Alternative Uses/Niche Markets
Equipment
Establishment
Feeding
Hay/Silage Production
Pasture Production
Pest Management
Quality
Research and Publications
Soils and Fertility
Seed Production
Species and Variety Selection
Stands
Switchgrass as a Biofuel: Is it Economically Feasible?
Machinery Designs and Adjustments for Minimized Field Losses - U of Wisconsin (PDF)
Forage and Rangeland Restoration Reference Guide (PDF)
Forage Establishment & Restoration: Post Flooding Concerns and Solutions
Sod Seeding into Existing Forage Stands (PDF)
Sod Seeding Manual: Seeding forages into existing stands using minimal tillage (PDF)
Summer Seeding Forages (OMAFRA)
Tips for Improving Forage Establishment Success
Establishment of Timothy Hay for Export
Forage Seed Mixture Calculator
Perennial Ryegrass: Endophyte Feeding Concerns
Backgrounding With Manitoba Forage (PDF)
Utilizing High Nitrate Feeds Safely
Forage Barleys for Manitoba (PDF)
Remote Winter Watering Systems for Beef Cattle (PDF)
Greenfeed and Green Manure Options
Feeding Quality of Stockpiled Forage (PDF)
Sustainable Livestock Wintering: How Can it Work for You? (HTML) (PDF)
Low Stress Livestock Handling (PDF)
Snow as a Water Source for Wintering Cattle (PDF)
Livestock Wintering: Locating and Managing Your Site to Make it More Sustainable (HTML)
Basics and Benefits of Bale Grazing (PDF)
Quick Guide to Extended Grazing (PDF)
Grazing Cattle on Corn (PDF)
Winter Grazing Opions (PDF)
Extending Livestock Feed Supplies
Feeding Fusarium-Contaminated Grain to Livestock
Management of Problem Feeds
Pasture Planner
Producing Forage Finished Beef
Other Livestock Feeding Information:
Feeds and Feeding Beef Dairy Sheep Other
Feeds and Feeding
Beef
Dairy
Sheep
Other
Salvaging Immature and Frosted Crops for Silage Ensiling:
Corn Soybeans Sunflowers Canola Sorghum-Sudan Grass
Producing High Quality Dry Hay
The Basics of Marketing Cash Hay (PDF)
Baled Silage Production (PDF)
High Quality Hay Management (PDF)
Management Practices From the Best
Harvesting and Storage of Quality Hay and Silage
Harvesting Timothy Hay for Export
Harvesting The Cereal Nurse Crop As Silage (OMAFRA)
An Introduction to Silage
Soybeans as a Forage Crop (OMAFRA)
Recycling Farm Plastic Films (OMAFRA)
Tips for Tarping and Shedding Quality Cash Hay
Ammoniation of Forages
Forage Preservatives
The Breakdown on Hay Preservatives and Additives
Registered Non-Nutrient Forage Additives - CFIA (PDF)
Fall Harvest Management of Alfalfa
Critical Fall Harvest Period for Alfalfa
Using Preservatives and Drying Agents to Improve Hay Quality
Pasture
Forage Barleys in Manitoba (PDF)
Managing Forage Stands in a Dry and Cool Manitoba Spring
Pasture for Rent and Pasture Wanted
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)
Alfalfa is Not Bloat Safe After a Killing Frost
Management Practices From the Best (HTML) (PDF)
Getting Started With Intensive Grazing
Rotational Grazing
Multi-Species Grazing
Multi-Species Grazing for Leafy Spurge
Grazing Alfalfa With Horses
A Guide to Management Intensive Grazing
Dairy Cows on Pasture
Prevention of Pasture Bloat in Cattle Grazing Alfalfa (PDF)
Extending the Grazing Season
Winter Grazing Options (PDF)
A Quick Guide to Extended Grazing (PDF)
Livestock Wintering: Locating and Managing Your Site to Make it More Sustainable (HTML) (PDF)
Stockpiled Forages
Stockpiling Perennial Forages for Fall and Winter Grazing (OMAFRA)
Effect of Management System and Nitrogen Application (OMAFRA)
Lamb Performance on Two Stockpiling Systems (OMAFRA)
Effect of Harvest Date on the Yield and Quality of Stockpiled Grass (OMAFRA)
Effect of Stockpile Grazing in Fall on Forage Production the Following Season (OMAFRA)
Stockpiling to Lengthen Beef Cow Grazing Season (OMAFRA)
Increasing Cow/Calf Profitability Using Chaff and Chaff/Straw Feedstuffs (AAFRD)
