Upcoming Event
Virtual Grazing Conference
.png)
Hear from grazing and pasture experts on how to make the best of your grazing season this year!
Sign up to join the discussion on Zoom and receive the recordings of each session.
For more info or assistance with registration, call 780 - 523 -4033 or email info@pcbfa.ca
Agenda:
Dr Kris Nichols - Grazing to Improve Soil Health
Date: Friday, January 7th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Dr. Kris Nichols is a leader in the movement to regenerate soils for healthy crops, food, people and a planet. She has done extensive work focused on mycorrhizal fungi and the investigation of glomalin – a substance produced by AM (arbuscular mycorrhizal) fungi. Previously, Dr. Nichols was the Chief Scientist at Rodale Institute and a Research (Soil) Microbiologist with the USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Allen Williams - Implementing Adaptive Grazing
Date: Friday, January 14th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Allen Williams and his colleagues specialize in whole-farm & ranch planning based on the concept of regenerative agriculture. Their approach creates significant “value add” and prepares landowners for multiple enterprise/revenue stream opportunities that stack enterprises and acres. This approach allows for enhanced profitability and investment value.
Dr Martin Entz - Organic Grazing
Date: Friday, January 21st
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Martin Entz is professor of Cropping Systems & Natural Systems Agriculture at the University of Manitoba. He leads the Glenlea Long-Term Rotation Study – Canada’s oldest organic vs conventional farming systems experiment. He is also founder of the U of M’s Natural Systems Agriculture program, studying systems based on processes found in nature — specifically the natural grassland ecosystem of the Canadian Prairies.
Dylan Biggs - Cattle Handling on Pasture
Date: Friday, January 28th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Jim Gerrish - Year-Round Grazing
Date: Friday, February 4th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Dallas Mount - Economic Leverage of Grazing Management
Date: Friday, February 11th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Dallas Mount has sat at hundreds of kitchen tables and delivered workshops to thousands of ranchers across the US, Canada, and Australia to help them improve the profitability and overall health of their businesses. He has hands-on experience working in cow-calf, yearling, feedlot and hay enterprises. Dallas currently serves as CEO of RMC leading the Ranching For Profit School, creating profitable businesses, with healthy land and happy families.
Dr Akim Omokanye - Forage Mixes from the Peace & Making your own Mixes
Date: Friday, February 18th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST
Sean McGrath - Grazing Perennial Pasture in Northern Alberta
Date: Friday, February 25th
Time: 7pm MST - 9pm MST