Reminder: Beef Producers Invited to Participate in a Survey re: Swath Grazing

Manitoba producers are reminded that there is still time to participate in an online research survey related to swath grazing.

The purpose of the swath grazing research is to understand the use of swath grazing and spring residue cleanup by western Canadian cow-calf operations. Producer responses will help promote strategies that will advance the Canadian beef industry. This study is for research purposes only.

Respondents can be both adopters, non-adopters and dis-adopters of swath grazing as they wish to hear how adopters swath graze, why non-adopters choose not to swath graze and why dis-adopters stopped swath grazing. The survey will close when 600 respondents are reached (likely March 31, 2023).

The swath grazing survey research is funded by Alberta’s Results Driven Agriculture Research and is being conducted by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (Kathy Larson) and Lakeland College (Dr. Obi Durunna). Dr. Durunna is a Livestock Research Scientist at Lakeland College and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Larson is a Professional Research Associate at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

The survey link is: https://ca1se.voxco.com/SE/90/Swathgrazing/

Anyone with questions about the 2023 survey can contact Larson at kathy.larson@usask.ca or at (306) 966-4025.