This podcast was funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the BC Climate Agri-Solutions Fund delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.

This episode features two compelling arguments for the use of cover crops in field crop or vegetable production. In the first segment, we’ll learn about a Fraser Valley Dairy Farmer’s experience with planting a relay cover crop once his silage corn is established, and the benefits he’s realized from that effort.

After that, an Agriculture & Agri-food Canada researcher will tell us why it is so very important, if not imperative, that BC’s field crop and veggie farmers start including cover cropping in their weed management plans.

My guests this episode:

Holger Schwichtenberg of Holberg Dairy Farm in Agassiz, BC

Jichul Bae, Researcher at Agriculture & Agrifood Canada's Agassiz Research & Development Centre

This podcast was funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the BC Climate Agri-Solutions Fund delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.

This episode: the final chapter in our miniseries on rotational grazing in collaboration with BC’s Small Scale Meat Producers Association.

This one features a long-form conversation with rancher Joseph Moilliet of Avely Ranch, a sheep and cattle operation in Vavenby, British Columbia. Management-intensive rotational grazing is a major pillar in Joseph’s approach to sustainable livestock management.

Rotational grazing is the main focus of this conversation, but you’ll also hear Joseph talk about other practices he uses to improve the health and productivity of his soil, such as winter bale grazing and an avoid-tillage-at-all-costs approach to pasture rejuvenation.

Mentioned in this episode:

Check out the Small Scale Meat Producers Youtube Page!

You'll find lots of videos about fencing and rotational grazing at the SSMPA Youtube page.

This podcast was funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the BC Climate Agri-Solutions Fund delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.

This episode: the next chapter in our miniseries on rotational grazing in collaboration with BC’s Small Scale Meat Producers Association. In the first two episodes, we learned about the fundamental principles of rotational grazing from forage specialist Woody Lane. Woody described the ideal approach to management intensive rotational grazing if we want to get the most out of this system.

But! It’s called ‘management intensive grazing’ for a reason. Conducting our grazing this way is labour intensive, which can make it difficult, when things get busy, to avoid violating the fundamental principles that Woody described.

My two guests in this episode are here to tell you that that’s okay, sometimes at least, to break the rules, and to give examples of how they break the rules on their own farms.

My guests this episode:

Joseph Moilliet of Aveley Ranch in Vavenby, who we'll hear a lot more from in the next episode.

Steve Meggait of Fresh Valley Farms in Spallumcheen, who also featured in episodes 44 & 45 of this podcast.

Mentioned in this episode:

Check out the Small Scale Meat Producers Youtube Page!

You'll find lots of videos about fencing and rotational grazing at the SSMPA Youtube page.