Insights and Stories on Forages

Hay handling made easy

Feb. 1, 2023 at 9:13 am CST

Why move one bale at a time when you can pick up two? This question likely crossed the mind of inventor Howard McKay as he looked for a way to help farmers be more efficient. The challenge for McKay was finding a way to not damage the bales while in […]

Annual forages offer a way to extend grazing season

Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:02 am CST

By Diana Martin

Saskatchewan holds Crown grazing rents at last year’s levels

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:00 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Organic grazing and soil health

Jan. 11, 2023 at 4:07 pm CST

How to keep invasive weeds from making a home on your pasture

Dec. 19, 2022 at 5:26 pm CST

Taking stock of your soil’s health

Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

Soil health is on the minds of many producers these days, and for good reason – if you aren’t monitoring the health of your soil, whatever you expect to get from it may not offer the results you’d like. At a workshop hosted by Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives earlier […]

Manitoba to cut Crown forage lease rates

Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

The rents paid by Manitoba producers using Crown lands to produce perennial forages will be cut in half next year and by smaller amounts the following two years. Provincial Ag Minister Derek Johnson on Wednesday announced the forage lease rent on agricultural Crown land will be reduced by 50 per […]

By Dave Bedard

A passion for cover crops

Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 am CDT

Dark clouds roll in as a charter bus drives down gravel roads near McCord, Sask. Marla Gavelin, one of the people hosting the field day from the Prairie South Holistic Management group, speaks to the people in attendance. She compares the Gavelins’ farm to the Sahara Desert with a fond […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Pasture and grassland risks

Aug. 26, 2022 at 3:48 pm CDT

Mae Elsinger, a rangeland and pasture biologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, discusses some of the risks to forage growth, using insects to manage weeds in pastures, and training cattle to eat spurge.

Learning from McCain’s regenerative farming practices

Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:11 am CDT

In 2021 McCain said it was going to launch three regenerative potato farming operations by 2025 and would label them “Farms of the Future.” The first, just outside of Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., now offers data to reflect on the effectiveness of the practices at the potato farm after its first fully […]

By Liam O’Connor