Rooted in Research
Through innovation and scientific rigor, LARA conducts research in support of those who grow crops in the Lakeland.
Cocktail Cover Crops for Livestock Feed
Cocktail cover crops have been gaining in popularity in recent years, with the acres seeded in Alberta slowly increasing. These crops can be an important ...
High Legume Pasture Project
It is well known that the inclusion of legume crops improves the protein content and digestibility of your forage stand resulting in improved overall quality ...
Perennial Forage Project
Perennial forages include a diverse range of grasses and legumes that are utilized by livestock producers for a wide variety of purposes – from hay ...
Alberta Ranchers Winter Grazing Cattle
In partnership with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Chinook Applied Research Association and West Central Forage Association, this series of 47 videos shares the personal perspectives and ...
Sod Seeding
Energy Consumption and Agronomic Benefits of Conventional and Zero Tillage Seeding Systems Partners: Gerald Mathiot Patrick Mathiot Mike Richter Patrick Elsen Caouette and Sons Objectives: ...
Canola Fertility Trials
Background: The high input costs of canola production, particularly fertilizer costs, have producers questioning the recommended rates of nitrogen fertilizer and if these rates can ...
Western Forage Variety Testing System
Partners: Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada Objectives: To obtain agronomic information on new forage varieties and compare with approved check ...
Regional Annual Forage Variety Trials
The Annual Forage Trials (AFTs) began at LARA in 2008 with the purpose of comparing annual silage crops for whole-plant production when considering both yield ...
Regional Variety Trials – Pulses
Background: The regional variety trials have been grown in the Lakeland since 1991. Each variety is tested for three years against a common check variety ...
Growing with Canola: A 2013 Agronomic Demonstration
Trial Information: 2013 was the fourth year that the Canola Agronomic Demonstration was grown at LARA and the second year it was seeded at the ...
Regional Variety Trials – Cereals
Background: Regional cereal variety trials have been grown in the Lakeland since 1991. Each new variety is tested for three years against a common check ...
Bale Grazing Wastage Estimation
One extended season grazing option that has raised high interest is bale grazing or grazing bales in-field, rather than in a dry-lot. In articles in ...
Alternative Forages
Forage Kale Forage brassica’s, such as kale, have been extensively used in Europe as a livestock feed for years but have not been widely established ...
Forage Peas
The inclusion of peas into the production of an annual cereal crop can provide multiple benefits to producers. Fertilizer costs could be reduced due to ...
Kura Clover Establishment
Kura clover is a long-term perennial clover from the Caucasian mountain region of Russia, the Crimea, Ukraine, eastern Turkey and northern Iran. Sometimes called the ...
Sainfoin: bloat-safe legume
It is well known that inclusion of legume crops improves the protein content and digestibility of your forage stand resulting in improved overall quality of ...
Heifer Project
The Heifer Project has been tracing the effect of body weight and body condition on heifer fertility for over ten years. Approximately 336 heifers are ...
Pasture Rejuvenation
In 2009, rejuvenation of the west end dug-out started. Heifers were denied access to the dug-out when pastured at the west-end where the LARA portable ...
Winter Grazing Standing Corn
Interest in utilizing standing corn as an extended grazing system has been increasing and there are many aspects that make it an ideal crop for ...
Night Spraying
Background: Recently, the question has been raised as to whether the effectiveness of various herbicides change as spraying times are altered throughout the day. The ...
Peola
Background: High input costs, including fertilizer, has sparked producer interest in intercropping – the growing of two crops at the same time as a mixture ...
Tributary Water Testing
Tributary Monitoring 2017-2019 Tributary water testing and monitoring of Moose Lake continued in 2017-2019, with plans to continue monitoring into 2020. The sites were tested ...
