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Volume 2, Issue 3

Text Box: East Central Alberta Forage Association Project Tour August 13, 2003 at 1 pm Starting at the Provincial building in Provost We will tour a few of our projects such as the Forage variety plot, watering systems, sage control, cow supplementation and a few others. Please join us on August 13 For more information contact: Tracy at 780-753-6227 or 780-753-1045

Text Box: Cows for the pasture project went out to pasture on July 8th . The cows and calves were weighed going onto pasture and will be weighed again when they come off. This year we will be measuring the differences in grass consumption on the pasture between the two groups. Grass clippings will be taken as the cows go on pasture and when they come off pasture. The cows are being fed a mixture of rolled corn, pea screenings, calcium, salt, rumensin, beef premix, ca

Text Box: nola oil, and soybean meal. These Cattle receive 2 kg/cow / day or 4.4 lbs /cow/day. We have two groups supplemented and control. 21 cow/calf pairs in each group . These cattle are separated by electric fence with

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Text Box: If you have any questions or would like information on our plots please contact : The office 780-753-6227 or Technician Cell: 780-753-1045

Text Box: ing their way out of the ground. The alfalfa was the first to show. We didn’t plant these forages until late June early July, so they are a little behind. We have received rain at the right time that has helped to keep our perennials from burning up. We now face the battle of trying to control our weed problem in the plot.

Text Box: We have been working at keeping our forage varieties demonstration plot in top shape. We have had rain on our plots which have helped them along their way. The SeCan varieties will soon be clipped for data. We will be doing the barley and the canola. The oats and the wheat are not quite ready to be clipped quite yet. Our perennial forages are slowly mak

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President’s Message	1
Tracy’s Two Cents	1
Ag—Fieldman’s Message	2
Pasture Project/ Cow Supplementation	3
Silage and Perennial Forage Variety plot	3
Project Tour	3
Estate Planning	4