Extended Grazing Practices: Will they Work for You?

Funding for the BC Living Lab project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program. The BC Living Lab project is led by the Investment Agriculture Foundation.

Webinar 1: BC Living Lab, the Role of Soil Carbon and Soil Health and On Farm Practices

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2024
1 pm PST
On Zoom

Learn about BC Living Lab on BC ranches, managing soil carbon for improved soil health and the considerations when testing new practices on your farm and ranch. Hear from Dr. Kirsten Hannam, Dr. Shabtai Bittman, Paul Devick, TRU and UNBC researchers.

Webinar 2: Bale Grazing: Is this a Practice that will Work on your Ranch?

Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024
1 pm PST
On Zoom

Hear about experience from other jurisdictions with Darren Bruhjell (AAFC) and AB rancher Doug Skeels, and from BC ranchers looking to test this bmp.

Webinar 3: Grazing Standing Corn

Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024
1 pm PST
On Zoom

Hear about research and practical considerations for growing corn for grazing, nutrient management along with short and long-term rotation considerations from Dr. Vern Baron (AAFC) and BC rancher Steven Devick will share his experience using this practice.

Webinar 4: Annual Alternative Forage Cover Crop for Grazing

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024
1 pm PST
On Zoom

Hear research results along with practical information on the cover crop benefits and results from Dr. Jillian Bainard (AAFC), BC ranchers including Devick Ranch and TRU and UNBC researchers.

Webinar 5: Livestock Nutrition Considerations with Fall-Winter Grazing

Tuesday, Feb 27, 2024
1 pm PST
On Zoom

Learn more about the livestock nutrition management considerations when using a variety of extended grazing practices from Dr. Bart Lardner (U. Sask).

To Register for one or more of these webinars go to https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bc-living-lab-cattle-forage-winter-webinars-2937009 

About the Project:

The BC Living Lab is a collaborative project being undertaken by the Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF) in partnership with nine commodity groups from the Cariboo to the South Coast of British Columbia. Supported through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agricultural Climate Solutions program, the BC Living Lab will be integrating scientific research into farming operations to test and co-develop practices that work for BC farmers and can contribute to climate change mitigation.

Over the last year, industry partners have been working with producers to identify practices with climate change mitigation potential that farmers would like to trial and evaluate. From cover crops to nutrient management, many of the identified practices have the potential to offer farmers additional benefits—from improving soil health to lowering input costs.