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May 18, 2023

Cover Crop Mixtures (Cocktails) for Forage: Forage Yield & Quality in High Prairie

Project Site: Bill Fevang's Farm - High Prairie Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage Association...

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...

May 12, 2023

Alternative Annual Forage-Type Crops for Forage Production Potential in Fairview

Project Site: Fairview Research Farm NW5-82-3-W6 Research Program Manager: Dr. Akim Omokanye From: Peace Country Beef & Forage...

May 11, 2023

Corn Intercrops to Improve Forage Protein Content for Beef Cattle

Corn forage can fit well in the grazing system, as it meets the nutritive composition requirements for many categories of cattle, particular

Feb 19, 2021

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.

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

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

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 8, 2020

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

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 7, 2020

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.

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

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