By Rebecca Dika - Creating and growing a niche market overseas for premium timothy hay may seem a lofty inspiration, but a northwestern Alberta producer plans to make it work.
It has been a crazy couple of years in the Red River Valley of Manitoba. In the spring of 2004 and again in 2005, the wet conditions in the Red River Valley were such that seeding deadlines were coming up fast and growers still had thousands of acres of canola to seed. This “push comes to shove” situation led growers to come up with whatever it took to get the job done.