Hear what Andy Wright of Wright’s Family Farm in Pasadena, NL has to say about why he cover crops! #OFCAF_NSNL
Have room in your rotation for a warm-season summer annual cover crop? Learn more about sorghum-Sudangrass and pearl millet and how they can sequester carbon from Rosalie Gillis-Madden. #OFCAF_NSNL
**Please note: The new location for the South Shore is Pleasant Hill Farms in South Brookfield.
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Perennia’s Livestock Specialist, Katie Trottier shared a great demonstration at the AAFC/MBV Forage Field Day in Nappan. She provided grazing and pasture management ideas to help achieve daily feed requirements of beef cows on pasture. #OFCAF_NSNL #CdnAg AAFC Canada
Did you know that soil organic matter is approximately 58% carbon? Check out our latest factsheet to understand how cover crops take CO2 out of the atmosphere and sequester C in the soil: ofcaf.perennia.ca/wp-content/upl…
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Whatever your questions about cover crops, we’ve got answers!
Submit your questions for 'Cover Crop - Ask Us Anything!' on December 13th and register here: perennia.ca/eventer/cover-…
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Have questions on how to maximize productivity and resiliency in your greenhouse soils? Attend an on-farm tailgate meeting with Judson Reid in a location near you!
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Perennia and #OFCAF_NSNL have been happy to support agronomists attending the Canadian Society of Soil Science Conference in Truro from June 26 to 29. Great learnings on what we can do to sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions & build #soilhealth !
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Want to learn more about cover crops, legumes, soil health and #OFCAF_NSNL ?
Register for our upcoming field day Wright's Family Farm in Pasadena, NL, with NL Federation of Agriculture: perennia.ca/eventer/increa…
Join us at the Cape John Community Pasture on October 6 to discuss rotational grazing, forage quality and more. We will have examples of solar watering systems and a no-till seeder.
Find more info and register here: ofcaf.perennia.ca/training/
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Tillage radish can be great for breaking up compaction in the soil. Learn more about using tillage radish as a cover crop and the benefits it can bring in our latest video: youtu.be/bHNp3qnBu58
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Variety matters! Sonny Murray, Perennia Berry Specialist and Rosalie Gillis-Madden, Perennia OFCAF Technical Project Manager, chat about two of the oat varieties we planted last year: youtu.be/1CjTEQHzgEY
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Legumes are a great source of nitrogen for a subsequent crop and can really help build your soil! Learn more about legumes as a cover crop here in our video: youtu.be/4PieMlAZwGA
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Nodules on legume roots are a sign that the legumes are fixing nitrogen out of the atmosphere.
Learn about how you can use this to off-set fertilizer costs at our upcoming field day Wright's Family Farm in Pasadena, NL, with NL Federation of Agriculture: perennia.ca/eventer/increa… #OFCAF_NSNL
We had a blast hanging out with Judson Reid, discussing best management practices in greenhouse soils across NS last week! Thank you to all of our hosts for having us, and to the On-Farm Climate Action Fund for making it happen. #OFCAF_NSNL
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Sorghum-Sudangrass and pearl millet are warm-season cover crops that can put on a lot of biomass and build soil carbon, along with other benefits. Watch our latest video to hear from Rosalie Gillis-Madden, OFCAF Technical Project Manager #OFCAF_NSNL youtube.com/watch?v=jl7PjQ…