Documents and Resources for Farmers

PEI Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Forestry

This site contains the following information gathered from Atlantic Canada by provincial departments of agriculture and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

• 2007 Forage Guide to Variety and Mixture Selection
• 2007 Guide to Forage Mixtures
• 2006 Forage Guide to Variety and Mixture Selection
• 2005 Forage Guide to Variety and Mixture Selection
• 2002 Forage Trial Results
• Annual Ryegrass Fertilization
• Atlantic Forage Handbook
• Biomass, composition and tillering of cool and warm season grasses in Atlantic Canada 2005
• Enhancing Drought Damaged Forages Estimating Net Energy Content of Forages Field Crop Insects Forage Evaluators' Report 2004
• Forage Evaluators' Reports 2002
• Perennial Forage Fertilization Producing Annual Ryegrasses for Pasture, Silage and Seed
• Yield and composition of short term clovers grown alone and with Westerwolds ryegrass 2005

Other Sites of Interest

• Purdue Univeristy Forage Information (Indiana)
  • Forage Plant Identification (Purdue University)
  • Forage Selection and Seeding Guide for Indiana
  • etc.
• Forage Production Information (Oregon State University)
• Forage Production Information ("foragebeef.ca")
• Western Canadian Forage Beef Group (Alberta)
• Managing Pastures in Drought (Agrapoint, Nova Scotia)
• "Sane cow disease: Will ranchers and consumers catch grass-fed fever?": production of beef on pasture is BSE-free.
• Eatwild.com: Jo Robinson, an investigative journalist who specializes in science-based health information; e.g., the differences between animals raised in feedlots and pasture-based farms.

Research Articles of Interest

• Reducing Concentrate Supplementation in Dairy Cow Diets While Maintaining Milk Production with Pea-Wheat Intercrops. (Adesogan, et al., 2004, J. Dairy Sci. 87:3398-3406)
• Free-Range and Grass-Fed: These Cows are Over the Moon. Alexandra Gill. Globe and Mail, Saturday, January 15, 2005 - Page L8