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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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.
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
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.
Browse resourcesPeople 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 calendar1988formed as a co-operative
$25membership, per member
4Hay & Pasture Reports a year
23rdannual Pasture Tour held in 2026
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