Feeder Loan Guarantee Program Webinar with Joe Kuhar, FAA General Manager
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 2pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
More details to come.
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Alberta Breeder Finance Inc. (ABFI) Program Webinar with Shelby Thue, FAA Program Support
Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
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Western Cash Advance Payments Program (WeCAP) Webinar Joe Kuhar, FAA General Manager
Friday, January 22, 2021 at 2pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
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Fine tuning your vitamin and mineral program with Dan Morrical, Production Expert, Premier 1 Sheep Supplies
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 7pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
Most producers just offer their flock a general sheep mineral. The problem is does it meet the needs of their flock. I will discuss specific minerals and levels. We will compared examples of various minerals and how to read the label to understand if the mineral meets your needs. The other aspect of mineral is cost and just because it is higher does not make it better.
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Seeding Down Forage Stands - Get off on the right foot with Grant Lastiwka, Union Forages
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 7pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
Doing the right things right when planning, acting, monitoring, and controlling for desired results will get you off on the right foot with a new forage stand. Start by doing a soil test to address any fertility shortfalls in P, K, S. (not N)etc. Were any previous years in crop herbicides used that restrict what can be planted? Research the species and cultivars of forages you are considering using. Ask the companies who have what you want for seed certificates to view before buying seed. Seed certificates exist for every field forage seed was harvested from and sold through industry channels. Certificates provide numbers for germination, contaminates and weeds present in THAT INDIVIDUAL SEED LOT. If concerned with what you find ask if they have more lots to choose from? You may have to go to another company or change the cultivar you are planning to use.
When seeding the field MUST BE FIRM BEFORE SEEDING. Choose a drill or system that will seed on the surface or 1/4-1/2 inch deep. If seeding on the surface, seed at least 1/3 more seed than recommended. If drilling in seed and fertilizer together in a narrow band do not put more than 25#PO5 with the seed. If seeding with a cover crop seed the cover crop with a small amount of N and at 1/3-1/2 of full seeding rate. Plan for this to be silaged or cut for greenfeed by early-mid July..
Monitor forage seedling and weed growth weekly. Use selected herbicides, mowing or an early silage harvest to prevent weeds from setting seed. In dry conditions where the seedlings have not come be patient. If wet or seedlings came and were lost for some reason consider reseeding promptly ie. wireworms, hailstorm, drought after germination and for extended period before rains came.
With these steps used as a recipe in the seeding of a forage stand, success is the outcome for the careful process you follow.
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Annual Grazing for Sheep with Graeme Finn
Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7pm
Presentation is 45min, with a 15 min Q & A
Using annual forages for sheep productions on the prairie - what would work in your area. Talking about the different annual and the uses of them on your farm by themselves and in a blend, as well as the pro and cons.
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