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U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

By Mark Weinraub June 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Drought conditions in the northern U.S. Plains that have propelled spring wheat prices to a three-year high worsened in the past week and there are forecasts for more hot and dry weather that could crimp the harvest. As the world struggles with a glut of grain that has filled inventories to […] Read more

The Batt-Latch can utilize solar power to release cattle onto new grazing without human intervention.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Pasture

On-farm grass solutions embrace the sun and energy efficiencies

A few small changes can really add up  to greater efficiency over time

By Duncan Morrison June 27, 2017

Many of Manitoba’s agricultural producers are embracing common-sense, energy-efficient, low carbon footprint mechanisms on everything from watering and fencing systems to forage crops. Some, like the Circle H Farms, openly rely on sunshine and the power that the sun provides on numerous fronts, including allowing cattle access to grazing. “Our solar-powered Batt-Latches allow us to […] Read more

Forages, News, News Roundup

GRI gets the green light for tame pastures

Forage: News Roundup from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 26, 2017

Putting numbers to three observations that form the Grazing Response Index (GRI) will give you a good idea as to whether your management practices will benefit, harm or have no effect on plant health in the long run. If the scores for grazing intensity, grazing frequency, and opportunity for regrowth during the growing season on […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Weather

Manitoba forages fight past winterkill, pest issues

By Dave Sims June 22, 2017

CNS Canada — The first hay cut is well underway in several parts of Manitoba as favourable weather conditions set the stage for what could be a decent forage season. “Generally speaking they’re (forages) all doing well,” said Pamela Iwanchysko, farm production extension specialist with the provincial government in Dauphin. “The rains were timely.” What […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Forages, Research

Making dollars out of sense

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen June 7, 2017

Aside from price insurance (in provinces where it is available), cow-calf producers can’t do much to control the price they receive for their calves, so managing input costs is often the biggest opportunity to improve profitability. The Western Beef Development Centre has found that annual production costs differ by at least $100 per cow between […] Read more

Forages, Vet advice

In search of fescue

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke June 5, 2017

No story about ranching would be complete without mention of two elements, generically unrelated yet closely coupled to ranching’s origin beginning in the late 1800s and its dominating role into the 21st century. Old texts and oral history serve as background. One component is an ancient grass that provided year-round nutrition for millions of bison […] Read more

Features, Livestock, Pasture

Overgrazing is a matter of timing

Grazing with Steve Kenyon

By Steve Kenyon May 29, 2017

Overgrazing. It is a very misunderstood term. Let me clear this up right at the start. It does not matter how many head of livestock. It does not matter how many acres. Everyone wants to know, “How big do I make my paddocks? How many animals should I have on my pasture?” Two ranchers can […] Read more

The Berseem variety Frosty is not inhibited by alfalfa making it a good choice to boost patchy stands.

Features, Forages, Pasture

Annual clovers to the rescue

By Debbie Furber May 9, 2017

Annual clover may be just the remedy if your pastures and hayland are looking a little under the weather this spring. Performance Seed, a newly established forage seed company at Lethbridge, Alta., is introducing two new low no-bloat annual clover varieties that show good potential as stand-alone crops or in blends for grazing, hay, silage […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Forages

All in on year-round grazing

By Heather Smith Thomas May 5, 2017

Stephen Hughes’ family has operated the Chinook Ranch near Longview, Alta., since the late 1940s. It consists of 5,000 acres, roughly half in Crown lands, and most of it in tall grass prairie to carry 500 cows year-round plus 500 yearlings in the summer. It was a traditional operation, raising hay to carry the cows […] Read more

Crops, Forages

Pickseed to buy forage seed firm Moore Seeds

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 2, 2017

The Canadian arm of one of the world’s top forage seed players plans to expand its space in the Peace region with a deal for forage and turfgrass seed dealer Moore Seeds. DLF Pickseed Canada announced April 21 it has a letter of intent in place to buy Moore — based at Debolt, Alta., about […] Read more

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U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

On-farm grass solutions embrace the sun and energy efficiencies

GRI gets the green light for tame pastures

Manitoba forages fight past winterkill, pest issues

Making dollars out of sense

In search of fescue

Overgrazing is a matter of timing

Annual clovers to the rescue

All in on year-round grazing

Pickseed to buy forage seed firm Moore Seeds

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