Options for Alberta Producers During the Current Dry Conditions

• Preparing for and managing during dry conditions - brochure (84 KB PDF)
• Government of Canada to help Alberta livestock producers affected by drought - September 8, 2009
• Province offers temporary grazing opportunities on public land - August 18, 2009
• Tax Deferral for Livestock Producers - July 22, 2009
• Cow/Calf Producers - Understanding Your Options Meetings

• Annual Crops for Silage
• Utilizing Annual Cereals for Livestock Feed

• Managing livestock in Challenging Times
• Management Strategies for Cattle During Dry Conditions
• Body Condition Scoring and Early Weaning Reduce Winter Feed Costs
• Drought on Grazing Livestock
• Feeding and Management Options in Dry Conditions
• Forward Contracting of Cattle
• Livestock and Forage Management Information
• Nitrate Poisoning and Feeding Nitrate Feeds to Livestock
• Predicting Feeder Cattle Prices
• Sheep Producers: A checklist for dry conditions
• Managing Livestock for Dry Conditions: Adapted from Meat and Wool New Zealand
• Australian Wool Innovation
  • Feeding and Managing Sheep in Dry Times (1 MB PDF)
  • Which Sheep Do I Keep?” A guide to assist producers in drought (602 KB PDF)
• Feeding dried distiller grains with solubles (DDGS) in lamb rations (88 KB PDF version of document)

• AgriProfit$ Economic, Financial & Business Management Information for Alberta Beef Producers
• Cash Flow Your Short Term "Break Points"
• Estimating Yields on Stressed Grain Crops
• Match Forage Supplies to Livestock Needs Calculator
• Estimating Forage Yields on Salvaged Grain Crops
• What is in a Contract?

• Alberta Hay and Pasture Listings
• Annual Crops for Grazing
• Drought on Pastures and Rangelands
• Effects of Environment on Forage Quality
• Fall Use of Alfalfa Haylands
• Grazing Aftermath Straw and Caff - Buyer's Perspective
• Grazing Aftermath Straw and Caff - Seller's Perspective

• Business risk management tools include AgriInsurance, AgriStability, and AgriRecovery, which are administered by AFSC, and AgriInvest, which is delivered federally. Information on these business risk management programs can be found through a link on the main page of the AAFC website, www.agr.gc.ca, and on the AFSC website, www.afsc.ca, under Risk Management. AgriInvest information is available toll-free at 1-866-367-8506.
• The Alberta Disaster Assistance Loan Program offers short-term emergency response loans of up to $1 million for producers with crop production yields less than 70 percent of normal, where net margin declines exceed 30 percent of their reference margin. More information can be obtained by calling the AFSC Lacombe Central Office toll-free at 1-800-396-0215.
• The Growing Forward Water Management Program provides technical assistance and incentive for the creation of a Long Term Water Management Plan at the farm level, and support for implementation of the plan. More information is available at www.growingforward.alberta.ca.

• Additional federal tax deferral areas for livestock producers - September 8, 2009
• Tax Deferral for Livestock Producers - July 22, 2009
• Understanding the Federal Livestock Tax Deferral
• Understanding the Federal Tax Deferral - Advisors Guide
• Tax Deferral Program for Prescribed Drought Region

• AgroClimatic Information Service (ACIS)
• Drought Reports for the Agricultural Region of Alberta Agriculture
• 2009/09/20 Drought Report for the Agricultural Region of Alberta
• Precipitation Maps - Alberta Environment

• Agricultural Disaster Management
• Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan for Alberta - Strategic Plan
• Drought Action Plan
• Drought Management Checklist
• Drought Management Decisions - Fall
• Drought Management Decisions - Spring
• Drought Management Decisions - Summer
• Drought Preparedness
• Drought Reporting
• Drought Reports for the Agricultural Region of Alberta
• Drought Resource Information
• Drought Response
• Soil Moisture and Temperature Consideration
• Vegetative Control of Saline Seep Recharge
• Year-Round Drought Management Decisions

• Parkland Laboratories
  5410 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4B5
  Telephone: 403-342-0404
• Sandberg Laboratories
  3510 6 Avenue N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 5C3 / sandberg@agt.net
  Telephone: 403-328-1133
• Central Testing Lab
  Collection point at 20/20 Seed Labs in Nisku:
  #202, 509 Ave., Nisku, AB T9E 7N5
  Telephone Toll Free 1-877-420-2099
  Edmonton Area 1-780-955-3435
  Mailing address direct:
  Unit 9 - 851 Lagimodiere Blvd.
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2J 3K4
  Telephone: 204-237-9128
• Midwest Labs
  Collection and preparation of samples in Calgary. Sent to Nebraska for analysis.
  4001B 19Street NE
  Calgary, AB T2E 6X8
  Telephone 1-877-245-8378 or 1-403-250-3317
• Nutrilytical
  Forage and feed testing, drop off station in Calgary
  234, 5149 Country Hills Boulevard NW, Unit 437
  Calgary AB T3A 5K8
  Telephone: 403-452-7355, toll free 1-888-806-8874
• IEH Lab and Consulting Group (formerly Lakeside Research)
  Box 800
  Brooks AB T1R 1B7
  403-362-3326
  Attention: Lise
  

• Nitrate Poisoning and Feed Tests
• Options for Maximizing Livestock Feed
• Feeding and Management Options in Dry Conditions
• Some Thoughts on Culling Your Herd
• Feeding Considerations Under Low Moisture Conditions
• Using Canola as a Feed Crop
• Using Canola as Feed
• Results of a Research Project on Early Weaning
• Converting a Cereal Crop to a Feed Crop
• Using Straw as a Feed
• How and Whys of Culling Your Herd
• Using Crops as Yellow Feed
• Making the Decision to Use Crops for Yellow Feed
• Estimating Yields of Crops Under Stress
• Upcoming Beef Marketing Workshops
• Market Opportunities in the Beef Industry
• New Listing of Feed Suppliers on Ropin' the Web
• Fall Use of Alfalfa Haylands
• Using Straw/Chaff Rations
• Implications of a Straw/Chaff Ration for Cattle
• Feed Alternatives for Broiler, Egg, and Hog Producers
• Stretching forage supply through managing body condition
• Issues with low water levels in dugouts and other water sources

• Alberta Feed Suppliers
• Dealing with Drought - Government of Saskatchewan
• Feeding in Dry Conditions - Government of Saskatchewan
• Crop Residue Collection for Field Grazing - Government of Saskatchewan
  • Crop Residue Collection for Field Grazing - Calculator - Government of Saskatchewan
• Brassica Crops for Hay and Silage (Canola and Mustard) - Government of Saskatchewan
  • Example rations utilizing canola silage as the main feed ingredient
  • Example rations utilizing canola hay as the main feed ingredient
• Managing Grazing Lands during Drought - Government of BC
• Managing your Tame Pasture through Drought - Government of BC
• AAFC Drought Watch
• Alberta Environment
• Foragebeef.ca
  • Drought on Grazing Livestock
  • Drought on Pastures and Rangeland
• Feeding Horses when Hay is in Short Supply - Horse Industry Association of Alberta