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Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Focus on your yearlings this breeding season

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Calving is well underway across the country and many of you are turning your thoughts to activities associated with breeding, pasture turnout and spring seeding. Before your schedule gets too hectic, it is a good time to take stock of your nutrition program particularly as it relates to the breeding herd. In past issues, I […] Read more
Farmland south of Turtleford benefited from recent rain. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Hay, Pasture, Weather

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

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Farmers and ranchers in northwestern Saskatchewan received much-needed rain late last week and over the weekend. Tom Brown raises cattle and is a crop reporter for Saskatchewan Agriculture and the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Mervin. His farm at Turtleford, about 80 km east of Lloydminster, received 11 mm of rain on Thursday night, […] Read more
Crops, Forages, Weather

Warmth seen as welcome relief for Manitoba forages

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CNS Canada –– A recent wave of warm temperatures is just what’s needed to boost the development of forage crops in Manitoba, which have been slowed due to recent weather, according to two industry experts. “Just within the past week plants are starting to develop, we’re hoping that with the heat they’re forecasting, the crops […] Read more
cow eating alfalfa forage
Beef Cattle, Research

Will late-summer swath grazing maintain alfalfa?

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Background: Numerous studies have shown that maintaining 40 per cent alfalfa in a forage stand is the most economical way of improving soil fertility, forage yields and animal grazing performance. Unfortunately, alfalfa drops below the 40 per cent threshold level after several years of grazing. Alfalfa drops out of perennial pastures partly due to over-use […] Read more
woman standing in a canola field
Crops, Forages

When to fertilize your forage crop

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Fertilizing forages pays off in the long run and could be a game changer if the race gets called on account of weather. Like any crop, forages need a significant amount of nutrients during the growing season to replace the nutrients removed with the crop, says Charlotte Ward, a forage specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry […] Read more
cow eating hay
Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Don’t procrastinate in planning next winter’s feed supply

Comparing the relative feed value of different cattle feeding options

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As winter slowly gives way and your thoughts turn to calving and seeding, it is understandable that next winter’s feed supply may not be first and foremost on your mind. However, depending on the nature of your operation (hay versus silage versus extensive winter grazing) you may or may not have the luxury of time […] Read more
corn cob in a husk
Features, Research

What’s all the fuss about corn on the Prairies?

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What’s the potential for silage and grain corn in Western Canada? That’s the question federal researchers Vern Baron in Lacombe and Karen Beauchemin in Lethbridge are trying to answer with the financial backing of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Beef Cattle Research Council’s Beef Research Cluster. “It is estimated that there is a potential […] Read more
(Valmar.com)
Crops, Machinery

Salford to buy applicator maker Valmar

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Prairie manufacturing firm Valmar Airflo, known for its farm-, commercial- and research-grade granular applicator systems, is under new ownership. Valmar, set up in 1977 at Elie, Man. by farm mechanic, crop duster and inventor Charlie Balmer, has been sold to Ontario seeding and tillage equipment firm Salford Group for an undisclosed sum. Valmar will continue […] Read more

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