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Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation

Without these six key ingredients, your soil — and your farm — could be in trouble

By Jennifer Blair September 26, 2016

Farms and grazing operations — organic or otherwise — are only as good as their worst resource, according to Oregon-based grazier Abe Collins. “Soil is our primary infrastructure on the farm,” said Collins, who spoke at the recent Organic Alberta conference. “Biologically, chemically, and physically, you need to be looking at the limiting factors in[...]
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In many grasslands, including those of Western Canada, moderate grazing actually boosts overall plant diversity.

Crops, Forages

Making hay of environmental goods and services

Researchers wrestle with turning an abstract concept into concrete profits for producers

By Jeff Melchior March 17, 2016

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you were to ask most cattle producers about the goods and services their grasslands provide, it might seem like an obvious question. Most would say that quality forage promotes the health of their cattle, provides high-quality protein and boosts their bottom line. Others might talk about how their grazing practices promote biodiversity and overall[...]
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Guide Business, Livestock

Home on the range

So you think you could ranch in this almost forgotten corner of Saskatchewan?

By Gord Gilmour December 2, 2015

Reading Time: 14 minutes It’s on the network of narrow highways that snake through the rolling, grass-covered hills of southwestern Saskatchewan that you first notice the quiet. You can drive for 50 miles at a time and only see the occasional farmyard off in the distance. In contrast to the busy Trans-Canada Highway to the north with its continuous[...]
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Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Weather

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

By Country Guide Staff July 14, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Crown-held native prairie and other grasslands held for wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan will be opened up to ranchers needing grazing land for cattle in dry areas. Environment Minister Herb Cox announced Tuesday the province will make about 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land available to cattle producers. The same grazing lease[...]
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Forages

Nuffield scholar focuses on energy-dense forages

Study will explore using energy-dense perennial forages as annuals

By Duncan Morrison June 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes One learns fairly quickly upon first meeting him that Clayton Robins is a bundle-of-energy person. So it comes as no surprise that the 2013 Nuffield Scholar has actually travelled the world to learn more about energy. Energy-dense forages, that is. “Every other country I visited looks at sugars in forages except here in North America,”[...]
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Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation

Making hay of environmental goods and services

Home on the range

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

Nuffield scholar focuses on energy-dense forages

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