The CFGA Blog

Conference 2025 Recap: Building resilient pastures

January 26, 2026 Admin
Marie-Pier brought pasture planning into a new light by comparing pasture development to developing a winning hockey team. Like each player on the ice, each plant species plays an important role in keeping a pasture strong.
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Conference 2025 Recap:  Agriculture drone use: Opportunities, strategies, limitations 

January 19, 2026 Admin
Joseph Graham (NBSCIA) spoke at the (CFGA) 16th Annual Conference to talk about drones and the opportunities they offer to agriculture. 
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Conference 2025 Recap: Baselines and projections for grasslands change in Canada

January 5, 2026 Admin
Ronnie Drever, Bronwyn Rayfield and Negar Tafti shared information about Tomorrow’s Prairies project at the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 16th Annual Conference.
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Conference 2025 Recap: How Data is Powering Grassland Conservation and Stewardship

December 8, 2025 Admin
Examples of habitat identification, farmer incentives and remote monitoring to restore Bobolink Populations in the Maritimes
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Conference 2025 Recap: Everything that can be measured can be improved!

December 1, 2025 Admin
Jean-Philippe Laroch delivered the opening keynote message for the CFGA’s 16th Annual Conference: Greener Horizons: Technological Innovations in Forage and Grassland Management.
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Nappan Research Station Wins 2025 CFGA Leadership Award

November 24, 2025 Admin
The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) is pleased to name the Nappan Research Station as the winner of the 2025 CFGA Leadership Award.
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The CFGA’s 16th annual conference is here, still time to participate 

November 17, 2025 Admin
Delegates are arriving in Fredericton, New Brunswick, for the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 16th annual conference taking place this week tomorrow through Nov. 21. 
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Post-conference farm tours to explore innovation on N.B. farms

November 10, 2025 Admin
A highlight of the CFGA’s annual conference is the post-conference farm tours where registrants have the opportunity to visit farms for on-the-ground exposure to agriculture in the host province.
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Lactanet’s Jean-Philippe Laroche to present opening keynote at CFGA’s 2025 Conference 

November 3, 2025 Admin
The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) is excited to announce that Lactanet’s Jean-Philippe Laroche will present the opening keynote at its 16th annual conference.
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