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Crops, Forages, Reuters

Women players drop legal battle over World Cup turf

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Reuters –– Players who had begun legal action over the use of artificial surfaces at this year’s Women’s World Cup have dropped their case, their lawyers said on Wednesday. A group of elite women’s players had sued FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), arguing that artificial turf surfaces for the tournament, which takes place […] Read more
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Crops, Forages, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

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Increased coverage for pedigreed soybeans is among the changes planned for Manitoba’s provincial crop insurance program for the 2015 growing season. Soybeans are expected to be the largest pedigreed seed crop in Manitoba this year, the province said in a release, and the increased coverage is expected to reflect the “additional cost” of producing the […] Read more
cattle grazing
Forages, Research

Canada’s beef industry supports forage research

Lack of private investment has left Canada’s beef producers reliant on public forage breeding and production research programs

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A competitive cow-calf sector requires an adequate supply of forage. Increasing forage quality and yield allows more cow-calf pairs to be maintained per acre of forage, or reduces the number of forage acres needed to maintain the same number of cow-calf pairs. Better yields come from the development of better varieties and production practices. Statistics […] Read more
cattle eating food minerals in a pasture
Beef Cattle, Forages, Livestock

Trace minerals of pasture forages in Saskatchewan

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The Saskatchewan Forage Council (SFC) recently completed a broad evaluation of trace mineral content of pasture forages across Saskatchewan with a view to learning whether mineral programs for cattle on pasture should differ according to season, soil type and/or forage type. The findings indicate just that. “Season and forage species had significant effects on trace […] Read more
Ron Pidskalny, executive director of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, has resigned after one year in the position, recognizing the association is short of funds. Photo: Allan Dawson
Crops, Forages

Canadian Forage and Grassland Association short of funds, and a manager

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The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) set up five years ago to help Canada’s struggling forage and grassland industry is struggling itself, but vows to carry on despite a shortage of funds and the resignation of its executive director, Ron Pidskalny. “Nobody is saying we’re going to have to shut it down,” CFGA chair […] Read more
herd of cattle grazing
Forages, Livestock, News Roundup

Mountainview, a sainfoin with staying power

News Roundup: Vitamin E in stored feeds, Free trade creeps closer, and NDSU Lowline's make the cut

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Forage Mountainview, a sainfoin with staying power By Peg Strankman Mountainview, a new sainfoin cultivar, developed by Dr. Surya Acharya through the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research station in Lethbridge appears to have met the challenge of persistence for this palatable forage. In field testing it has shown it can survive and prevent bloat […] Read more
man testing hay quality
Features, Forages

Don’t gamble on feed quality

Test so you’ll be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws your way, says forage specialist Terry Kowalchuk

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In a survey of Saskatchewan forage last fall 62 per cent of the 200 bales sampled did not meet the energy requirement for a 1,350-pound cow in mid-gestation at -25 C. Only five per cent of the alfalfa, alfalfa-grass, grass and cereal greenfeed bales supplied enough energy to carry pregnant cows through the last month […] Read more
Canada thistle isn’t a weed, it’s a plant that pops up to cover bare spots in overgrazed pastures.
Features, Forages, Pasture

Can Canada thistle be a remedy for overgrazing?

This 'pioneer species' may help maintain the soil surface

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Of all the different species of forages that grow in my pastures, my favourite plant is the Canada thistle. It actually comes from southeastern Europe originally, so I am not sure how we Canadians got credit for it, but either way I’m proud to call it my own. Canada thistle is what I refer to […] Read more
Gerry and Linda Bertholet 
used twice-over grazing to 
bring back their native stands.
Features, Forages, Pasture

Twice-over grazing leads to herd makeover

Better native grasses management improves biomass growth and breeding

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When Gerry Bertholet signed up for a workshop on grazing native grasslands, he certainly wasn’t expecting to learn that he was doing everything wrong. According to the professor’s theories, they were overgrazing, their cows were too big and they were calving too early. It was a bit of a bitter pill to swallow. He, Linda […] Read more

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