Forage Seed Resources

We hope you find our collection of resources useful.

Production Resources

Insect Identification and Management

• NEW European skipper  (Thymelicus lineola) - a common pest in timothy by Peace Region Forage Seed Association (PDF)

• NEW Common Insect Predators and Parasitoids in Manitoba by Manitoba Agriculture (PDF)

• NEW Beneficial Insects and Parasitoids factsheet by Manitoba Agriculture (PDF)

• True armyworms (Mythimna unipuncta) factsheet by Manitoba Agriculture (PDF)

• Cutworm Pests of Crops on the Canadian Prairie & Insects Commonly Mistaken for Cutworms (PDF)

• Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada (PDF)

• UPDATED March 2023: Pests of Clover Grown for Seed, a Pacific Northwest Extension Publication (searchable by insect)

• UPDATED March 2023: Grass Seed Pests, a Pacific Northwest Extension Publication (searchable by insect)

Canadian Pedigreed Seed Production Standards for Forage and Turf Grasses and Forage Legumes

• NEW February 01, 2024: Notice Changes to Circular 6 (Canadian Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Crop Production ©)

• NEW May 17, 2024: Isolation Requirements and Maximum Impurity Standards for Other Crop Kinds in Forage and Turf Grasses and Forage Legumes (PDF)

• NEW February 01, 2024: Canadian Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Crop Production ©, see sections 6 & 7 regarding forage and turf grasses and forage legumes

• Seed Inspectors List

Production Presentations

• Forage Seed Research in Peace River Region of Alberta January 2019 (PDF)

• Perennial Ryegrass Production in Minnesota (PDF)

Seed Production and Crop Management

• Peace Region Forage Seed Association Research Reports: Forage Seed Variety Trials, Crop Establishment, Fertility, Weed Control, Growth Regulators, Insects and Disease, Harvest and Post Harvest Management, Crop Rotations (website)

• Manitoba Forage Seed Association Research Reports: Fertility, Growth Regulators, Fungicides and Diseases, Growing Degree Days-based management approach (website)

• Oregon State University Research Reports (website)

Organic Forage Seed Production

• We are working on production resources for organic growers. If you are an organic grower we would love your input. Please contact the SFSDC office and talk to us!

Production Guides

• Producing Certified Seed of Bromegrass in Western Canada (PDF)

• Altai Wild Rye (PDF)

• AC Saltlander Green Wheatgrass (PDF)

• Birdsfoot Trefoil (PDF)

  Cicer Milkvetch for Western Canada (PDF)

• Crested Wheatgrass (PDF)

  Dahurian Wild Rye (PDF)

  Intermediate Wheatgrass (PDF)

  Kentucky Bluegrass (PDF)

• Meadow Bromegrass (PDF)

• Northern Wheatgrass (PDF)Reed Canarygrass – A Production Guide (PDF)

• Perennial Ryegrass (PDF)Sainfoin (PDF)

• Sainfoin: Seeding and Establishment (PDF)

• Sainfoin: Profitable Grazing Management (PDF)

• Sainfoin: Innovation to Maximizing Animal Performance (PDF)

• Sainfoin: Sustainable Life Cycle Productivity (PDF)

  Slender Wheatgrass (PDF)

• Smooth Bromegrass (PDF)

  Sweet Clover Production in Western Canada (PDF)

• Tall Fescue (PDF)

• Timothy (PDF)

  Red Clover (PDF)

  Russian Wild Rye (PDF)

• Western Wheatgrass (PDF)

Other Production Information:

• Saskatchewan Agriculture's Crop Information (website)

  SFSDC Board Orders, on the Legislation, Policies and Procedures page in this website

• SFSDC Annual Reports on the Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements page in this website

  Economics Budgets by Government of Manitoba

• Guidelines For Estimating Forage Seed Production Costs 2016 (PDF)

  Other Sources

• Forage Seed - BMPs for Invasive Plant Species (PDF)

• Grazing - BMPs for Invasive Plant Species (PDF)

• Riparian - BMPs for Invasive Plant Species (PDF)

• Hazards and Safeguards in Applying Insecticides to Crops in Bloom (PDF)

Marketing Resources

• Forage Seed Marketing Guide (website)

• Forage Seed Market and Pricing Information (website)

• Forage Seed Market Review January 2019 (PDF)

• Forage Seed Market Review January 2018 (PDF)

Links

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• AG Canada

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

• Beef Cattle Research Council

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency

• Canadian Seed Growers' Association

• Manitoba Agriculture

• Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association

• Manitoba Forage Seed Association

• National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance

• Peace Region Forage Seed Association

• Weekly pest blog and host of the new Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN)

• Saskatchewan Agri-Food Council

• Sask Forage Council

• Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

• Seed Inspectors List