Forages and Crops

INFOGRAPHICS

• How to Produce Forage Mixtures with Better Energy-to-Protein Balance

• Best Practices for Silage Production: How to maximize quality and minimize cost.

VIDEOS

• Best practices for silage production: What does the research say?

• How do silage management practices impact your farm: Farmers discuss their own experiences with silage production in Nova Scotia

ANIMATED VIDEOS

• Understanding fungal spoilage and mycotoxins in silage

PODCASTS

• Dormance automnale et tolérance au froid chez la luzerne (in French only)

• Nancy McLean sits down to discuss her research on silage quality and economics.

• Linda Jewell sits down to discuss her research on fungi and mycotoxins in silage. 

TRADE ARTICLES

• Alfalfa is 'greener' on the neighbour's farm

WEBINARS

• Améliorer la valeur nutritive des fourrages par l’amélioration génétique et la gestion des cultures (in French only)

• Une luzerne plus riche en énergie : tranquillement mais sûrement (in French only)

• Best management practices for silage production: What does the research say?

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

• Claessens, A., Bipfubusa, M., Chouinard-Michaud, C., Bertrand, A., Tremblay, G. F., Castonguay, Y., Bélanger, G., Berthiaume, R., & Allard, G. (2021). Genetic selection for nonstructural carbohydrates and its impact on other nutritive attributes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) forage. Plant Breed. 140(5): 933-943. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12950 

• Tremblay, G.F., Thériault, M., Seguin, P., Godin, X., Claessens, A., Bittman, S., Hunt, D., Bélanger, G., Hakl, J., Bertrand, A., Thivierge, M.N. 2023. Legume addition to alfalfa-based mixtures improves the forage energy to protein ratio. J. Agron. 115(4) : 1842-1855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21386

• Bélanger, G., Tremblay, G.F., Thivierge, M.-N., Thériault, M., Seguin, P., Lajeunesse, J. Claessens, A. 2023. Cutting schedule and species composition to improve energy-to-protein ratios in alfalfa-based mixtures. J. Agron. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21496

• Plett, C., Plaizier, J.C., McLean, N., Lafrenière, C., Bittman, S., Ominski, K. 2022. Comparison of near-infrared reflectance spectrometry and wet chemistry analyses on first-cut legume-grass silages. Abstract 1144. J. Dairy Sci. 105, Suppl.1:55.

• Plett, C., Plaizier, J.C., McLean, N., Lafrenière, C., Bittman, S., Ominski, K. 2022. Determining and comparing the quality of legume, grass, and legume-grass mix silages on Canadian dairy farms. Abstract 1146. J. Dairy Sci. 105, Suppl.1:56.