Forage Production and Management

Establishment

• Forage and Rangeland Restoration Reference Guide (PDF 2.4 MB)
• Forage Establishment & Restoration: Post Flooding Concerns and Solutions
• Sod Seeding into Existing Forage Stands (PDF 219 KB)
• Sod Seeding Manual: Seeding forages into existing stands using minimal tillage (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Tips for Improving Forage Establishment Success
• Establishment of Timothy Hay for Export

Feeding

• Stretching Feed when Supplies are Tight
• Perennial Ryegrass: Endophyte Feeding Concerns
• Backgrounding With Manitoba Forage (PDF 197 KB)
• Utilizing High Nitrate Feeds Safely
• Remote Winter Watering Systems for Beef Cattle (PDF 260 KB)
• Greenfeed and Green Manure Options
• Feeding Quality of Stockpiled Forage (PDF 862 KB)
• Sustainable Livestock Wintering: How Can it Work for You? (PDF 253 KB)
• Low Stress Livestock Handling (PDF 352 KB)
• Snow as a Water Source for Wintering Cattle (PDF 207 KB)
• Livestock Wintering: Locating and Managing Your Site to Make it More Sustainable
• Basics and Benefits of Bale Grazing (PDF 218 KB)
• Quick Guide to Extended Grazing (PDF 228 KB)
• Winter Grazing Options (PDF 369 KB)
• Extending Livestock Feed Supplies
• Feeding Fusarium-Contaminated Grain to Livestock
• Management of Problem Feeds

Hay/Silage Production

• Frost Damaged and Immature Corn Options
• Salvaging Immature and Frosted Crops for Silage
• Ensiling:
  • An Introduction to Silage
  • Corn
  • Soybeans
  • Sunflowers
  • Canola
  • Sorghum-Sudan Grass
• Producing High Quality Dry Hay
• The Basics of Marketing Cash Hay (PDF 412 KB)
• Baled Silage Production (PDF 242 KB)
• High Quality Hay Management (PDF 968 KB)
• Management Practices From the Best
• Harvesting and Storage of Quality Hay and Silage
• Harvesting Timothy Hay for Export
• Tips for Tarping and Shedding Quality Cash Hay
• Ammoniation of Forages
• Forage Preservatives
• The Breakdown on Hay Preservatives and Additives
• Fall Harvest Management of Alfalfa
• Critical Fall Harvest Period for Alfalfa
• Using Preservatives and Drying Agents to Improve Hay Quality

Pasture Production

Pasture

• Forage Barleys in Manitoba (PDF 210 KB)
• Managing Forage Stands in a Dry and Cool Manitoba Spring
• Pasture Management
• Animal Unit Months, Stocking Rate and Carrying Capacity
• Bonnycastle Pasture Project Proves Beneficial to Agriculture and Wildlife

Grazing Strategies

• The Basics and Benefits of Bale Grazing (PDF 218 KB)
• Alfalfa is Not Bloat Safe After a Killing Frost
• Management Practices From the Best
• Getting Started With Intensive Grazing
• Rotational Grazing
• Multi-Species Grazing
• Multi-Species Grazing for Leafy Spurge
• Grazing Alfalfa With Horses
• Dairy Cows on Pasture
• Prevention of Pasture Bloat in Cattle Grazing Alfalfa (PDF 164 KB)
• Grazing Cattle on Corn (PDF 385 KB)

Extending the Grazing Season

• Winter Grazing Options (PDF 369 KB)
• A Quick Guide to Extended Grazing (PDF 228 KB)
• Livestock Wintering: Locating and Managing Your Site to Make it More Sustainable 
• Stockpiled Forages

Fencing 

• Everything You Need to Know About Electric Fencing

Pest Management

Insects

• Guide to Crop Protection
• Scouting for Insect Pests
• Be on the Lookout for the Alfalfa Weevil
• Cutworms
• Strawberry Cutworms
• European Corn Borer
• Grasshoppers
• Lygus Bug
• Wireworms

Gophers

• Northern Pocket Gopher: Biology and Management (PDF 500 KB)

Plant Diseases

• Downy Mildew
• Management of Diseases of Alfalfa Seed
• Scouting for Diseases
• Disease and Deficiencies in Forages
• Guide to Crop Protection

Weeds

• Scouting for Weeds
• Integrated Management of Leafy Spurge
• Multi-Species Grazing for Leafy Spurge
• Managing Kochia
• Weed Control in Forage Crops
• Weed Control in Pastures
• Guide to Crop Protection

Quality

• Early Spring Impacts on Forages
• Managing Forage Stands Under Water
• Understanding Forage Quality and Winter Feeding of PMU Horses
• Manitoba Horse Hay: Nutrition and Feeding
• High Quality Hay Management (PDF 968 KB)
• Management of Problem Feeds
• Manitoba Green Gold Program
• Managing Forage Stands in a Dry and Cool Manitoba Spring - June 2002
• Can Forage Quality Be Too Good for Cows?
• Selenium Levels in Interlake Forages
• Endophytes in Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue Straw
• Utilizing High Nitrate Feeds Safely
• Nitrates in Stressed Crops
• How to Handle Drought-Stressed Alfalfa
• Using Preservatives and Drying Agents to Improve Hay Quality
• How Rain Affects the Quality of your Hay
• Manitoba Average Forage Mineral Concentrations (PDF 737 KB)
• Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Cash Hay Producer (PDF 476 KB)
• Greenfeed and Green Manure Options
• Breakdown of Hay Preservatives and Additives
• Harvesting and Storage of Quality Hay and Silage
• Ammoniation of Forages
• Corn Stover and Silage

Seed Production

• Forage Seed Production in Manitoba
• Alfalfa Seed Production
• Management of Diseases of Alfalfa Seed
• Birdsfoot Trefoil Seed Production
• Sweet Clover Seed Production
• Timothy Seed Production
• Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Production

Soils and Fertility

• Forages for Improving Saline Soils
• To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize: Soil Testing from the Bunker
• The Benefits of Including Forages in Your Crop Rotation
• Forage Crops: Fertilizer
• Fertilizing Forage Stands
• Legume Inoculation Cuts Fertilizer Need
• Green Manure
• Greenfeed and Green Manure Options

Species and Variety Selection

• Forage Adaptation and Comparison Guide (PDF 55 KB)
• Common Manitoba Hay Varieties
• Selecting Grass Varieties
• Selecting Alfalfa Varieties for Manitoba
• Endophytes in Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue Straw

Alfalfa

• Identifying Winter Kill in Alfalfa
• Ice Encasement and Alfalfa Frost Damage
• Assessing the Frost and Flood Damage in Your Alfalfa
• Sod Seeding Alfalfa
• Improving Survival of Sod-Seeded Alfalfa
• Winter Survival of Alfalfa
• Critical Fall Harvest Period for Alfalfa
• Protect Alfalfa from Winterkill (PDF 219 KB)
• Getting Out of Alfalfa With Herbicides

Annual Forage Crops

• Forage Barleys for Manitoba (PDF)
• Annual Crops: an Excellent Way to Increase Your Feeding Flexibility (PDF)
• Annual Forage Crops for Manitoba
• Feed Value of Immature Late Season Crops