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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-05-11, Page 23_ FARM llPnATF Prints / 01' L/sboi',i e libi'ai'y the Ellmvllle Women's Institute presented Usbome Central School with a set of "Butler" prints of farm animals for use in the school library. Women's Institutes aim to have a set of the prints availabe in every rural school. From left are Usbome principal Cathy Eliott, and Elim- ville WI. representatives Marguerite Butler, Marie Brock, Shirley Cooper, and Virla Allen. Maintain a balanced ration when cows are on pasture By Dennis Martin Huron County Dairy Advisor CLINTON - Early pasture growth is high in quality, but de- clines rapidly. Within a month, the dry matter of spring grass can drop from 68 percent TDN and 15 per- cent protein, to 50 percent TDN and seven percent protein. In addi- tion, pasture quality can change drastically from one field to an- other depending on the type and amount of grasses and legumes present, and the maturity of the stand. It is this variability which creates most of the difficulties of pasture quality before production slumps occur. Even short-term, in- adequate feeding practices have a major long-term effect on the pro- duction of individual cows. The grain mix which comple- ments your pasture feeding pro- gram, will depend on the quality of pasture available. Until the end of Jute Aninlx containing 14 percent pitteintlihOtild be'adequate, but dur- ing summer and fall a grain mix of at least 16 percent protein is re- quired. If only one grain mix is to be fed throughout the pasture sea- son, it is best to overfeed protein in the early stages. A common problem with cows on lush pasture is the change in ap- petite. To consume the dry matter of 30 lbs. (13.5 kg) of hay, a cow may have to eat up to 200 lbs. or 90 kg of Tush pasture, causing even high -producing cows to fill up, and so refuse grain. This problem can be minimized by changing over to pasture gradually, allowing only a few hours of grazing in the early part of the year. The cows will fill up in a short time, but will digest this, and be ready for grain, and other dry feeds at milking time. Because of the low fibre content, lush pasture often causes a severe drop in butterfat test. To avoid this, make dry hay available in a free - choice hay feeder. If each cow does not consume at least five lbs of hay per day, it pray be necessary to keep them in the barn longer for hay feeding. During the summer and fall, the quality and quantity of pasture available are often inadequate to BORLAND FARMS 235-0567 Custom No Till Minimum Till Drilling CIBA Seeds Early & late Corn Varieties available Grower Premiums Paid • on Secord Soybean Variety 235 660- 660-9689 Custom Stone Picking, Windrowing & Hauling First Line Seeds Early & Late Soybean varieties available Also In stock • Ammonium Sulphate • Liquid Micro nutrients • Baler Twine -0 56 7 9689 4 support normal levels of milk pro- duction. When pastures decline, be prepared to supplement them from stored feed with hay, haylage or corn silage and adjust the grain mix to balance with these feeds. Ontario trials with pastured beef cattle have shown, year after year, that average daily gain decreases drastically af- ter mid-August. In most cases, use of some supplementary stored feeds is critical in the fall if production slumps are to be prevented. Times -Advocate, May 11, 1994 Page 21 Rates and support levels announced TORONTO - Premium rates and support levels under the Market Revenue Insurance Program have been determined for the 1994-95 crop year. The announcement was made by federal Agriculture and Agri -Food Minister Ralph Goodale and Ontario Minister of Agricul- ture, Food and Rural Affairs Elmer Buchanan. "The 1994-95 crop year will be the fourth year the Market Revenue Insurance Program has been availa- ble," said Goodale. "Ontario pro- ducers have supported this program since its inception." The Market Revenue Insurance Program provides support to farm- ers when the market price for crops enroled is lower than the target price calculated under the,program. Producers receive payments equal to 80 percent of their long-term av- erage farm yield multiplied by the difference between the market price and 80 percent of the Indexed Mov- ing Average Price (IMAP). As a result of strong grains and oilseeds commodity prices experi- enced during the 1993-94 crop year, there will be no second inter- im payment issued under Ontario's Market Revenue program. This is consistent with the interim payment guidelines set out by the Gross Revenue Insurance Program (GRIP) National Committee which comprises producers and federal and provincial governments offi- cials, whose mandate is to oversee the operation of GRIP. Information on any future pay- ments will be released at a later date. The Market Revenue Program is funded by the federal and provin- cial governments, and Ontario pro- ducers. 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