A new two-year grant recently awarded to the Manitoba Forage Council by the Greencover Canada Program: Technical Assistance Component, will help producers access new Best Management Practices (BMP’s) to optimize the use of oats for swath-grazing to extend the grazing season. This practice will reduce the confinement feeding of cattle, which in turn will reduce winter feeding costs and manure concentration in feedlot pens. This project will be carried out in collaboration with Dr. Shannon Scott at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre in Brandon.

Project Coordinator: Dr. Shannon Scott,

Brandon Research Centre, AAFC.

(204) 578-3605
sscott@agr.gc.ca