Hello again! We are happy to support ACORN in two events this summer on Cover Cropping and Nitrogen Management in Organic Systems - All to support long term soil health in production systems. Please check out the details below! Field Tour & Work Bee with Four Seasons Farm in Maitland, NS Event Date: Saturday, July 25th Time: 5:30-8:00 PM AST Event Address: Four Seasons Farm - 8244 Highway 215,
Happy Monday ! With the summer heat coming in earlier and hotter each year, breaking records and creating production questions and challenge, BMPs such as cover cropping, rotational grazing, and better nitrogen management can become more important tools in our proverbial toolshed. Ever curious about some of those warm season cover crops that may be optional to not only cover the soil, add nutrients such as nitrogen, and also be used for supplemental feed? We
Today is the last chance to register for the Atlantic Agronomy and Extension Conference in Wolfville Nova Scotia. This is a great opportunity to network, learn new tools, share insights, and validate techniques all surrounding agriculture extension. This conference has speaking sessions from local and international leaders in agriculture and extension. Our goal with the conference is to build social, practical, and agronomic tools, insight and motivation for agronomists to support farmers in adopting climate
Last Thursday evening, we gathered for our first pasture walk of the season in Northfield, with Kevin Veinotte at Out to Pasture Farm—a seventh-generation farmer who’s been rotationally grazing his cattle for over twenty years. He and his family raise Belted Galloways, Katahdin sheep, pigs, and free-range chickens and ducks. It was a beautiful evening, just a few bugs. Kevin took us through his carefully managed grazing system. He’s a firm believer in the power
We have two tidbits of information for Rotational Grazers in the Nova Scotia: Ranching (Grazing) for Profit: We have launched a call for interest for the Ranching for Profit School in Prince Edward Island happening in November 2026 – A one week intensive session looking at how to manage you beef and sheep operation while focusing on rotational grazing. Please follow this link to learn more: Ranching for Profit If interested, please reach out to Katie
It is that time of year, the opportunity to utilize manure. Storage is full, and plant 2026 is getting underway. It has been a cold and wet start to the year and with fertilizer prices the way they are (painful), it is yet another opportune time to try and get the most of our on-farm nutrients. If you do not feel like reading too much today, here are some quick spring manure tips to jog
Happy Friday Folks, Writing to you from the rainy Annapolis Valley where we are happy to report that the registration page for the On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) Atlantic Agronomy and Extension Conference is live! This conference has speaking sessions from local and international leaders in agriculture and extension. Our goal with the conference is to build social, practical, and agronomic tools, insight and motivation for agronomists to support farmers in adopting climate safe practices.
Farmers can access up to $100,000 in funding to implement Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) that will contribute to on-farm sequestration of carbon and reduce greenhouse gases through nitrogen management, cover cropping or rotational grazing. The On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) is part of the Government of Canada's Agricultural Climate Solutions, a multi-stream program to help farmers tackle climate change. Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation will be implementing the fund to help farmers adopt these practices
Demo design and writing by Katie Trottier MSc - Ruminant Specialist with Perennia Food and Agriculture One of our multi-year OFCAF demonstrations aims to show the effect of rotational vs continuous grazing on root development and depth using a rhizotron. Picture a large “reverse aquarium” inserted in a field to look outwards at roots and soil. That’s a rhizotron! Our field house houses one in a demonstration field – it measures 1 metre wide, by
Good afternoon! We are happy to have our Field Crop Specialist Caitlin Congdon disseminate our data from a recent OFCAF Demonstration in corn. We are hoping this can be some food for thought while thinking about your corn nitrogen requirements and the timing of those applications. In 2024, a demonstration trial was conducted in Colchester County to look at the impact of nitrogen topdress application rates in corn. Similar to a strip trial that could