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What’s best, grazing or haying, or both?

Depending on what you want from the land, and the level of production, you do have options

By Heather Smith Thomas July 3, 2018

Grazing a piece of ground rather than haying it can have some advantages. Even irrigated pasture can be more productive than the same ground used for haying, especially with rotational grazing and good management. Irrigated pasture has high production potential and ability to regrow rapidly, especially if water is put back on it right after […] Read more

Producers need to choose a grazing plan that best suits their operation.

News, News Roundup, Pasture

Set your grazing strategy early

Grazing: News Roundup from the June 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 15, 2018

Weather is unpredictable, so developing a grazing strategy for the rest of the season is an important tool. Beef, forage, and livestock specialists at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) recently offered some thoughts on the factors that producers should keep in mind when formulating a plan. “May and June are typically Alberta’s wetter months, so […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Machinery

Amid trade uncertainties, Linamar builds up ag unit

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm June 13, 2018

CNS Canada — When Linamar announced it was purchasing MacDon Industries at the end of last year, there was trade uncertainty for Canada. Since then, the issues have ballooned, but Linamar isn’t panicking. “We’re trying to look past (the trade uncertainty) a little bit because there’s a lot going on there and we don’t know […] Read more

Forages, News, News Roundup

To tackle a plant pathogen, get the ID right first

Forages: News Roundup from the May 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 31, 2018

With more advanced equipment and technology, experts like Dr. Sarah Hambleton from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) continue to refine our understanding of different plants and fungi. A recent case in point occurred when Hambleton, whose specialty is identifying fungi, and in particular rust, was sent a sample of contaminated switchgrass from Ontario to identify […] Read more

SODCAP provides an annual payment if the habitat targets for specific species are met.

Features, Livestock, Pasture

Ranchers rewarded for preserving species at risk on native range

Sask. producers find balance between beef production and nature

By Piper Whelan May 30, 2018

Beef producers in southwestern Saskatchewan are being rewarded for ensuring that species at risk have a home on native pastures. Tom Harrison is a rancher and executive director of the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program Inc. (SODCAP), an organization founded in 2014 to create and maintain habitat for species at risk on native […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Weather

Forage supplies starting to dip on dry Prairies

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm May 16, 2018

CNS Canada — Forage supplies are starting to dwindle across Western Canada following a long, cold, winter and rain is needed soon to make for a good forage crop this year. “People tended to kind of blend hay this year and they managed to get through. But the prolonged cold spring really I think put […] Read more

A well-known promoter of high-quality forages, Dan Undersander is retiring this summer.

Features, Forages

Dan Undersander’s thoughts on forages

Extension agronomist offers his tips on growing high-quality forages

By Duane McCartney May 7, 2018

Dan Undersander, a forage extension agronomist from the University of Wisconsin, is one of North America’s best known promoters of high-quality forages. I have known and worked with Undersander for many years and sometimes we would be on the same program. As he will be retiring this summer, I wanted to record some of his […] Read more

A file photo showing different seeding rates of Saltlander compared to plots containing foxtail barley

Features, Forages, News

Saline-tolerant AC Saltlander under the microscope

New research shows  forage's potential cost benefit  

By Piper Whelan May 4, 2018

It takes a good deal of time to develop a new forage variety and determine the best way to manage it but in the case of AC Saltlander green wheatgrass the timing couldn’t be better for Prairie producers growing anxious about future droughts. AC Saltlander is a perennial green wheatgrass with a high tolerance for […] Read more

Features, Forages

Good grazing means manage for what you want

Soil and grass health is vital to achieve sustainability in our cattle industry

By Dr. Ron Clarke May 2, 2018

For many, rangeland represents a tough, unresponsive “thing” that resists use and abuse with unlimited regeneration potential. Good cattlemen know that the actual restoration potential of rangeland and pasture is limited. Preservation and rejuvenation of rangeland must be carefully managed. Soil and grass health is an earmark for the cattle industry and a vital signal […] Read more

Christine Su began building her PastureMap software in 2014 and has added to its capabilities since then to the point where it now serves 8,000 ranches.

Features, Livestock, Pasture

PastureMap: a digital ranch hand

Grazing management software helps track pasture performance

By Heather Smith Thomas April 27, 2018

PastureMap is grazing management software sold around the world that got its start in no small measure because of Christine Su’s lifelong struggle with food allergies. “This drove me to try to source beef and dairy products from local farmers and ranchers that I knew, here in California. This opened my eyes to how complex […] Read more

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Forages

What’s best, grazing or haying, or both?

Set your grazing strategy early

Amid trade uncertainties, Linamar builds up ag unit

To tackle a plant pathogen, get the ID right first

Ranchers rewarded for preserving species at risk on native range

Forage supplies starting to dip on dry Prairies

Dan Undersander’s thoughts on forages

Saline-tolerant AC Saltlander under the microscope

Good grazing means manage for what you want

PastureMap: a digital ranch hand

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