Over five million acres of marginal agricultural land in the Northeast USA are no longer in use and have great opportunities for grass biomass production,…
Canada invests in biomass research cluster to grow bioeconomy
Feb. 12, 2019 – The federal government is investing up to $7 million in a biomass research cluster led by the BioFuelNet Canada Network. Funding…
Castleton Area Beef Farmer Wins 2019 Mapleseed Pasture Award
February 20, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – The Beef Farmers of Ontario, Mapleseed and the Ontario Forage Council, sponsors of the Mapleseed Pasture Award, are pleased…
Scugog Township Farmer Receives Ontario Pasture Award
November 1, 2018 – Alliston – Rodney Jones of Crimson Farm from the Township of Scugog in Durham Region is the recipient of the 2018…
Switchgrass Head Smut project approved
Switchgrass Head Smut project approved. Dr. Katerina Jordan, U of Guelphis the Principal Investigator for this project. Assessment and Integrated Management of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)…
Switchgrass Supply Falling Short of Growing Demand
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2018 Milk Maker Forage Competition Winners
The Ontario Forage Council and respected partners; Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, Dairy Farmers ofCanada, and the Canadian Dairy XPO, are proud to announce the…
Switchgrass a Promising New Bedding for Dairy Cows
We just released our latest video “Switchgrass a Promising New Bedding for Dairy Cows”. The video demonstrates benefits of chopped switchgrass straw for the dairy farming…
Straw is the star of this home building project
Volunteers and students fine tune their natural construction knowledge while helping general contractor and designer Henry Wiersma build a passive house. Click here to read…
Scientific advances in organic dairy farming: Switchgrass as a promising sustainable alternative bedding for cows
A research project financed in part by Dairy Farmers of Canada and its partners under the Organic Science Cluster investigated sustainable alternative sources of bedding…