Forage and Livestock eNews
The Council's monthly newsletter, keeping the Saskatchewan forage industry connected. Recent 2026 issues: June, July, August and September.
Resources
Prices, reports and field guides, published for the whole industry.
Contact the Saskatchewan Forage Council to ask about hard copies or past issues of any resource below.
Publications
Saskatchewan Hay & Pasture Report
The quarterly report coordinated and published by the Council. Volume 27 ran through 2026: Issue 1 in July, Issue 2 in August, Issue 3 in September, Issue 4 in October.
Forage Market Reports
Saskatchewan Forage Market Price Discovery Reports for Winter 2026, Fall 2025, Winter 2025 and Fall 2024, each with a two-page factsheet snapshot of prices.
Field guides and factsheets
- Plant identification field guides: Common Range Plants of Southern Saskatchewan; Common Range Plants of Northern Saskatchewan; Common Riparian Plants of Saskatchewan; Common Seeded Plants for Forage and Reclamation in Saskatchewan; Invasive Plant Species Identification Guide.
- Best management practices for invasive plant species: guides for forage seed, grazing, hay, riparian areas and transportation.
- Trace minerals in Saskatchewan: factsheets by soil zone: Black, Brown, Dark Brown and Gray.
- Bale grazing: a list of resources to guide planning your bale grazing.
- More factsheets: Successful Forage Crop Establishment; Growing Forage Legumes in Rotation with Annual Crops; Revegetation of Saline Soils Using Salt-Tolerant Grasses; Grazing Response Index (GRI) Adapted for Tame Forages; Managing Saskatchewan Rangeland.
- The Value of Saskatchewan's Forage Industry: a multi-level analysis, published as a PDF.
Forage U-Pick Tool
An interactive species selection tool for Western Canada, hosted by the Council. If the embedded tool gives you trouble, the standalone site is one click away.
Open the Forage U-Pick ToolProjects
Current
ADOPT 20220495: Complex vs. simple in low-input poly-cropping systems
Testing simple and complex polycrop mixes in southern Saskatchewan to determine whether more diverse seeded blends improve yield or soil nutrient composition, assessing establishment of 15-species mixes under unfertilized conditions, soil nutrients, and feed value against monocultures.
Completed
- Grazing management software (ADOPT 2020500): eight grazing cooperatives tested Maia Grazing and PastureMap to see whether field data entry changes management and reduces overuse.
- Saline-tolerant forage mixes (ADOPT 20211109): comparing two seeding methods for four forages and mixes on moderately saline grain land.
- Higher heat unit corn for irrigated silage (ADOPT 2020529): variety trials in the Lake Diefenbaker area, at Outlook and Riverhurst.
- Alfalfa and grass under saline conditions (ADOPT 20180455): synergies between saline-tolerant grasses and legumes, from soil salinity to weed suppression.
- 4R fertilizing forages (ADOPT 20190450 and 20200493): fertilizing old hay stands with nitrogen loss inhibitors, completed 2020 and 2021.
- Corn silage under high fertility (ADOPT 20190437): the yield potential of corn silage when fertility is not limiting.
- Forage variety demonstrations: independent performance information on grass and legume varieties for producers, seed companies and breeders, 2017 to 2020.
The Council keeps an archive of earlier projects. Contact office@saskforage.ca for information and reports from older projects.
Health and safety in agriculture
The Council's resource list includes the Farm Stress Line at 1-800-667-4442, the Do More Agriculture Foundation, the Agricultural Health and Safety Network, and the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute's farm safety program.