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Category Archives: Forage

Grazing Trials

July 21, 2019by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

Stocking density is a term used in the animal agriculture industry to define the number of pounds of animal mass present on a single acre of land (expressed as lbs./ac). […]

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Cattle, Forage, Management

How Cattle Move

June 29, 2019by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

With calving slowly coming to a close, the priority on the farm has shifted to pasture management and branding. With the dry conditions we have been having, pasture management has […]

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Cattle, Forage, Management

Its a wrap

July 24, 2017by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

This years weather has been disappointing.  Limited moisture has meant crops are maturing rapidly and with less yield. The silage is chopped and covered, but it is a much smaller […]

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Forage

Building Soil with Forages in Rotation

October 26, 2016by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

We include forages in our rotation. In late September we disced perennial grass fields to put back into annual crops. We will seed other fields into alfalfa grass mixtures for hay […]

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Forage

Bales, bales and more bales!

August 21, 2016by Grant Ranch 1 Comment

The never ending job of hauling bales. It can seem like someone is hauling bales all summer. From when baling first starts the end of June until well into September. […]

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Forage

When hay is not enough, silage

July 11, 2016by Grant Ranch 3 Comments

We usually hay because it is very dry in Southwest Saskatchewan. But this year the forecast was for a rainy wet July. Which makes drying hay a difficult process. So this […]

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Forage

Cut. Dry. Bale. Repeat.

July 3, 2016by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

The hot days of summer are upon us, and that can only mean one thing for farmers and ranchers alike – Hay. Hay provides a quality forage for the calves […]

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Forage

The Water Factor

June 21, 2016by Grant Ranch Leave a comment

For those who have never been to Val Marie, one might say that the area is dry  or arid, others might come right out and say we are a little piece […]

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Forage

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