• Agriculture & Food Council of Alberta (CARD)
• British Columbia Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF)
• Alberta Agriculture
• BC Ministry of Agriculture
• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Peace River Agriculture Fund (PRAD)
• Smoky Applied Research Association (SARDA)
• Manitoba Forage Seed Association (MFSA)
• Soil Conservation Council of Canada GHGMP
• Central Peace Soil Conservation Society
• Dow AgroSciences Canada
• Producer Research Fund
• Norwest Labs
• Dupont Canada
• Developing Innovative Agri-Practice Initiative (DIAP/ AAFC)
• Agriculture Environment and Wildlife Fund (IAF of BC/ ARDCORP)
Forage Seed Variety Trials
Beaverlodge and Fort St. John are part of a network of sites across Western Canada. Seed companies enter grass cultivars into the trials for a fee. The main objective of these trials is to determine the seed production potential and adaptability of grass varieties for contract seed production for the domestic and export market. All attempts have been made to ensure the success of these trials. However, at times weather and environmental conditions may adversely affect the yield results regardless of the management practices followed.
Fertility and Crop Establishment Trials
Beaverlodge and Fort St. John are part of a network of sites across Western Canada. Seed companies enter grass cultivars into the trials for a fee. The main objective of these trials is to determine the seed production potential and adaptability of grass varieties for contract seed production for the domestic and export market. All attempts have been made to ensure the success of these trials. However, at times weather and environmental conditions may adversely affect the yield results regardless of the management practices followed.
Initially, Henry Najda (Grass Seed and Forage Specialist, AAF, Brooks, AB) compiled all the data from the grass seed trials conducted under the Western Grass Seed Testing Program (WGST) up until 2006. It is available on this page or through links to the Alberta Agriculture's Ropin the Web site. Then in 2007, the Peace Region Forage Seed Association took on the responsibility of coordinating and reporting on the WGST. For more information contact:
Sandra Burton, Coordinator PRFSA & WGST
Telephone: 1 877 630 2198 or email: coordinator@peaceforageseed.ca
Western Canadian Grass Seed Testing Program Reports
Fertility and Crop Establishment Trials
Fertility
• Variety Specific Management for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescue
• Nitrogen Fertility for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescure
• Nitrogen Fertility for Seed Production of Tall Fescue
• Fertilizer management for seed production of perennial forages in Saskatchewan
• Effect of fertilizer on seed yield of alfalfa under irrigation in Saskatchewan
Crop Establishment
• Plant Spacing for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescure
• Plant Spacing for Seed Production of Tall Fescue
• Sowing Rate for Seed Crops of Perennial Ryegrass
Weed Control and Herbicide Tolerance Trials
• Fall Herbicide Application for Effective Control of Problem Perennial Weeds in Grass Seed Crops
• Tolerance of Fine Leaved Fescues to Herbicide (1997 - 2000)
• Herbicides on Creeping Red Fescue
• NRG News Fertilizing Grasses for Seed Production
• Tolerance of Seedling CRF to Roundup Seeded with Canola
Insect and Disease Trials
• Cutworms Update 2011
• Casebearer Larvae SARDA
• Clover Insect Pests - European Flare for Damage Poster
• Sex pheromone of female red clover casebearer Poster
• Casebearer Life Cycle
• Micro-leps causing mega-trouble: The trials, tribulations, challenges of a new pest
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - August 29 - September 2, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - August 2 - 5, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - July 25 - 28, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - July 4 - 8, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - June 1 - 7, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - May 29 - June 3, 2011
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Weekly Update - May 24 - 27, 2011
Post Harvest Management and Crop Rotation Trials
• Non-Tillage Removal of Creeping Red Fescue
• Urease Inhibitor Agrotain: Surface Applied Urea for Fescue
• Post Harvest Management of Creeping Red Fescue
• Variety Specific Management for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescue
• Alsike Clover and Annual Crop Production
• Effect of Rolling Creeping Red Fescue Prior to Fall Glyphosate Applications
• Post Harvest Management of Grass Seed Crops
Response to Growers’ Issues
• Grass Seed Residues for Beef Cattle
• Wildlife Damage on Fescue Study
• Effects of Grazing on Grass Seed Production
Past Research Projects
• Western Canadian Grass Seed Testing Program
• Weed Control and Herbicide Tolerance Trials in Turf and Forage Seed Crops
• Herbicides Minor Use Registration Trials
• Stem Eyespot Control in Creeping Red Fescue
• Crop Rotation and Establishment Trials