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Practical guide: Efficiently assess your pastures for better production
Efficiently assessing your pastures: A practical guide for producers Do you want to optimize the quality of your pastures to improve animal yields and preserve your land over the long term? In this practical guide, you'll discover the essential methods for...
The Ultimate Guide to Forage and Field Crop Management Software (Canada, 2025 Edition)
Introduction Forage and field crop systems are central to the profitability of Canadian farms. Yet many growers and agronomists still rely on outdated tools: notebooks, Excel spreadsheets or software programs that don't provide a clear picture of...
Bird's-foot trefoil: safe, efficient grazing
Summary Bird's-foot trefoil (Quebec/Eastern Canada) What: perennial legume ideal for poorly drained, slightly acid soils. Yield & quality: productive especially on heavy soils; very productive in mixtures with grasses (timothy, bluegrass, orchardgrass);...
Prussic acid & nitrates: making sorghum safe for grazing and harvesting
Abstract Warm-season grasses such as pearl millet (Japanese millet), sorghum, Sudan grass and sorghum x Sudan grass hybrids offer good yields, even in drought conditions. However, some of these species accumulate a...
The importance of a forage inventory
An accurate inventory of forage stocks is an essential step in ensuring the health and performance of your animals. It ensures that they have sufficient, high-quality feed. Knowing exactly how much feed is available...
Precision agriculture: Towards more efficient and sustainable farming
In a world of rapidly growing food demand and increasingly limited resources, agriculture is facing unprecedented challenges. Thanks to technological advances, precision farming offers producers new...
The importance of forage yields
High forage yields are crucial to the profitability of livestock farming businesses. High yields not only make better use of arable land, but also reduce costs...
Monitoring and Recording of Forage Systems
The Key to Sustainable Animal Farming Challenges in Sustainable Animal Farming Animal farming faces environmental challenges that need more sustainable agricultural practices. Monitoring and recording forage systems are crucial for adapting to climate change and...
How to assess the winter survival of your alfalfa plants
An accurate assessment of the quality and survival of your alfalfa fields this spring is essential. This crucial step helps you prevent forage shortages. It also ensures quality feed for your animals. There are two ways to achieve this...