The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association is launching a Beef Drive to help out Saskatchewan’s food banks. Members can help by contributing an animal, or by donating cash to defray the cost of processing. Saskatchewan’s ranchers are legendary for their willingness to help out a neighbour,” said SSGA President Shane Jahnke. “We hope this Beef Drive can help people put good nutritious food on the table.”
Posted November 12, 2016
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Central Testing Laboratories, , Ducks Unlimited, the Saskatchewan Forage Council and Saskatchewan Peavey Mart locations are working together to promote the Saskatchewan Hay Harvest Challenge. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of growing and harvesting good quality forage and the importance of feed testing. 
Haying season approaches, and the challenge to put up good-quality hay with minimal field losses exists. Regardless of harvest management and weather conditions, the nutrient content of forage is highly variable. Matching the nutrients supplied by the forage with livestock nutrient requirements is only possible if the nutrient content of the forage is known.
Growing and harvesting good quality forage is the first step in meeting the nutritional requirements of livestock. To keep track of the quality of their forage, many livestock and forage producers keep a field record book.
The Saskatchewan Hay Harvest Challenge provides producers with a pocket-sized field book to record hay field conditions and harvest operations across their forage acres. In taking the Hay Harvest Challenge, producers are encouraged to submit forage samples for feed testing. The field record book provides an entry form to fill in after the feed test analysis is returned. Not only is the field book for record-keeping, it is also full of forage production and harvest management information - great for a quick reference to often-asked forage questions!
Prizes for the Saskatchewan Hay Harvest Challenge include eight $250 vouchers for feed testing analysis sponsored by Central Testing Laboratories and a $1,000 voucher for an in-store merchandise purchase from a Saskatchewan Peavey Mart location. Entry forms are found in the official field record book. The official challenge kick-off date is May 24, 2016 and all entries must be received by January 27, 2017. For more information or to obtain an official field record book contact your local Regional Forage Specialist, call the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 or contact the SFC at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Posted June 4, 2016
It’s that time of year again! The Harvest Showdown Commercial Forage Show is coming up on November 2 to 5, 2016. We would like to invite you to enter by October 14, 2016. The entry fee is only $20.00 per sample to help cover the cost of the feed test. This is an excellent opportunity to inexpensively obtain a detailed forage analysis as it normally costs twice as much. Assistance is available to interpret the results and design a winter ration for your cattle from Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. A forage test can be a valuable tool not only to determine what your livestock feed requirements and costs will be for the winter but also as a selling feature if you are marketing your forage. Click here to enter your sample.
Posted October 5, 2016
The Saskatchewan Forage Council, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, University of Saskatchewan, Water Security Agency, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Eagle Creek Watershed worked together to put on another successful pasture tour in August near Harris, SK. Below you'll find some useful links relating to some of the many topics covered on the tour:
Handouts from Tour Hosts:
Range Health Assessment:
Sod Seeding:
Sod Seeding into Existing Forage Stands (posted by Foragebeef.ca)
Comparison of zero-till openers for sod seeding (posted by Foragebeef.ca)
Rotational and Intensive Grazing
Grazing Management (posted by Foragebeef.ca)
Intensive Grazing (Saskatchewan Agriculture)
Rotational Grazing (Manitoba Agriculture)
Pasture Pipeline:
Pipelines for Watering Range Livestock (from AAFC, posted by Foragebeef.ca)
Livestock Watering Systems in Saskatchewan: Producer Experiences (posted by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards)
Perse Cover Cropping:
Cover Crops (North Dakota State University)
Nutrient and Yield Effect of Bale Grazing on Hay Fields (SFC ADOPT Project)
Establishing Cicer Milkvetch using Trampling from Bale Grazing (SFC ADOPT Project)
Posted Sept 12, 2016
A Special Thank You to Saskatchewan Forage Council Sponsors
The SFC also gratefully acknowledges funding for…
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