to develop water forecasting tool

Real-time forecasts for water flows, groundwater and soil moisture are on the way

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Producers in the Assiniboine River Basin will be able to check the finer details of water flow for their farms, much as they might check the weather, in the not-so-distant future. The federal government has slated $1.1 million for the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) to develop a virtual forecasting tool for producers to
The Green Gold forage monitoring program is seeking producer participants for its annual hay day quest.
Forages, News

Green Gold calling out for Manitoba alfalfa growers

The yearly hay quality monitoring program is ramping up again for 2021, and organizers are calling out for grower participation

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The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) is once again on the hunt for producers to fill out its roster for this year’s Green Gold program. The association is looking for producers willing to tap their fields for regular hay samples, which will then feed into the alfalfa quality monitoring program. Why it matters: Alfalfa growers, particularly those
Regenerative ag takes off online
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Regenerative ag takes off online

The MFGA says it has been happy with numbers after the pandemic forced its normal November conference online

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The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) says it has gained traction after taking its November regenerative agriculture conference online. Earlier this year, the MFGA announced it would shift its multi-day conference in Brandon to four weekly online sessions in November. Duncan Morrison, MFGA executive director, says over 700 participants have registered. “I think we got different people registering
An Oct. 1 workshop at Bruce Sneesby’s farm near Westbourne, Man., takes attendees through forage ammoniation step by step.
Forages, Livestock

This is your father’s forage treatment

Ammoniating poor-quality feed is an old technique that producers may want to keep in their tool box

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Manitoba’s provincial hay and livestock experts want producers to consider winding back the clock if they have to make the best of poor feed. For many livestock producers, ammoniating forage is something that fell out of vogue decades ago. But now some of those experts want to bring it back to the table, with producers
There are still localized feed shortages in pockets of the province but timely rains later in the summer seem to have taken the edge off of feed shortages that have dogged cattle producers the past two seasons.
Livestock, News

Hay prices run ahead of demand

After two years of running very lean, Manitoba’s feed supply is back from the brink

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Forage sellers may be aiming too high amid a softening hay market, according to a recent Hay Relief report from the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA). “The producers that I’ve talked to who are looking at selling and/or buying hay are kind of finding that there’s not a lot of people buying hay right
Pasture and forage projects get conservation funding nod
Livestock, News

Pasture and forage projects get conservation funding nod

Pasture and forage projects were highlighted in the first round of Conservation Trust funding announcements for 2020

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Manitoba’s forage and pasture organizations will account for major chunks of the first round of 2020 Conservation Trust funding announcements. Why it matters: One project from the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures and three from the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association make up over $480,000 of the $1.8 million in Conservation Trust funding announced last week. The Association of Manitoba

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