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Jun 8, 2023
Regional Silage Variety Trial 2019: Oats
Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye Location: Fairview Research Farm From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association 2019 Annual Report...
Jun 6, 2023
Pea-Cereal Mixtures for Greenfeed and Silage Production
Research Coordinator: Dr. Akim Omokanye Location: Fairview Research Farm From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association 2019 Annual Report...
May 31, 2023
Regional Silage Variety Trials: Triticale Varieties for Livestock Production
Project Site: Fairview Research Farm Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association 2018...
May 24, 2023
Forage Yield & Nutritive Value of Forage Cereal Crops at Teepee Creek
Project Site: Mack Erno's Farm - Teepee Creek Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association...
May 19, 2023
Oat Variety Trial for Forage Production (RSVT)
Project Site: Fairview Research Farm Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association 2018...
May 17, 2023
Testing Alternative Annual Forage-Type Legumes in High Prairie
Project Site: Bill Fevang's Farm - High Prairie Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association...
May 16, 2023
Testing Alternative Forage-type Annual Cereals & Grasses for Forage Production in High Prairie
Project Site: Bill Fevang's Farm - High Prairie Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association...
Jan 29, 2021
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
Jan 29, 2021
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
Jan 29, 2021
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
Jan 29, 2021
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
May 7, 2020
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
May 6, 2020
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
Mar 17, 2020
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
Mar 17, 2020
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
Mar 17, 2020
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.
Feb 3, 2020
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
Feb 3, 2020
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
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
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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