Swath Grazing in Western Canada: an Introduction (AAFRD)
Fencing and Watering
Everything You Need to Know About Electric Fencing
Constructing High-tensile Wire Fences (Virginia State University)
Farm Fencing Systems (OMAFRA)
Pasture Pumping Systems
Remote Pasture Water Systems for Livestock (AAFRD)
Guide to Crop Protection
Scouting for Insect Pests
Be on the Lookout for the Alfalfa Weevil
True Armyworm and Fall Armyworm
Bertha Armyworm I
Bertha Armyworm II
Cutworms I
Cutworms II
European Corn Borer I
European Corn Borer II
Grasshoppers: Biology, Control and Scouting
Grasshopper Management on Pastures, Rangelands, Hay, Headlands and Roadsides p.409
Grasshoppers
Lygus Bug
Aphids on Peas
Wireworms
Northern Pocket Gopher: Biology and Management (PDF)
Control of Richardson Ground Squirrels
Scouting for Weeds
Integrated Management of Leafy Spurge
Managing Kochia
Weed Control in Forage Crops
Weed Control in Pastures
Weed Seeds in Manure
Weed Seedling Identification Guide
Managing Forage Stands Under Water
Understanding Forage Quality and Winter Feeding of PMU Horses
Manitoba Horse Hay: Nutrition and Feeding
The Fine Art of Forage Sampling(OMAFRA)
OMAF Poisonous Plant Quiz (OMAFRA)
Poisoning of Horses by Plants (OMAFRA)
Poisoning of Livestock by Plants (OMAFRA)
Alsike Clover Poisoning, Photosensitization or Photodermatitis in Horses (OMAFRA)
Maps of Relative Feed Value in Alfalfa for Manitoba
Manitoba Green Gold Program
Norwest Lab’s 1997 Provincial Forage Summary
Choosing the Correct Forage Analysis Package
Managing Forage Stands in a Dry and Cool Manitoba Spring - June 2002
Typical Forage Nutrient Analyses
Can Forage Quality Be Too Good for Cows?
Selenium Levels in Interlake Forages
Endophytes in Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue Straw
Nitrates in Stressed Crops
How to Handle Drought-Stressed Alfalfa
How Rain Affects the Quality of your Hay
Manitoba Average Forage Mineral Concentrations (PDF)
Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Cash Hay Producer (PDF)
Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Beef/Bison/Sheep Producer (PDF)
Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Dairy Producer (PDF)
Breakdown of Hay Preservatives and Additives
Corn Stover and Silage
Forages Improve Efficiency of Prairie Cropping Systems
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA)
Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba
Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
Forage-Related Publications
Manitoba Forage and Grassland Reference Manual
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
Forage Crops: Fertilizer (PDF version)
Fertilizing Forage Stands
Manure Application Rate Calculator (downloadable software)
Legume Inoculation Cuts Fertilizer Need
Green Manure
Forage Adaptation and Comparison Guide (PDF)
Common Manitoba Hay Varieties
Selecting Grass Varieties
Selecting Alfalfa Varieties for Manitoba
Seed Manitoba: Variety Selection and Grower's Guide
How to Purchase High Quality Forage Seed (AAFRD)
Cover Crops: Ryegrass (OMAFRA)
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
Seeding Alfalfa into Alfalfa (U of Wisconsin)
Alfalfa Autotoxicity (OMAFRA)
Winter Survival of Alfalfa
Risk of Alfalfa Winterkill (OMAFRA)
Assessing an Alfalfa Stand - Is it a Keeper? (OMAFRA)
Alfalfa Winterkill Weather Factors (OMAFRA)
Protect Alfalfa from Winterkill (PDF)
Getting Out of Alfalfa With Herbicides
Sainfoin (Foragebeef.ca)
Kura Clover: a New Pasture Legume for Ontario? (OMAFRA)
Red Clover Haylage (OMAFRA)
Cicer Milkvetch and Sainfoin: Two Non-Bloating Perennial Legumes and Their Grazing Potential
Annual Crops: an Excellent Way to Increase Your Feeding Flexibility (PDF version)
Annual Forage Crops for Manitoba
Forage Production from Spring Cereals and Cereal-Pea Mixtures (OMAFRA)
Feed Value of Immature Late Season Crops
