Cows, accompanied by their calves, graze pasture in a rotational grazing system, summer 2018. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Grazing ‘sweet spot’ boosts pasture performance

Timing-focused approach to pasture management touted to boost forage growth, livestock gains while also cutting farmer labour and inputs

Reading Time: 3 minutes Timing-focused approach to pasture management touted to boost forage growth, livestock gains while also cutting farmer labour and inputs




The Bob Creek Ranch is an important piece of land along Highway 22. It is home to many species at risk, and has varied terrain. The Waldron Grazing Co-operative and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are working together to place the land under a conservation easement.

Saving southern Alberta’s Bob Creek Ranch

Bob Creek Ranch around the Cowboy Trail in process of being conserved by the Waldron Grazing Co-op and the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Waldron Grazing Co-op and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are working towards the conservation of the Bob Creek Ranch around the Cowboy Trail in southern Alberta.








Oxeye daisies, native to Europe, are a problematic Prairie weed that can be controlled with a tiny moth, also native to the European continent, according to researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Tiny European moth a biocontrol for hardy oxeye daisy weed

Researches with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have learned that the Dichrorampha aeratana moth is helpful in the fight against the oxeye daisy weed which has taken root in the Prairies

Reading Time: 3 minutes A tiny moth from Europe has been found to be a great biological control agent against oxeye daisy, an invasive plant that is a threat to forage crops and pastures.

Cattle graze pasture on the border of a barely trickling Edwards Creek south of Dauphin, Man., in late July 2021.

Drought plans keep farmers a step ahead

Planning for drought management ahead of time on your farm can save headache and heartache

Reading Time: 5 minutes Does your farm have a drought plan in place? Having one before the drought hits can save producers heartache and money