Forages and Pastures

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Factsheets, Infosheets and Publications 

| Forage Agronomy | Insects, Disease and Weeds | Pasture | Harvest & Storage |
| Forage Quality | Annual Forage | Corn Silage | Economics |

Forage Agronomy

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811
• Alfalfa Autotoxicity
• Alfalfa Stand Assessment
• Fertility Management
• Field Crop News
• Field Scouting and On-Farm Trials
• Forage Production, Publication 30
• Frost Damaged Alfalfa
• Making Hay in a Bullish Grain Market - Stepping Up Our Game
• Managing Forages in Dry Years
• Managing the Effects of Wheel Traffic on Forage Yields
• Pasture Production Publication 19
• Predicting Alfalfa Quality Using PEAQ
• Re-Establishing Forages in Winter Feeding and Yard Areas
• Rethinking Orchardgrass
• Risk of Alfalfa Winterkill
• Soil Fertility Handbook (Publication 611)
• Soil Management and Fertilizer Use
• Streamside Grazing (Order No. BMP19)
• Summer Seeding Forages
• Tillage and Establishment
• The Value of Manure
• Varieties and Species

Forage Quality

• Alsike Clover Poisoning, Photosensitization or Photodermatitis in Horses
• Botulism in Horses and Haylage
• Chewing Through Forage- Managing Your Feed
• Cutting, Conditioning & Raking For Faster Hay Drying
• Definitions of Feed Manufacturing and Livestock Nutrition Terms
• Ergot Alkaloid Toxicity in Horse Hay and Pasture
• Feeding Forages
• Fibre Digestibility and Forage Quality
• Forage & Feed Analysis
• Forage and Feed Testing Laboratories in Ontario
• Hay for Horses
• Haylage and Treated Hay for Horses
• Let Them Eat Straw - Stretching Feed Supplies For Wintering Beef Cows
• Molds and Mycotoxins - Effects of Moldy Feed and Mycotoxins on Cattle
• Silage Fermentation Problems
• Take an Accurate Hay Sample
• The Disappearing Act - Efficiently Feeding Round Bales
• The Fine Art of Forage Sampling
• Preventing Mouldy Hay Using Propionic Acid
• Using "Scissors Cutting" to Optimize Forage Quality

Harvest & Storage

• Barn Hay Drying
• Buchneri Inoculants to Improve Corn Silage Bunk Life
• Bunker Silo Management
• Cutting, Conditioning & Raking For Faster Hay Drying
• Dry Hay
• Forage Quality and Harvest Timing
• Haylage & Corn Silage
• Harvesting and Storing Large Bale Hay
• Harvesting Corn Silage at the Right Moisture
• Horse Hay as a Cash Crop?
• Maintaining Quality in Large Bale Silage
• Preventing Mouldy Hay Using Propionic Acid
• Recycling Farm Plastic Films
• Silo and Hay Mow Fires on Your Farm
• Spontaneous Combustion and Hay Fires
• Taking That Fall Cutting Of Alfalfa?
• The Fine Art of Forage Sampling
• Tower Silo Capacities
• Wide Swath Haylage

Pasture

• Budgeting and Measuring Pasture Production
• Pasture Production Publication 19
• Pasture Management in Dry Conditions
  • Conserving Pasture Production During a Drought
  • Fall Pasture Fertility Management After a Drought
  • Fall Pasture Management Following A Dry Summer
• Fall Graze To Stretch The Grass Season
• Fall Pasture Management Tips
• Farm Fencing Systems
• Frost Seeding - A Cheaper Alternative
• Corn Stover
  • Turn Corn Stover to Low-cost Pasture
• Managing Horse Pastures
• Kura Clover: A New Pasture Legume for Ontario?
• Water and Watercourses:
  • Livestock Access to Watercourses
  • Streamside Grazing (order No. BMP19)
  • Water Requirements of Livestock 
• Identification:
  • Pasture Grasses Identified
  • Pasture Legumes Identified
  • Poisoning of Horses by Plants
  • Poisoning of Livestock by Plants
• Rotational Grazing:
  • Rotational Grazing in Extensive Pastures - 2012 (PDF)
• Sheep and Goats:
  • Goat Pasture Seeding Recommendations
  • Lamb Performance On Two Stockpiling Systems
• Stockpiled Pasture:
  • Effect of Harvest Date on the Yield and Quality of Stockpiled Grass
  • Effect of Management System and Nitrogen Application
  • Effect of Stockpile Grazing in Fall on Forage Production the Following Season
  • Lamb Performance On Two Stockpiling Systems
  • Stockpiling Perennial Forages for Fall and Winter Grazing
  • Stockpiling to Lengthen Beef Cow Grazing Season
• Effect of Harvest Date on the Yield and Quality of Stockpiled Grass
• Effect of Management System and Nitrogen Application
• Effect of Stockpile Grazing in Fall on Forage Production the Following Season
• Flea Beetle Control in Forage Turnips
• Looking for Extra Forage
• Performance of Four Grass Species in Stockpiling Systems
• Profiting from Pasture

Corn Silage

• Beware of Nitrates in Whole Plant Corn for Green Chop Corn or Silage
• Boosting the Protein Content of Corn Silage
• Buchneri Inoculants to Improve Corn Silage Bunk Life
• Corn Planting Following Early Hay Harvests
• Idea For Coping With Dry Corn Silage
• Pricing Corn Silage In 2014
• Using Corn Damaged by Dry Weather for Silage

Annual Forage

• Annual Ryegrass for Stored Feed and Pasture
• Double Cropping Fall Rye for Extra Forage
• Cover Crops
• Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
• Forage Production From Spring Cereals and Cereal-Pea Mixtures
• Forage Sorghum-Sudan Grass
• Soybeans as a Forage Crop

Insects, Diseases and Weeds

• Field Crop Protection Guide (Publication 812)
• Scouting Calendar
• Other Problems

Insects

• Field Crop Protection Guide (Publication 812)
• Insect Factsheets & Infosheets

Diseases

• Disease Factsheets & Infosheets
• Field Crop Protection Guide (Publication 812)

Weeds

• Guide to Weed Control (Publication 75)
• Fowl Meadow Grass (Poa Palustris) Control in an Established Alfalfa and Timothy Crop
• Newsletter Article Index In Weed Management in Forages
• Ontario Weeds - Weed Gallery
• Poisonous Plant Quiz - interactive
• Weed Control
• Weed Factsheets & Infosheets

Economics

• Field Crop Budgets (Publication 60)
  • Crop Comparison Summary Table for Selected Field Crops ($/acre)
• Grass Stocker (Cattle) Worksheet
• Hay Cost of Production Worksheet

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• Crop-Pest Ontario
• CropTalk
• Newsletter Articles for Weed Management in Forages
• Other Newsletters Online

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External Forage Links

• Alfalfa Council
• American Forage & Grassland Council
• Canadian Seed Growers Association
• Canadian Seed Trade Association
• Great Lakes Grazing Network
• Information for the Forage Beef Industry
• Ontario Forage Council

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Resources and Services

• Agriculture Development Advisory Staff
• Accredited Soil Testing Labs
• Crop and Pest Updates
• Feed and Forage Testing Laboratories in Ontario
• Sources of Crop Inputs
  • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers

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Stats and Facts

• Ontario Field Crops Statistics

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Crops Updates

• CropPest Ontario
• Ontario Field Crop Report
• Sound Advice - Audio Crop Updates
• What's Hot?- Forages