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Caleb Siemens

General manager and sales lead at Red River Forage, a premium hay and straw operation in Morris, Manitoba, supplying forage across Canada and the U.S.

Oct 13, 2026

Bob BosoldCORRESPONDENT
5:35
What are you doing?
5:36
Yeah, no, that's right.
5:38
So we're doing things a little bit different.
5:39
In the past, we've done conventional alfalfa.
5:41
So you're cutting it, you're letting it lay a week.
5:43
The sun is leaching all the nutrients out.
5:46
You get some rain on it, and then you're left with poor quality alfalfa.
Bob BosoldCORRESPONDENT
6:37
Now, is this something you need to do every year? is to dry it down artificially rather than let Mother Nature take it down to where it's top quality.
17:54
What are you doing?
17:56
Yeah, no, that's right.
17:57
Um, so we're doing things a little bit different.
17:59
In the past, we've done conventional alfalfa, so you're cutting it, you're letting it lay a week.
18:03
The sun is, uh, is leaching all the nutrients out.
18:05
You get some rain on it, and then you're left with poor quality alfalfa.
18:08
So we are taking the, uh, taking the alfalfa, we're cutting it in the field, and then a day later we're merging it, and then we're harvesting it loose, bringing it back to the dehydration facility, and then we're drying it down.
19:24
Now, is this something you need to do every year, is to dry it down artificially rather than let Mother Nature take it down to, to where it's top quality?

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