As with any farming practice, taking a run at a polycrop forage blend can lead to varying results based on your location, weather and management strategies.
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Lessons learned growing forage mixtures for beef production
While polycrop forage blends offer many benefits, farmers need to adapt their strategies to their specific environments
Quicke offers new bale-handling loader attachment
The grab protects bales from excessive compression while lifting
The compression grab design on Quicke’s Unigrip attachment makes it suitable for picking up wrapped silage bales without puncturing the plastic wrap.
Claas updates the Jaguar forage harvester line
Capacity and efficiency improvements dominate changes for 2025 model year
In late August, during the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Claas announced several updates to its line of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. First among those updates “is our new V-Flex knife drum. You can get it in 20-, 24-, 28- and 36-knife,” says Matt Jaynes, the product manager for the Jaguar line. The new […] Read more
Corteva showcases new BMR silage varieties at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024
Corteva Agrisciences is showcasing its new Boltava brand of brown mid-rib silage corn hybrids at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show near Woodstock.
Working dry corn silage into dairy diets
It's important to have it tested, regardless of feed moisture levels
I live in Manitoba and continuous flooding rains since our heavy snows melted have delayed corn planting to the point that much of our corn silage this fall will be wet and immature. However, I travel to other parts of the Prairies and many dairy farms need rain. I suspect that much of these corn […] Read more
Vitti: A common-sense high-forage diet for dairy cows
It's about finding the proper balance between grain and forage components of the ration
High-forage dairy diets have become very popular in the last few years. That’s because many dairy producers feared too much grain was being fed to their high-producing cows, causing digestive upsets and lameness. I have reviewed many of these former high-concentrate diets and agree that many were clearly unacceptable to feed. Yet I have also […] Read more
Dairy Corner: Forage fibre the big driver in milk fat production
Put your TMR to the test to determine if it's the proper particle size
Maintaining good milk production with adequate milk fat is always the main source of good revenue on most dairy farms. Regardless of the actual feed ingredient formulation, it must work in tandem with the natural body functions of healthy cows. This is something we should keep in mind when reformulating current rations if restrictions are […] Read more
New corn varieties for 2021
Dozens of options are available to fit a wide range of crop heat units and growing conditions
Western Canadian Prairie producers looking to grow corn in 2021 have a long list of new options to consider. Croplan, Bayer, DLF Pickseed, Horizon Seeds, Proven Seed, Pride Seeds and Thunder Seed are all rolling out new corn hybrids this year, for a total of 30 new options. Suiting a range of crop heat units […] Read more
Drought-stricken corn can make dangerous silage
High nitrate levels, moulds and toxins might prevail
Much of this year’s corn crop across the southern Prairies has been once again hit by drought. My photograph of a southern Manitoba cornfield in mid-August shows one of the worst cornfields I have ever seen. It tasselled out early with curled grey leaves and no visible cobs on its stalk. Most whole plants were […] Read more
Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline
Saskatchewan farmers who still want to put in cereal crops for greenfeed with crop insurance coverage will get an extra couple of weeks to do so. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance on Wednesday announced an extension on the June 30 deadline for seeding crops for greenfeed, to July 15. Producers who have crop insurance will now be […] Read more
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