Forage Production and Management

Establishment

• 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)
• Tips for Improving Forage Establishment Success

Hay/Silage Production

• Ammoniation of Forages
• Baled Silage Production (PDF)
• Ensiling
• An Introduction to Silage
• Corn
• Soybeans and Sunflowers
• Canola
• Sorghum-Sudan Grass 
• Manitoba Green Gold Program
• The Basics of Marketing Cash Hay (PDF)
• Harvest Management for Baled Silage
• Principles of Producing High Quality Hay
• Producing High Quality Hay Best Practices (PDF)
• Salvaging Immature and Frosted Crops for Silage
• Tips for Tarping and Shedding Quality Cash Hay
• Using Preservatives and Drying Agents to Improve Hay Quality
• Corn Stover and Silage

Grazing & Pasture Management

Pasture

• Managing Forage Stands in a Dry and Cool Manitoba Spring
• Pasture Management
• Animal Unit Months, Stocking Rate and Carrying Capacity

Grazing Strategies

• Alfalfa is Not Bloat Safe After a Killing Frost
• Getting Started With Intensive Grazing
• Multi-Species Grazing
• Grazing Alfalfa With Horses
• Grazing Cattle on Corn (PDF)

Extending the Grazing Season

• Bale Grazing (PDF)
•  Guide to Extended Grazing (PDF)
• Livestock Wintering: Locating and Managing Your Site to Make it More Sustainable
• Stockpiled Forages

Pest Management

• Guide to Crop Protection

Insects

• Be on the Lookout for the Alfalfa Weevil
• European Corn Borer
• Grasshoppers
• Scouting for Insect Pests

• Disease and Deficiencies in Forages
• Downy Mildew
• Management of Diseases of Alfalfa Seed
• Scouting for Diseases

       Weeds

• Integrated Management of Leafy Spurge
• Managing Kochia
• Weed Control in Forage Crops
• Weed Control in Pastures
• Scouting for Weeds

    Horse Hay

• Understanding Forage Quality and Winter Feeding of Horses
• Manitoba Horse Hay: Nutrition and Feeding

 

   Seed Production

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

   Soils and Fertility

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

Species and Variety    Selection

• Common Manitoba Hay Species
• Forage Adaptation and Comparison Guide (PDF)
• Selecting Grass Varieties
• Selecting Alfalfa Varieties for Manitoba

  Alfalfa

• Fall Harvest Management of Alfalfa
• Getting Out of Alfalfa With Herbicides
• Managing Drought-Stressed Alfalfa
• Sod Seeding Alfalfa
• Winter Survival of Alfalfa

Annual Forage Crops

• Annual Crops: an Excellent Way to Increase Your Feeding Flexibility
• Annual Forage Crops for Manitoba
• Greenfeed and Green Manure Options