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