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Cautions When Using Brassica Crops As Alternative Feed

Nov 05, 2015

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Over the past few months, we’ve talked a lot about using alternative crops for feeding livestock this fall and winter. Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Ag-Info Centre, says producers need to be careful when using brassica crops as an alternative feed.

Interview with Barry Yaremcio (2:32 minutes) (1.16 Mb)

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