BC Living Lab

Cattle & Forage Winter Webinar Rancher Panel
2025-02-13 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver) | Webinar
On February 13, join the BC Living Lab Cattle & Forage group for a Winter Webinar Rancher Panel! The panel will feature BC ranchers who are testing corn grazing and relay cropping extended grazing practices. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their experiences with these practices.
Rancher Panel:

Devick’s Ranch
Bar-K Ranch
Pa-Van Ranch

REGISTER HERE

Field Vegetables Field Day: Cover Crop Variety Trial
2024-10-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Rose Hill Orchard, 11911 Okanagan Centre Rd, Lake Country, British Columbia, V4V 1G3, Canada
On October 24, join the BC Living Lab Field Vegetables group for a Cover Crop Variety Trial field day! The field day will showcase 20 cover crop varieties and combinations. Come out and see how the different types of winter cover crops compare when grown on a local field. This is a free event, open to all, but registration is required.
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Tree Fruits Field Day: Cover Crops in the Orchard
2024-10-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Rose Hill Orchard, 11911 Okanagan Centre Rd, Lake Country, British Columbia, V4V 1G3, Canada
Join us for an engaging demo and field day focused on innovative cover cropping strategies and the exciting work of the BC Living Lab! Connect with researchers, agrologists, and fellow growers.
Whether you’re an experienced grower or new to cover cropping, this event is for you!
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Dairy Field Day - Forage Crops and Climate Connections
2024-10-10 12:00 - 15:00 | Angus Campbell Road, Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Join the BC Living Lab Diary group for a Forage Crops and Climate Connections field day in Abbotsford, BC. Learn about the trials happening and connect with researchers, agrologists, and fellow farmers. This is a free event, open to all, but registration is required.
REGISTER HERE

Cattle & Forage Corn Grazing Field Day
2024-09-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Pa-Van Ranch, 128000 North Fork Road, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Join the Cattle & Forage group on Friday, Sept 27 for a Corn Grazing Field Day! Learn about corn and multi-species cover crops for extended fall grazing. Rancher Devin Chursinoff and Mike Witt, PAg. will share their experiences and you’ll see the results in the field.
This is a free event, but registration is required. REGISTER HERE.

BC Hazelnut Growers Annual Summer Field Day
2024-09-14 09:00 - 16:00 | British Columbia
Join the BC Hazelnut Growers Association for their Annual Summer Field Day on Saturday, September 14. Meet growers from across the province to learn about growing, harvesting and marketing hazelnuts.
The morning include a tour of Woodgrove Farm, a BC Living Lab Perennial Row Crop trial site, starting at 10:00 AM. This past spring the site was part of a cover crop (legume mix) trail and a nitrogen management trial. Come out to the field day and learn about the trials!
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Cattle & Forage Bar-K Ranch Field Day
2024-08-25 09:00 - 13:30 | Bar-K Ranch, 19235 Eena Lake Rd, Prince George, British Columbia, V2K 5K6, Canada
You’re invited to a Cattle & Forage Field Day in Prince George! Join us for a day of learning about cover crops and more on Sunday, August 25, 2024, at Bar-K Ranch.
Detailed agenda coming soon!
Reserve your spot!

Cover Cropping site visit with the Summerland Research and Development Centre - South Okanagan
2024-08-22 09:00 - 12:00 | Le Vieux Pin Vineyards, 5496 Black Sage Rd, Oliver, BC, V0H 1T1, Canada
Join Dr. Mehdi Sharifi and Trista Algar on Thursday, August 22, 2024, to visit different vineyards, discuss cover cropping techniques, and explore cover crop trails established in May 2024.
Thursday, August 22, 2024 – South Okanagan
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location(s): La Vieux Pin Vineyards (Oliver), Diamondback Vineyards (Oliver) & Sebastian Farms – 33 (Osoyoos)
Max capacity: 30
To register, email Dr. Mehdi Sharifi at mehdi.sharifi@agr.bc.ca

Cover Cropping site visit with the Summerland Research and Development Centre - Central Okanagan
2024-08-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Little Straw Vineyards, 2815 Ourtoland Rd, West Kelowna, BC, V1Z 2H7
Join Dr. Mehdi Sharifi and Trista Algar on Wednesday, August 21 to visit different vineyards, discuss cover cropping techniques, and explore cover crop trails established in May 2024.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – Central Okanagan
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location(s): Little Straw Vineyards (West Kelowna) & St. Hubertus Vineyards (Kelowna)
Max capacity: 30
To register, email Dr. Mehdi Sharifi at mehdi.sharifi@agr.bc.ca

Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series - Webinar 5: Livestock Nutrition Considerations with Fall-Winter Grazing
2024-02-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
We invite you to the Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series ‘Extended Grazing Practices: Will They Work for You?‘. Join us weekly to hear from researchers, experts, and ranchers as they share their knowledge and experience with extended grazing practices.
Webinar 5: Livestock Nutrition Considerations with Fall-Winter Grazing
Learn more about livestock nutrition management considerations when using various extended grazing practices from Dr. Bart Lardner (U. Sask). Reserve your spot!

Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series - Webinar 4: Annual and Alternative Forage Cover Crop for Grazing
2024-02-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
We invite you to the Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series ‘Extended Grazing Practices: Will They Work for You?‘. Join us weekly to hear from researchers, experts, and ranchers as they share their knowledge and experience with extended grazing practices.
Webinar 4: Annual and Alternative Forage Cover Crop for Grazing
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. Reserve your spot!

Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series - Webinar 3: Grazing Standing Corn
2024-02-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
We invite you to the Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series ‘Extended Grazing Practices: Will They Work for You?‘. Join us weekly to hear from researchers, experts, and ranchers as they share their knowledge and experience with extended grazing practices.
Webinar 3: Grazing Standing Corn
Hear about research and practical considerations for growing corn for grazing and 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. Reserve your spot!

Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series - Webinar 2: Bale Grazing: Is this a Practice that Will Work on your Ranch?
2024-02-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
We invite you to the Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series ‘Extended Grazing Practices: Will They Work for You?‘. Join us weekly to hear from researchers, experts, and ranchers as they share their knowledge and experience with extended grazing practices.
Webinar 2: Bale Grazing: Is this a Practice that Will Work on your Ranch?
Hear about experience from other jurisdictions with Darren Bruhjell (AAFC) and AB rancher Doug Skeels, and from BC ranchers looking to test this bmp. Reserve your spot!

Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series - Webinar 1: BC Living Lab the Role of Soil Carbon and Soil Health and On-Farm Practices
2024-01-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
We invite you to the Cattle and Forage Winter Webinar Series ‘Extended Grazing Practices: Will They Work for You?‘. Join us weekly to hear from researchers, experts, and ranchers as they share their knowledge and experience with extended grazing practices.
Webinar 1: BC Living Labs, the role of soil carbon and soil health and on-farm practices
Learn about BC Living Labs 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. Reserve your spot!

Webinar: Introduction to the BC Living Lab
2023-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
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.
Join the Intro to the BC Living Lab webinar to learn more about this multi-year research and extension project. Hear from participating producer organizations about the Beneficial Management Practices they will be trialing over the next four years, research goals, and ways to get involved.
Project partners
Project partners include the BC Cattlemen’s Association, BC Forage Council, BC Potato & Vegetable Growers’ Association & Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust, BC Blueberry Council, Raspberry Industry Development Council, BC Hazelnut Growers’ Association, BC Fruit Growers’ Association and the BC Cherry Association.
When & Where:
February 21, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Register:
Intro to the BC Living Lab Tickets, Tue, 21 Feb 2023 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
