Grains and Forage Production

Overview information

Grain marketing Canadian Wheat Board
Scientific Findings About Organic Grain (Iowa State University)
Organic Small Grain Production (ATTRA)
A Transition to Certified Organic Oat Production Budget (BCMAFF '02/pdf)
A Transition to Certified Organic Spelt Production Budget (BCMAFF '02/pdf)
Organic Grain and Oilseed Enterprise (Ag-AB)
Organic Production Planning Through Transition (SKAG)
Maritimes Organic Grains Network
Weather
The Weather Network Farmzone
Environment Canada Weather Office
14-Day Soil Moisture Outlook for Canada and Alaska
BC Evapotranspiration - Schedule Irrigation Calculator (Farmwest)
Calculate Your Corn Heat Units (Farmwest)
Growing Degree Days (Farmwest)
Grain Production
Harvesting High Quality Organic Grain - Small Grains (Acres, PDF)
Harvesting High Quality Organic Grain - Corn (Acres, PDF)
Wheat Breeding for Organic Production: Is it Beneficial? (Ag. & Agri-Food Canada, :PDF - 90k)
Ohio grain farmer replaces inputs with sweat (New Farm)
Canada: Grains and Oilseeds Outlook (AG-Can)
Projected 2003 Organic Crop Budgets SCND (Nodak)
Economics of organic grain and soybean production in Midwest USA (Wallace/pdf)

Alternative Grain Crops
The crop of the day: Amaranth (UCDavis)
Amaranth (MDA)
Amaranth Grain Production Guide (Rodale 1987)
Amaranth Grain Production in Nebraska (IANR)
Buckwheat Production in the Northeast (Cornell)
Buckwheat, a Versatile Short-Season Crop (Jefferson Ag. Inst.)
Guar (MDA)
Quinoa (New Farm)
Rye as a Weed Suppressant in Soybeans (New Farm)
Rye lessons - planting soybeans into a rolled rye cover (Rodale Inst. 2003)
Teff (MDA)
Triticale (MDA)
Spelt (MDA)
Oilseed Production
Camelina - False Flax (MDA)
Crambe - another oil seed (MDA)
Jojoba (MDA)
Safflower (MDA State)
Sesame (Purdue)
Sunflower (MDA State)
Vernonia (MDA State)
Forage Production
Cow Culture - Cowman Discovers Nature’s Treatment for Pasture (Acres, PDF)
Forages (MDA)
Organic Alfalfa Production (ATTRA)
Kochia (MDA)
Sorghum (MDA)
Small Acreage/Non -Traditional Landowner Resources (Montana)
Buying and Selling Hay and Straw (UofW) - helps farmers calculate feed inventories.
Soil Fertility
Manures for Organic Crop Production (ATTRA)
Crop Management

Weed Management
Managing Weeds in Organic Cereal Production (U. of Sask., PDF - 2MB)
Weed Management for Organic Farmers (IA-State/pdf)
Ten Steps Toward Organic Weed Control (UVM)
Forage Establishment Without Herbicide (NS -ag)
Using allelopathy to suppress weeds (Garden Organic)

Crop Rotations
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual (SARE, PDF - 3MB)
Managing Cover Crops Profitably (SARE/2835k pdf)
Crop Rotations for Increased Productivity (NDSU)
Crop rotation key to increasing nutrient content of grains (OACC)

Green Manures
Cover Crop Resource Page (UC SAREP)
Rye as a Cover Crop (ATTRA)

Seeds
Organic Seed Suppliers for Canada (Cyber-Help)
Organic Seed Sources - varieties available in Canada (Cyber-Help)
Seeds of Diversity Resource List 2002
Suppliers of Seed for Certified Organic Production
Organic Seeds, Heirloom Seeds, Un-Treated Seeds, Seed Suppliers

ELSEWHERE ON THIS SITE
Compost
Pertinent Federal (Canadian) & Provincial (BC) Regulations
Organic Dairy Farming in Canada
Farm Equipment
Marketing Your Product
Organic Prices (fruit and vegetables)
Small Scale Food Processing
Pest Management
Soil (Canada, USA) and Water (BC, Alberta) Testing Labs & Services

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