Events
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Cover Cropping Strategies for Market Gardeners
Field Good Farms/Ferme j’me Champs Bien 1345 Levac Road, Cache Bay, Ontario, CanadaCover crops are a key component of building soil health, cycling nutrients, and practicing ecological and regenerative agriculture – but it takes some learning to find the right cover cropping mixes, timing, termination strategies, and rotations for your context. Join EFAO at Field Good Farms for a full-day tour and workshop to hear what strategies […]
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Exploring Agro-Ecological Benefits of Rotational Grazing (Bruce County)
Join OSCIA for an informative pasture walk and presentation and explore the agro-ecological benefits of integrated practices like rotational grazing and cover cropping, such as improved biodiversity and species at risk habitat protection, enhanced soil and water quality, nutrient cycling and mitigating net greenhouse gas emissions. Peter Kotzeff is a beef veterinarian and farmer who […]
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U of G Cover Crop Research Field Day – Elora Research Station
Elora Research Station 6195 2 Line East, Ariss, ON, CanadaCome to the University of Guelph Elora Research Station for a tour of cover crop research. This includes research related to greenhouse gas emissions and the 4Rs; legume mix yield and forage quality; long-term impact of cover crop trials; and more. There will also be a demonstration showing water movement through the soil profile using […]
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U of G Beef Pasture Research Field Day – Elora Research Station
Beef Research Station 6233-6301 2 Line East, Centre Wellington, ON, CanadaCome to the University of Guelph Elora Research Station for a tour of beef pasture research. This includes research related to grazing fall cover crop mixtures; using rising plate meters to measure forage yield; N fertility on pastures; tracking of greenhouse gas emissions; and more... . Come, see, ask questions. Also, meet new and familiar […]
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Red Clover & Multi-Species Mix After Winter Wheat with Dean Orr
Orr Farm 11681 Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge, Ontario, CanadaJoin Dean Orr and Ontario Soil Network for a field tour to look at his red clover after winter wheat and multi-species mix after winter wheat and talk all things cover crops! Please register to be included for lunch. For more information or to register, visit https://ontariosoil.net/event/red-clover-multi-species-mix-after-winter-wheat-with-dean-orr/
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Drone Night in Kinburn
Datim Farms 3527 Mohrs Side Road, Kinburn, Ontario, CanadaJoin P.T. Sullivan Agro Inc. and OSCIA for a cover crop drone seeding demonstration in Kinburn! Reuben Stone will share what he has learned operating a drone over the last several months. See it in action as they broadcast cereal rye onto Dave and Annette Cousens' cornfield. Hear from other local farmers on the benefits […]
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Extended Grazing
Noyes' Farm 162104 Wool Mill Road, Englehart, Ontario, CanadaJoin the Beef Farmers of Temiskaming for a morning of learning about extended grazing practices with special guests Mike Swidersky and Jim Johnston. For more information, visit https://www.temiskamingbeef.com/ RSVP required. Contact temiskamingbeef@gmail.com. $5/person. BBQ lunch included.
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Rotational Grazing Webinar
Join Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance, Brian McLaren and Mike Huber for an informative webinar and discussion on Rotational Grazing. Dr. Brian McLaren, Lakehead University will be sharing some of his work on rotational grazing and biodiversity. Mike Huber, manager of the Thunder Bay Community Pasture, will discuss the impacts of implementing rotational grazing and […]
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Rotational Grazing Webinar
OnlineJoin us on October 3, 2023 at 8:00 PM EST for a webinar on Rotational Grazing. Speakers: Brian McLaren, Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University Mike Huber, President, Thunder Bay Community Pasture Registration is Free. You can register at www.rotationalgrazing.eventbrite.ca For any recipients of OFCAF in need of a Knowledge Sharing Event, […]
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Market Gardening with Cover Crops and Season Extension
Milky Way Farm 484872 Sweaburg Rd, Woodstock, Ontario, CanadaJoin EFAO for this informative field day! Milky Way Farm is a mixed vegetable, four season, ecologically focused family farm owned and operated by Jesse Way and Meghan Brandenburg growing on 1.5 acres just south of Woodstock Ontario. With a regenerative agriculture approach, Jesse and Meghan strive to improve soil health and produce fresh, nutrient-dense […]