Peace Region Forage Seed Association

PRFSA News & Events

2025 Canadian Forage Seed Conference

Registration is now open! Check out the FS Conference tab for all the conference details and to register!

2024 Peace Region Forage Seed Tour - July 9

Thank you to our sponsors:

Fosters Seed & Feed
DLF Moore Seed
BrettYoung
Corteva (Amy Gordon)
Syngenta (Kevin Kuryluk)
Golden Acre Seeds

PRFSA 2021-2025 Strategic Plan Available!

Every 5 years the Peace Region Forage Seed Association updates their strategic plan to ensure they are delivering relevant relevant research and extension to forage seed growers in the AB and BC Peace Regions. A roll up of the feedback received out to growers and industry has been posted on the About Us page. Thank you to everyone who took time to contribute.

Forage U-Pick

New and interactive forage selection tool launched for Western Canada
The Saskatchewan Forage Council is excited to announce the launch of Forage U-Pick, a new interactive forage species selection tool for Western Canada. Designed to provide users with information for forage selection, seeding rates, and weed management, Forage U-Pick is a mobile-friendly tool offering timely and efficient advice.
Forages for hay and pasture are essential for beef production. Ensuring that forage species are well-suited to growing conditions improves establishment rates, yield, vigour and quality. The Forage U-Pick tool provides information that can help to reduce costs, improve utilization and number of grazing days, and increase profitability.
Forage U-Pick is an intuitive and easy-to-use platform:

Forages Suited to My Field allows users to choose their province, soil zone or a regional zone and provides a list of forage species that are suited to the selected zone.
The Seeding Rate Calculator is used once users have selected the forages they want to seed, ensuring that the right amount of seed is put into the ground to have the best possible chance for a good stand.
The Forage Weed Management area of the tool touches on how the economic success in forages can increase with proper weed control.

Forage U-Pick, launching June 8th, can be found on the SFC website www.saskforage.ca and at www.upick.beefresearch.ca.

Pest Monitoring Updates

During the growing season, consider accessing two resources supported by grower associations and commissions on the prairies:

The BC Pest Monitoring Project has been extended until 2025! This cross commodity project (Grain Producers, Forage Seed, Cattlemen and Horticulture) is coordinated by Keith Uloth. Pest Updates, derived from in-field monitoring performed in BC Peace each growing season, are texted out weekly. Contact Keith at 250-719-8322 or via email at pest@bcgrain.com to get added to the list or for answers to your pest questions! You can check out the updates on the facebook page.

The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network also produces the Weekly Update e-bulletins during the growing season that summarize emerging prairie-wide pest issues, and includes monitoring tips, risk warnings, and forecasts in order to support in-field monitoring and sound pest management decisions for growers across the Canadian prairies. Contact Jennifer Otani at 780-354-5132 or via email at Jennifer.Otani@agr.gc.ca. Check out the PPMN website & blog to stay current!

Alberta Crop Protection Guide

The Blue Book is a longstanding and trusted resource for Alberta farmers and agronomists, providing current pesticide application information. With over 600 pages of valuable crop protection information, spraying guidelines and farm safety, The Blue Book is an essential tool for your farming operation. The Blue Book publication is collaboratively produced by four of Alberta’s crop commissions – Alberta Barley, Alberta Canola, Alberta Pulse Growers and the Alberta Wheat Commission. Go to their website to order your hardcopy or download the pdf for free.

Farmers Information Service

The Farmers Information Service (FIS) is available to help farmers and landowners in the Peace River Regional District navigate their interactions with the oil and gas industry with the objective of a positive outcome for all parties involved. They provide information at no charge to help landowners manage the challenges they experience while working with oil and gas development and to help them protect their interests while accessing opportunities that come from such development. They are here to help farmers and landowners understand the regulatory aspects of the oil and gas industry and know their rights when working with resource companies. We are also available as support to prepare for meetings with companies and will refer landowners to professional services when appropriate.

Check out their website for more information!

New Pesticide Labels Mobile App

Check out Health Canada's new app that allows individuals to access pesticide labels that have been registered for use in Canada! "Users will be able to save their searches as well as download product labels to their ‘Favorites’ for access, even when they are offline. 'Favorites' will also auto-update whenever users access them when online. Pesticide labels can be searched based on various factors including product name and active ingredient."

Download the app onto your smartphone or tablet here.

Grow BC

The forage seed industry is highlighted in the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation! Check it out as well as many other resources on their website.