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Jan 31, 2020

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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Jan 31, 2020

Testing of Forage-Type Legumes for Inclusion in Cocktail Mixtures

Because of the interest in cocktail mixtures, there is a need to regularly test new annual crops as they are introduced to the Peace for the

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Jan 31, 2020

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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Jan 31, 2020

Warm Season and Cool Season Cereals: Forage Yield & Quality

Because of the increasing number of acres of cocktail mixtures in parts of the Peace, there is a need to regularly test new annual crops as

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Jan 29, 2020

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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Jan 28, 2020

Annual Crop Mixtures for Beef Swath Grazing and Dairy Silage

Swath grazing is a management practice that can be used to extend the grazing season and to reduce feed, labor and manure handling costs

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Jan 28, 2020

Annual & Italian Ryegrass Variety Trial For Forage and Re-Growth Potential

Annual and Italian ryegrasses are easier to establish. Producers ask many questions about annual and Italian ryegrass varieties.

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Jan 28, 2020

Demonstration of Cover Crop Types as Mono-crops for Forage Yield and Nutritional Value

Annual crops for forages can be used to provide an additional source of hay, silage or pasture when perennial forage crops are in short

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Jan 27, 2020

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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Jan 27, 2020

Multi-species Cover Crop Mixtures (Cocktails) for Silage

Interest in the potential for a multispecies cover crop (CC) blend for silage, swath grazing and greenfeed has been growing amongst beef

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Dec 4, 2019

Forage Quality of Monoculture Cover Crops Tested in Fairview

Usually we think of cover crops in terms of reducing soil erosion and adding organic matter to the soil – but they can do much more.

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Dec 4, 2019

On-farm Demonstration of Annual Cocktail Mixtures for Beef Cattle

Cover crops are an important tool that farmers can use to generate benefits and services on the farm and for society

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Dec 4, 2019

Annual Forage Crop Mixtures for Beef Swath Grazing & Dairy Silage

In the Peace, swath grazing annual cereal crops continues to be adopted by livestock producers as a method of extending the grazing season.

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Oct 9, 2019

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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Oct 9, 2019

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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Oct 9, 2019

On-Farm Demonstration of Cover Crop Cocktails Mixtures

Soil conservation, nutrient sequestration, weed suppression, improved soil health, quality feeds, among others, are reasons why cover crop

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Oct 9, 2019

Mixtures of Fall Rye, Sweet Clover and Proso Millet for Grazing

Cereals can provide high energy feed for livestock within a short period of time. They can be harvested at the milk to soft dough stage for

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Oct 8, 2019

Demonstration of Annuals in Monocultures and in Cover Crop Mixtures

Cover crops are an important tool that farmers can use to generate benefits and services on the farm and for society, including improved

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Mar 4, 2019

Alternative Feeds: Forage Yield & Feed Value of Brassicas and Warm Season Cereals

Collaborating Producer: Grant & Audrey Gaschnitz, High Prairie Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage...

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