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	<title>UM Todayinter-cropping &#8211; UM Today</title>
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		<title>Western Producer: Corn intercrops can work</title>
        
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Odlum]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intercropping can have significant benefits for extended grazing cattle on shoulder seasons, says Emma McGeough, associate professor in the department of animal sciences at the University of Manitoba. She and her research team of graduate students have been working for the last number of years on the intercropping of corn for fall and winter grazing. [&#8230;]]]></description>
        
        <alt_description><![CDATA[<img width="120" height="90" src="https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Emma-McKeough-2-DSC07766-1-120x90.jpg" class="attachment-newsfeed size-newsfeed wp-post-image" alt="Emma McGeough" style="margin-bottom:0px;" decoding="async" /> Recent research, such as a trial that was conducted at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives in 2020 near Brandon, has begun to look at how intercrops can enhance corn grazing.]]></alt_description>
        
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Intercropping can have significant benefits for extended grazing cattle on shoulder seasons, says Emma McGeough, associate professor in the department of animal sciences at the University of Manitoba.</p>
<p>She and her research team of graduate students have been working for the last number of years on the intercropping of corn for fall and winter grazing.</p>
<p>“Realistically, we think of inter-cropping as a practice of growing two or more forages or crops together in the same field,” she said at the Western Canada Soil Health and Grazing Conference in Edmonton late last year.</p>
<p>To read the entire story, please follow the link to the <a href="https://www.producer.com/livestock/corn-intercrops-can-work/">Western Producer</a>.</p>
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