The five-minute tricks to identify good dry matter intake in dairy cows - Grainews
Checking the animals’ condition, and a quick look at the ration, can tell the story of the dry matter intake (DMI) of dairy cows.| Grainews
Checking the animals’ condition, and a quick look at the ration, can tell the story of the dry matter intake (DMI) of dairy cows.| Grainews
Springtime brings risk for metabolic and nervous system problems brought on by acute magnesium deficiency. This condition has been called tetany, grass| Grainews
The idea under study here is simple: plant something even more attractive than faba beans along the field edge, draw lygus in and hit them with an insecticide before they move on.| Grainews
The German-made Nexat is an implement carrier designed to handle every field operation from seeding to harvesting and work in a controlled traffic plan to minimize soil compaction.| Grainews
Soil acidity is determined by measuring soil pH. The “H” refers to hydrogen and the “p” refers to hydrogen concentration on a negative logarithm scale| Grainews
Glacier FarmMedia — Grasshoppers, as their name suggests, hop from place to place in grassy fields. Taking advantage of that natural behaviour,| Grainews
The U.S.-developed mapping platform has been available to Saskatchewan farmers and aerial applicators since 2012, and is now available in Manitoba and Alberta.| Grainews
“Forages actually can be used to combat resistant weeds,” Kim Brown says. “A perennial forage stand will last for several years, but in a spring annual crop rotation, you’re dealing almost exclusively with annual crops most of the time.”| Grainews
A limed acre of Prairie soil will maintain a pH increase lasting 10-15 years — maybe more.| Grainews
