July 29th is Living Lab Manitoba (LL-MB) Tour Day!

Register with Manitoba Association of Watersheds HERE

Join us for a full day of learning, field tours, and great conversation!

We’ll start the day at MBFI - Brookdale Farm Learning Centre where we’ll explore carbon inventory mapping, virutal grazing collars, GPS ear tags, remote fencing & watering systems with McRae Land & Livestock on the new Odanah Pasture.

Lunch will be provided at MBFI, and from there we’ll head to Rourke Farms for a plot tour featuring the LL-MB soil health trials along with other research trials. The day will also include a presentation by David Rourke, Evolution of Farm Stewardship: Leaving a Legacy, followed by an open forum moderated by Scott Day.

Come connnedct, ask questions, and see farm stewardship and research in action. It’s a great opportunity to learn from producers, researchers, and others working toward a strong future for Manitoba Agriculture.

AGENDA

• 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM - MBFI Brookdale Farm Learning Centre and Odanah Pasture

  • Presentation by Dr. Ryan Dierking, Director of Rangelands EarthOptics, speaking on how carbon monitoring can be done, and how his home operation Idle Wind Farms in Missouri uses soil data and now virutal fencing grazing data to improve farm operations

  • Field tour with McRae Land and Livestock on Ecomonics of Grazing Odanah Pasture, field testing virtual fencing collars, GPS ear tags, and remote solar powered fencing (Pasture Pal & Rangward) and watering options.

• 12:00 PM Lunch & Neworking, 1pm departure for Minto

• 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Rourke Farm Plot Tour

  • Plot tour to view LL-MB soil health trials and additional reserach trials

• 4:00 PM - Rourke Farmyard

  • Presentation by David Rourke, Evolution of Farm Stewardship - Leaving a Legacy

  • Open forum moderated by Scott Day