During the 2017 season a small area of a local dairy farm was planted with a corn variety called Master Graze corn in Algoma. This variety is a short season variety but can be grazed or cut and baled. This variety will not produce fully developed cobs, which is why it can be grazed mid-summer. The corn was donated by …
Date: February 6th 9-4 p.m. (with lunch & coffee break provided) Location: Johnson Twp. Community Centre (Desbarats Arena) Cost: $20+fee online. $20 at the door (register by Feb 2nd) Facilitators: Sally Miller and Peggy Baillie, Local Food & Farm Co-ops Please join us for this farm business workshop from the Agri-Food Management Institute and the Local Food and Farm Co-ops, …
Nov 16th 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm 180 Gore St. Sault Ste. Marie, ON Farmers and Food Lovers Alike! Learn how the co-op model could help you achieve your food or farm goals and build resilient businesses. This workshop will explain the fundamentals of what a co-op is, how these businesses are structured and some key steps to getting your …
In Algoma, we are very fortunate to be in the middle of three of the Great Lakes; with Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan all within driving distance, it also means there are a lot of waterways and streams that flow to those lakes. Algoma has a large percentage of livestock producers and most of those producers pasture their …
Dr. Tarlok Sahota will be attending the upcoming Field Day to speak about his research trials with galega, a new forage import from Eastern Europe. Come learn about this crop and best practices to improve soil health while we tour our 2017 field research trials. Free pulled pork lunch. Sponsored by Scotiabank. Please RSVP by Monday Aug 14 for food …
Wednesday August 2, 2017 6:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Algoma Community Pasture Hwy 129, Fire # 142 – Approx 3km North of Thessalon Speakers and topics: Barry Potter (OMAFRA Agriculture Development Advisor) Potential Grass Mixtures Emily Potter (Beef Farmers of Ontario) Beef North Projects Megan Van Schaik (OMAFRA Beef Specialist) Managing Beef on Pasture Christine O’Reilly (OMAFRA Forage & Grazing …
Farm Financial Management The benefits of farm record-keeping are numerous. They can show key indicators for farm success and can also be used to monitor the impacts of decisions. Record-keeping is also beneficial for utilizing different programs like AgriStability, Growing Forward 2 and Traceability. On Feb 11th, 2017, RAIN hosted John Molenhuis (Business Analysis and Cost of Production Specialist) from …
by Christine O’Reilly, Research Technician It’s spring in Algoma, and that means that RAIN’s field staff are trying to get new projects into the ground. We have three research projects and a crop demonstration to plant on ten different sites across the district. We’ve got a good start on two of these. Our Cross-seeding Forages Project is evaluating different ways …
Slate River Dairy is owned by Jim and Wilma Mol, the Dairy produces, pasteurizes and distributes local milk and dairy products in Thunder Bay. The farm’s aim is to provide Thunder Bay with the freshest dairy products possible and to operate a bottle-washing system for reusable glass milk bottle packaging. The products (ranging from cocoa milk, yogurt, kefir, and whole …
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