The Ontario Forage Crops Committee (OFCC) was active from 1953-2015. The OFCC was made up of representatives from:

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Canadian Seed Growers Association
  • Canadian Seed Trade Association
  • Dairy Farmers of Ontario
  • Ontario Cattlemen’s Association (now called Beef Farmers of Ontario)
  • Ontario Forage Council
  • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
  • Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association
  • University of Guelph

OFCC reviewed research work on forage species and used this information to prepare production recommendations. As part of this effort, the committee evaluated the performance of varieties of forage crop species under Ontario conditions. Each year the individual trial data for all Ontario public forage variety trials that were harvested that year was collated. The results were used to recommend varieties to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for registration.

Historically, the OFCC had a subcommittee which evaluated management factors and their effect on forage production.

OFCC’s large body of work has made important contributions to our understanding of perennial forage crop agronomy in Ontario. Their reports are archived here for reference purposes.

Downloads

This archive contains three types of historical documents, preserved in .pdf format and available for download. Descriptions of the types can be found below the table. Click the “Next” button below the table to see more downloadable documents.

YearTitleAuthorType
1951Legume Research Committee in Ontario (Third Annual Meeting Proceedings)Ontario Agricultural CollegeManagement Trial Report
1953Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1953Ontario Agricultural CollegeManagement Trial Report
1954Progress Report no.2: Hay Investigations 1954Hay Research Committee, Ontario Agricultural CollegeManagement Trial Report
1955Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1955Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1956Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1956Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1957Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1957Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1958Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1958Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1959Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1959Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1960Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1960Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1961Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1961Field Husbandry Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1962Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1962Crop Science Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1963Progress Report: Hay Investigations 1963Crop Science Department, OACManagement Trial Report
1972Progress Report: Forage ProductionR.S. Fulkerson, D.R. Bridle, D.G. ClarkeManagement Trial Report
1983Research Review of Forage ProductionR.S. FulkersonManagement Trial Report
1955Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1956Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1957Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1958Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1959Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1960Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1961Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1962Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1963Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1964Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1965Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1966Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1967Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1968Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1969Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1970Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1971Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1972Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1973Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1974Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1975Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1976Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1977Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1978Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1979Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1980Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1981Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1982Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1983Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1984Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1985Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1986Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1987Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1988Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1989Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1990Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1991Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1992Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1993Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1994Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1995Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1996Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1997Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1998Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
1999Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2000Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2001Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2002Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2003Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2004Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2005Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2006Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2007Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2008Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2009Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2010Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2011Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2012Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2013Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2014Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2015Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2016Forage Crop InvestigationsOntario Forage Crops CommitteeIndividual Test Summaries
2004Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2005Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2006Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2007Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2008Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2009Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2010Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2011Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2012Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2013Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2014Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2015Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2016Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure
2017Ontario Forage Crop PerformanceOntario Forage Crops CommitteeVariety Performance Brochure

Management Trial Reports

Management trial reports detail learnings from agronomy studies conducted in Ontario. This research covers a wide range of topics, including harvest schedules, regrowth, persistence, seeding rates, and mixtures for a range of forage crop species.

The 1983 report is a special publication prepared by the late Professor R. S. Fulkerson, University of Guelph, summarizing a number of the forage management investigations he conducted over his 37 year research career. As Professor Fulkerson wrote in his introduction:

“The late Professor Robert Keegan would chuckle and call this a summary of ‘forty years in the wilderness’; however, my tenure has only been thirty-seven years. During those years, it was my good fortune to have worked in a stimulating environment of hard working faculty, technicians and research station personnel. One person has worked with me for thirty-four years and my gratitude goes out to him, David E. Clarke, for our happy association, and indeed to all.”

Not all investigations were included; Professor Fulkerson only summarized those that he felt might be most useful for future research and for use in extension and teaching forage production as it related to Ontario.

Individual Test Summaries

Individual test summaries are reports of the public forage variety trials conducted by OFCC for each harvest year. Data from all trial locations across Ontario are included.

Variety Performance Brochures

Variety performance brochures are short summaries of the OFCC trial results, designed to help growers make variety selection decisions with independent data. These were updated and released annually.