In June of this year, we launched the U-Pick Forage Selection Tool, designed to provide users with information for forage selection, seeding rates and weed management. This tool, revamp of an earlier tool developed by SFC, was met with great interest across Western Canada. The project was supported by 13 different organization across four provinces, with funding from the Beef Cattle Research Council, Alberta Beef, Forage and Grazing Centre and the Government of British Columbia and Government of Canada through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. We're very proud of this one; check it out on the Saskatchewan Forage Council and BCRC websites!

Our work in communications and extension includes a number of events and activities, often in collaboration with industry partners, that include the Saskatchewan Pasture Tour, Forages in the Field Reclamation Workshop and the annual Saskatchewan Forage Advisory meeting. In November of 2019, we worked with PCAP, Saskatchewan Stock Growers and the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association to host public screenings of Guardians of the Grasslands in Regina and Saskatoon; both of them were very successful. Since March, some of our planned activities have had to be rescheduled or delivered virtually, and we look forward to resuming our regular calendar of face-to-face events as soon as possible. As part of our outreach efforts, we continue to provide access to a wide range of publications and tools, available on the office@forages.ca website. We're working hard to ramp up our communications strategy, with an increased focus on social media.

In January we announced a new conference, the Soil Health & Grazing Summit, scheduled for February 25th and 26th 2021 in Saskatoon. We'll host this event in partnership with the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, with a plan to hold it every other year. While current restrictions on public gatherings have complicated our planning efforts a bit, we look forward to a successful hybrid event, combining a maximum number of in-person attendees with virtual attendees. Plan to join us! Registration is scheduled to open October 15th.

We value our partnership with PCAP and all its associated organizations, and look forward to continued networking and collaborations in future; hopefully, with a quick return to a face-to-face format!