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Saskatchewan Forage Council
Baling hay under a wide prairie sky, photo from the Saskatchewan Forage Council website

A co-operative council, formed 1988

Foraging ahead through science, innovation and collaboration.

The Saskatchewan Forage Council develops and enhances the province's forage industry, from production and harvesting to utilization and marketing, and puts current research in the hands of the people who grow forage and raise livestock on it.

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Date change

Saskatchewan Advisory Meeting on Forage Crops: January 20, 2027

The annual meeting on forage crops moves to January 20, 2027 at Marquis Hall, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Hear the news and research moving through Saskatchewan's forage industry. Registration is free and everyone is welcome.

What the Council does

Research that fills gaps

With its board and partners, the Council helps set research priorities for the forage sector, names the gaps, and facilitates or leads applied research projects and demonstrations to fill them.

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Information that reaches the field

The monthly Forage and Livestock eNews, the quarterly Saskatchewan Hay & Pasture Report, and the Saskatchewan Forage Market Reports carry prices, findings and practice to producers across the province.

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People in the same field

The Advisory Meeting each winter, the Saskatchewan Pasture Tour each summer, and a year-round calendar of industry events keep producers, researchers and government at the same table.

See the calendar
1988formed as a co-operative
$25membership, per member
4Hay & Pasture Reports a year
23rdannual Pasture Tour held in 2026
Cattle grazing on Saskatchewan pasture in July 2020, photo from the Council website

Events

Next on the calendar

  • December 8, 2026 Foraging Into the Future, Swift Current
  • December 15 to 16, 2026 Living Lab Central Prairies Conference, Saskatoon
  • January 20, 2027 Saskatchewan Advisory Meeting on Forage Crops, Saskatoon
Full events calendar

Work with the Council

Communications Coordinator, part-time contract

The Council is hiring a remote Communications Coordinator at roughly 25 percent time to run its website, social media, monthly newsletter and quarterly Hay & Pasture Report. Applications close November 15, 2026.

Read the posting

Next step

Start with the January meeting

The Advisory Meeting on Forage Crops is the one room where Saskatchewan's forage research, industry and producers meet each winter. Registration is free.

Register for January 20, 2027