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Grass is a crop too
Just because forage is on marginal land doesn’t mean it should get marginal management, says a recent Beef Cattle Research Council study

Who will breed the next generation?
Forages aren’t only suffering from a shortage of research dollars, but a shortage of researchers to do the work if the money were available

Forage breeding faces funding challenges
Government has cut back, private companies are not keen on crops that don’t need to be reseeded every year, and you can’t check off sales to farmers’ own livestock

Tight numbers a concern for livestock marketers
Brown root rot lurking in alfalfa fields
Manitoba Interlake ranchers face desperate situation
Manitoba cattle price insurance in the works
Man. hog farmers pledge sow stall phase-out
Beef Export Federation teeters as merger vote ends in disarray
Manitoba’s KAP president quits unexpectedly
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