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Forage, hay and pasture, and grazing issues are often the focal point during times of market and/or production stress. A variety of forage and grazing articles are provided, covering a range of management issues and options.

Calculating Grazing & Forage Needs
Selecting an Appropriate Cattle Turn-out Date is Critical Any Year
Proper grazing management can minimize severity of problems during drought
Management contributed to last summer's herbage reductions
Healthy plants have smaller forage reductions during precipitation shortages
Drylotting Beef Cattle to Rest Exhausted Pastures
Alberta Hay and Pasture Listings
Annual Crops for Grazing
Drought on Pastures and Rangelands
Winter Cereals for Pasture
Effects of Environment on Forage Quality
Fall Use of Alfalfa Haylands
Grazing Aftermath Straw and Chaff - Buyer's Perspective
Grazing Aftermath Straw and Chaff - Seller's Perspective
Soil water regimes of annual and perennial forages during drought years in the Aspen Parkland ecoregion of Alberta
Swath Grazing in Western Canada: An Introduction
Improving Pasture Productivity
Using Fall Rye for Pasture, Hay and Silage
Triticale for Grazing and Hay
Annual Crops for Greenfeed and Grazing - Sask Agriculture
Drought on Pastures and Rangeland

Insects

Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network
Economic Thresholds for Insects Attacking Forages

Links

Managing Agroclimate Risk - Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (AAFC)
Managing Grazing Lands during Drought - Government of British Columbia
Western Beef Development Centre

For more information about the content of this document, contact Dean Dyck.
This document is maintained by Brenda McLellan.
This information published to the web on March 22, 2010.
Last Reviewed/Revised on August 9, 2018.