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    Understanding the Effects of Intercropping Peas, Oats and Canola On Grain and Forage Production

    Understanding the Effects of Intercropping Peas, Oats and Canola On Grain and Forage Production

    The general goal for producers often is to produce the highest returns on their crops, either through increasing yield or decreasing inputs.
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    Pea-Cereal Mixtures for Greenfeed and Silage Production

    Intercropping systems involving cereals with legumes have been observed to provide several major advantages, such as higher total yield, bet
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    Testing of Corn Hybrids with Lower Heat Unit Requirements for Forage Yield & Quality

    Corn is a high energy feed with protein levels that will normally match the nutritional needs of a dry cow in mid and late pregnancy. Corn h
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    Barley Variety Trial for Forage Production

    Barley Variety Trial for Forage Production

    In order to be able to continue to identify barley varieties that have better forage production for livestock producers in the Peace, PCBFA
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    Progress Report On: Strategies to Reduce Fertility Inputs in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems

    Proper nutrition is essential for crop growth and production. Profit potential for farmers depends on producing enough crop per acre to keep
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    Yield and Agronomic Performance of Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivars Grown in the Peace Region

    Yield and Agronomic Performance of Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivars Grown in the Peace Region

    Variety selection plays an important role in wheat yield potential. Regardless of whether a producer intends to seed one cultivar or several
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    Evaluation of pasture rejuvenation methods to determine the most effective & profitable method

    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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    Preliminary Testing of Soybean Varieties for Seed Production

    Preliminary Testing of Soybean Varieties for Seed Production

    Soybeans are an important warm season oilseed crop, with production occurring throughout the world. The crop is processed (crushed) to
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    On-farm Evaluation of the Agronomic & Economic Benefits of Organic Based Crop Nutrient Sources

    On-farm Evaluation of the Agronomic & Economic Benefits of Organic Based Crop Nutrient Sources

    Foliar feeding involves the application of nutrients (through spraying) to plant leaves and stems, and their absorption at those sites.
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    Comparison of Yield and Agronomic Performance of Common CWRS & CPSR Wheat Varieties

    Comparison of Yield and Agronomic Performance of Common CWRS & CPSR Wheat Varieties

    The annual wheat production in Alberta is about 8.4 million tonnes, according to the recent Alberta Crop Production Statistics. Spring wheat
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    High Legume Pasture Project

    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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    Persistency of Sainfoin in Alfalfa Pasture Mixtures:
A Research Update

    Persistency of Sainfoin in Alfalfa Pasture Mixtures: A Research Update

    Sainfoin is a perennial forage legume that does not cause bloat because of its condensed tannin concentration. Condensed tannins are very ef
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    Progress Report on Fall or Spring Management Options for Pastures:
Renovate or Rejuvenate?

    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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    Testing of Perennial Forages: Forage Yields of 11 Grasses, 15 Legumes and 9 Mixtures

    Testing of Perennial Forages: Forage Yields of 11 Grasses, 15 Legumes and 9 Mixtures

    Perennial forages consisting of different grasses, legumes and grass/legume mixtures were seeded in 2016 in a province-wide project. Forages
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    Annual Clover Variety Trial

    Annual Clover Variety Trial

    There is growing interest in using annual clover varieties for inclusion in cocktail mixtures and cereal intercropping systems in the Peace.
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    Demonstration of Annual Forage-Type Cover Crops and Perennial Forages

    Demonstration of Annual Forage-Type Cover Crops and Perennial Forages

    In collaboration with Performance Seed (Lethbridge), 4 perennial mixes, 3 alfalfas, 3 grasses, 2 annual clovers, 2 forage-type brassicas, 2
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    Soybean Varieties for Forage Production

    Soybean Varieties for Forage Production

    Soybeans are a warm season annual legume that is grown mainly for the oil and protein value of their seed. Forage soybeans may be an option
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    Demonstration of Sunflower, Phacelia and Sugar Beet for Forage Quality

    Demonstration of Sunflower, Phacelia and Sugar Beet for Forage Quality

    Many annual crops are suitable for inclusion in cocktail mixtures for forage production (grazing, silage or greenfeed) and to improve soil
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    Progress Report on Soil pH and Nutrient Improvement with Forage Brassicas and Buckwheat

    Progress Report on Soil pH and Nutrient Improvement with Forage Brassicas and Buckwheat

    Soil acidity is identified by the measurement of soil reaction (pH). The reaction is alkaline when the pH value is above 7.0; neutral at 7.
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    Progress Report on Reducing Fertility Costs for Cereals

    Progress Report on Reducing Fertility Costs for Cereals

    Proper nutrition is essential for crop growth and production. Nitrogen is the most common limiting nutrient for crop production systems. In
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