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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant breeder Dr. Yousef Papadopoulos holding a sample of AAC Trueman alfalfa to show its branching root and unique rhizomatous growth habit systems.

New branch-rooted alfalfa cultivar hits the market

AAC Trueman is more resilient in extreme weather and can withstand extended periods of dryness, wetness or flooding

By Trudy Kelly Forsythe October 22, 2019

It’s been 30 years in the making, but a new branch-rooted alfalfa cultivar that is tolerant to both drought and excessive moisture is now available in Canada. It’s an important advancement given the increased occurrence of extreme weather events including heavy rains, flooding and drought. The licensing right for this new variety was awarded in […] Read more

Standing corn west of Giroux, Man. on Oct. 21, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Corn, Crops, Forages

Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — An early snowstorm may have been the last straw for Manitoba livestock producers looking to put up feed ahead of winter. While the foot or more of heavy snow that blanketed much of the province over the Thanksgiving weekend has melted, saturated fields continue to limit corn silage harvests and hay cutting. “Feed […] Read more

Sweet clover is high in coumarin, which converts to dicoumarol – a potent vitamin K antagonist and anticoagulant– if the plant is spoiled or damaged.

Livestock, Vet advice

Vet Advice: Avoiding sweet clover poisoning

A variety of bacteria and moulds can grow in sweet clover once baled or put up as silage

By Dr. Ron Clarke October 16, 2019

Preparing forages and getting them stored in perfect condition seldom happens. Spoilage is often linked to the production of moulds and a broad spectrum of mycotoxins in grains. Syndromes in domestic livestock following consumption of feed containing mycotoxins varies depending on the species of animal involved, the stage of the production cycle when it is […] Read more

Fostering business relationships with grain farmers can give cattle producers access to residue and salvage crops.

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Strategies for wintering your cattle herd

This fall, focus on nutrients instead of feeds. Feeds are just a means of delivering nutrients

By Duane McCartney October 15, 2019

With all the variable weather we had this year across Canada and the short winter feed supplies in some areas, producers need to solve the economic challenge of balancing the herd’s winter feed or nutrient supply when feed is short. “The problem with drought for Canadian beef producers often boils down to two options: buy […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Limited harvest progress weighs on feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen October 15, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were down $2 to as much as $8 in some cases. A fortuitous bounce in the barley market resulted in a softer tone for replacement cattle. It appears that the Canadian barley crop will be smaller than earlier anticipated and some of the crop will likely […] Read more

General, Weather

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s Red River Valley is very wet heading into the winter freeze, but it’s still too early to say if the saturated soils will lead to flooding in the spring, according to provincial forecasters. The Manitoba government on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of opening the Red River Floodway, marking the first time […] Read more

Forages

CFGA calls for less plane talk and more Plains talk

CFGA's carbon offset protocol development underway for Canada's northern Great Plains

By GFM Staff October 9, 2019

The dialogue around Canada’s national election has recently focused on campaign plane usage and carbon offsets. But the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is calling on candidates to focus more on Canada’s northern Great Plains, which are home to some of the most periled and threatened ecosystems in the world, the association notes in a […] Read more

The attendees at this Atlantic forage field day took in research updates and extension information at the AAFC Nappan Research Farm in Nova Scotia.

Forages, News, News Roundup

Record turnout at forage field day in Nova Scotia

Forage: News Roundup from the September 30, 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Amy Higgens, Tanya Dykens October 7, 2019

Agriculture and Agriculture Canada (AAFC) and Maritime Beef Council co-hosted an Atlantic forage field day this summer at the AAFC Nappan Research Farm, located near Amherst, Nova Scotia. This was the third year that the event was co-hosted, and it proved to be the biggest turnout yet with 120 farmers, agriculture advisors, academics and government […] Read more

General, Markets

Liberals pledge revamp of federal farm lender

By GFM Staff October 7, 2019

The federal Liberals’ platform heading into the Oct. 21 election calls for an “expanded and enhanced” role for Farm Credit Canada in supporting the country’s agriculture and agrifood sectors. Platform documents released Sunday last week (Sept. 29) call for the merger of several existing federal financial and advisory services — which the Liberals said are […] Read more

Unharvested canola under snow in October 2016. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Forages

Feed Watch: Sept. 30, 2019

By GFM Staff September 30, 2019

Snow — every farmer’s least-favourite four-letter word — hammered southern Saskatchewan and Alberta Sunday night and Monday, shutting down harvest, at least for now. That’s bad news for crop producers because farmers across the Prairies are already behind multi-year averages for harvest progress. Alberta The latest crop report notes that farmers are 12 per cent […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide on human screwworm case report

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide on human screwworm case report

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

New branch-rooted alfalfa cultivar hits the market

Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

Vet Advice: Avoiding sweet clover poisoning

Strategies for wintering your cattle herd

Klassen: Limited harvest progress weighs on feeder cattle

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

CFGA calls for less plane talk and more Plains talk

Record turnout at forage field day in Nova Scotia

Liberals pledge revamp of federal farm lender

Feed Watch: Sept. 30, 2019

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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