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Evaluation of pasture rejuvenation methods to determine the most effective & profitable method

Producers’ questions in the Peace and elsewhere on forage-stand rejuvenation methods always include: How much more forage does a re-seed

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High Legume Pasture Project

Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia), an introduced legume that can be used as hay, or grazed by livestock possesses polyphenolics including con

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Progress Report on Fall or Spring Management Options for Pastures: Renovate or Rejuvenate?

Over time, the productivity and livestock carrying capacity of seeded hay fields and pastures on beef cattle operations may decline

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Forage-Type Brassica Crops for Inclusion in Cocktail Mixtures

Brassicas are a group of closely related plants, which include cabbage, cauliflower, kale, rape, radish, turnip, rutabaga and swede. Grazing

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Cocktail Mixtures Versus Forage-Type Cereal Monocrops

There is growing interest in the potential for a multispecies cover crop mixture (cocktail) for forage-based livestock production. The idea

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Nitrate Levels in Selected Cocktails in 2016: The Risk of Nitrate Toxicity

Cocktail cover crops are often used to further increase the benefits of a one-species cover crop. Cocktail cover crops offer more diversity

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Demonstration of 14 Soybean Varieties for Forage

Soybean plants may be grazed or harvested from the flowering stage to near maturity for use as high-quality hay. Soybeans may also be grown

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Demonstration of Corn Intercropping Systems to Improve Corn Forage Quality

Over 100 corn forage samples have been analyzed for quality by PCBFA in the last few years, and the majority of the samples came

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Field Scale Corn Seeding Rate Trial

Plant population refers to the number of plants per acre; planting or seeding rate refers to the number of seeds planted per acre.

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Determining Optimum Nitrogen Rates for Corn

One of the most costly and important inputs in corn production is nitrogen fertilizer. The objective of this project is to help develop

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Peace Corn Variety Trial

In the Peace Country region, winter feeding costs make up the bulk of the overall cost of production for cow-calf producers. There are many

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Testing of New Sainfoin Lines for Bloat-free Alfalfa Pasture Mixtures

Sainfoin is a perennial forage legume that does not cause bloat because of its condensed tannin concentration. The condensed tannin is very

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On-farm Demonstration of Cocktail Mixtures

Cover crops (CCs) and their mixtures (cocktail mixtures) are an important tool that producers can use to generate multiple benefits

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On-farm corn trials for Grazing or Silage

In parts of the Peace, the practice of extended winter grazing with standing forage corn is continuing to gain more popularity among produce

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Evaluation of 23 Low Heat Unit Corn Hybrids for Forage

An important focus by PCBFA has been reducing feed costs by examining different options for extending the grazing season in the Peace.

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Highlights of On-Farm Test Plots of Some Annuals for Cover Crop Cocktail Mixtures

A series of workshops on cover cropping put on by PCBFA has shown that the advantages of integrating cover cropping systems into the forage

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Demonstration of Cover Crop Mixtures for Grain and Livestock Grazing

Soil conservation, nutrient sequestration, weed suppression, improved soil health, and optimizing grain and forage production, among others,

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Wildlife Control Using 3-D Fencing : Hay Yard

Collaborating Producer: Wally & Christine Lentz, Whitelaw Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Assoc...

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Livestock Seeding of Anik Alfalfa and Cicer Milkvetch Mix

Collaborating Producer: Garth Shaw, Fairview Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association 2012 A...

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Testing of Corn Hybrids

Collaborating Producer: Peter & Marilyn Dolen, Fourth Creek Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Ass...

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