Insights and Stories on Forages

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Rotational grazing helps farmers stretch feed in a dry year

Sep. 24, 2025 at 9:41 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Rotational grazing can be a winning strategy to offset feed shortages when Mother Nature doesn’t co-operate. “We went 47 days without rain at one point this summer,” said James Clark, who farms in Eastern Ontario. “I’m hearing (farmers) haven’t gotten a second cut, so where are they […]

Forage association presents 2023 Leadership Award

Nov. 30, 2023 at 9:59 am CST

By Catherine Brown

First Nations tribe spins hay into gold

Aug. 18, 2023 at 10:04 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Forage U-pick goes nationwide

Jul. 14, 2023 at 10:07 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Saskatchewan forage rainfall insurance to adjust for hot spells

Feb. 22, 2022 at 8:16 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Manitoba forage, grassland growers burned by drought

Apr. 8, 2021 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An ongoing lack of precipitation, which is showing no signs of letting up in the coming months according to weather forecasts, is already causing problems for Manitoba’s forage and grasslands. Growers in the province have had to deal with three straight years with lower-than-normal precipitation. In 2019, multiple […]

By Adam Peleshaty

New feed and forage barley lines bring high yields, strong standability

Mar. 6, 2020 at 10:11 am CST

New feed and forage genetics are coming down the pipe for cattle feeders. At the end of February, the Prairie Grain Development Committee approved three new feed and forage barley varieties from the Field Crop Development Centre, as well as two triticale varieties that would be suitable for feed and […]

By Jennifer Blair

Five tips for grazing corn this winter

Nov. 16, 2018 at 1:57 pm CST

By Beef Cattle Research Council

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

Jul. 27, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Hay shortage could make for difficult winter

Oct. 3, 2017 at 7:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Many cattle producers looking for local feed this winter might have a difficult time, according to a Saskatchewan provincial forage specialist. However, producers further north in the grey and black soil zones, and those in Alberta producing high-quality feed for export, saw near-record hay production. Terry Kowalchuk […]

By Terry Fries

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