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 31, 2020
Peace Common Oat & Barley Varieties Versus Soft White Wheat Varieties for Silage
Winter feed costs typically represent the largest portion of cow/calf expenses. In the Peace, oats and barley are the two most commonly use
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Jan 30, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Pea-Cereal Mixtures (2017)
Planting and growing two crops simultaneously on the same field, particularly growing of legumes with cereals, is known to offer scope for
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Jan 30, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Triticale Varieties (2017)
Triticale has the potential to introduce valuable economic benefits to forage production systems. Triticale is a very important alternative
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Jan 30, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Oat Varieties (2017)
In the Peace Country, oats have become a reliable source of conserved forage for over-wintering beef cattle. There is a need for continued l
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Jan 30, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Barley Varieties (2017)
According to the Alberta Agriculture & Forestry publication “Barley Production in Alberta”, of the major cereal crops, barley is the most se
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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
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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Jan 28, 2020
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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Jan 28, 2020
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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Jan 28, 2020
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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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 27, 2020
Forage DM Yield and Nutritional Value of Oat Varieties Harvested at 3 Stages of Maturity
Producers in Alberta harvest significant acreage of annual crops for greenfeed and silage every year.
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Jan 27, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Pulse Mixtures (Pea-Cereal Mixtures)
The growing of two crops simultaneously on the same field, particularly growing of legumes with cereals is known to offer scope
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Jan 27, 2020
Triticale Varieties for Swath Grazing
Swath grazing is one of the commonly used methods in the Peace to extend the field grazing season. Swath grazing eliminates the cost and
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Jan 27, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Spring Triticale Varieties for Silage
Triticale is a cross of wheat and rye. Triticale is a cool season cover crop. Spring triticale provides an excellent high yielding
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Jan 27, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Oat Varieties
Oat is the most popular cool-season cereal crop grown for forage and has become a reliable source of conserved forage for over-wintering
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Jan 27, 2020
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Barley Varieties
The Regional Silage Variety Trials (RSVTs) are an important source of information for livestock forage based production regarding the forage
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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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