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Peace Country CocktailCover Crop Guide:
A Complete Guide to Growing Cocktail Cover Crops for Forage in the Alberta Peace Region
Feb 13


Exploring the Suitability and Benefits of Seeding Full Season Cover Crop Blend on Forage Production and Soil Health in the Peace Country Region of Alberta
Sponsored by Covers & Co, Crystal City, MB Objective To evaluate and quantify the benefits of Covers & Co’s Full Season Cover Crop Blend...
Jan 22


Enhancing AgroEcosystem Services – A Peace Region Living Lab Project
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions Living Labs program By Chelsey Hostettler Background The...
Jan 22


Productivity and quality of commercial and producer cocktails tested at Debolt in 2022
Funded by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) Introduction In the Peace region producers depend on various annual and perennial...
Jan 21


Screening of Perennial Forage grasses, Legumes, and Mixtures
Funded by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) This project screened perennial forage grasses, legumes, and mixtures for...
Jan 21


Pulse/Cereal Mixtures for Improved Forage Production
Funded by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Government of Canada and Government of Alberta) Pulse cereal mixtures provide an...
Jan 21


Forage Dry Matter Yield and Nutritional Qualities of Alternative Forages
Forages are crucial to the sustainability of the livestock industry in Alberta. Over the years, producers have relied on a plethora of...
Jan 21


Exploring the merits of EcoTea™ seed treatment and foliar application on crop production
Privately Funded by the Overton Environmental (makers of EcoTeaTM) Objective To quantify the effects of EcoTeaTM seed treatment and...
Jan 20


Intercropping Systems for Forage, Seed, and Ecosystem Functions in Fairview
Fu nded by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) Intercropping is an eco-functional intensification practice that can boost crop...
Jan 20


Productivity, quality, and water-use efficiency of commercial and producer cocktails
Fund ed by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) Introduction Cocktail crop mixtures (i.e., three or more crop species) are integral...
Jan 20


How Biostimulants and micronutrients can impact crop production
Biostimulants have been described as substances and/or microorganisms whose function, when applied to plants or the rhizosphere, is to...
Jan 20


Evaluating of forage-type pulse crop varieties for seed and forage potential
Fu nded by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) Forage peas are similar to traditional field peas in many agronomic aspects but...
Jan 20


Screening of Alternate Annual Crops, Grasses, and Forbs for Forage Production
Funded by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Government of Canada and Government of Alberta) In the Peace Region, the traditional...
Jan 20


Pulse Cereal Mixtures for Improved Forage Production
Funded by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Government of Canada and Government of Alberta) There are numerous annual forage crops...
Jan 20


Evaluation of Cereal Mixtures for Forage Yield and Quality
Funded by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Government of Canada and Government of Alberta) The selection of a suitable site and an...
Jan 17


Cool Season Annual Forage Type Cereal Varieties for Silage
Funded by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Government of Canada and Government of Alberta) Forages play a crucial role in the...
Jan 17
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