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Mapleseed Pasture Award – Entry forms 2022-2023

  • Patricia Ellingwood
  • 11/28/202105/24/2022

The Beef Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Sheep Farmers, Mapleseed, and the Ontario Forage Council, invite you to nominate a deserving producer for the Mapleseed…

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Blue clover logo with a thin black line of a cow head silouhette that says Milk make forage Competition

Milk Maker Forage Competition

  • Patricia Ellingwood
  • 10/27/202110/27/2021

The Board is taking some time to reevaluate the activities of the Milk Maker Forage Competition, please stay tuned!

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Frost Seeding FAQ

  • Christine O'Reilly
  • 03/26/202503/26/2025

Frost seeding is a popular way to renovate an existing forage stand and is most effective in fields where patches of bare soil at least…

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Elgin County Beef Farmer Receives 2025 DLF Pasture Award

  • Rebecca Vito
  • 02/19/202502/19/2025

February 19, 2025 – The Beef Farmers of Ontario, DLF, and the Ontario Forage Council, are pleased to announce that Abbey Taylor of Dawn Farm…

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CFGA 2024 Annual Conference Recap

  • Rebecca Vito
  • 12/18/202412/18/2024

By Patricia Ellingwood, General Manager of Ontario Forage Council and CFGA Board Member representing Ontario Congratulations to the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) on…

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The Impact of Forage Processing on Beef Cow Performance and Efficiency

  • Christine O'Reilly
  • 10/30/202411/14/2024

By: Dr. Katie Wood, Associate Professor, Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph and Madeline McLennan,  M.Sc. Student, Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph This article was originally…

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New Producer Rate for the 2024 CFGA Annual Conference

  • Rebecca Vito
  • 10/29/202411/13/2024

Ontario Forage Council (OFC) and Conseil Québécois des Plantes Fourragères (CQPF) are pleased to announce a collaboration to bring a producer rate to the 2024…

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Walkerton Family Receives 2024 Mapleseed Sheep Pasture Award

  • Rebecca Vito
  • 10/25/202410/29/2024

October 25, 2024 – Steve and Lisa Ernewein and family of Meadowbook Family Farm in the Brockton/Walkerton area are the recipient of the 2024 Mapleseed…

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Pest Alert – Blister Beetles Still Active in Some Hay and Pasture Fields

  • Christine O'Reilly
  • 10/03/202410/03/2024

By Christine O’Reilly, OMAFA Forage & Grazing Specialist and Tracey Baute, OMAFA Entomologist, Field Crops Warm fall temperatures has many pests still active and hungry,…

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Frost Injury in Sorghum Species

  • Christine O'Reilly
  • 09/21/202409/21/2024

Caution! Members of the sorghum family – sorghum, sudangrass, and hybrid sorghum-sudangrass – contain dhurrin, a glucoside that breaks down to release hydrocyanic acid, also…

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Learning and Camaraderie at the Meaford Pasture Walk

  • Rebecca Vito
  • 09/05/202409/05/2024

By Jim Whitley My name is Jim Whitley from Creemore, Ontario. My wife Myrna and I have a herd of 50 Charolais cows on the…

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Fall Rest Period for Alfalfa

  • Christine O'Reilly
  • 08/29/202408/29/2024

Key Points When is the fall rest period? The fall rest period (sometimes called “critical fall harvest period”) for alfalfa is 450 growing degree days,…

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