Agriculture Roundup for Friday June 23, 2023

Jun 23, 2023

An Alberta County has declared an agricultural disaster due to drought.

The lack of spring moisture has left the land stressed right at the start of prime growing season.

The County of Stettler is the first municipality to declare a disaster in Alberta this year, due to drought.

It is encouraging the provincial and federal governments to initiate programming to assist the agricultural industry and producers.

The county declared similar disasters in 2021 and 2018.

The federal and provincial governments joined forces to support the work being done at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE).

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $6.6 million dollars in funding over the next five years at the annual LFCE field day.

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Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

Did you know we also operate a small business on the homestead. We make homemade, handcrafted soaps, shampoo bars, hair and beard products in addition to offering our pasture raised pork, lamb, and 100% raw honey. You can find out more about our products and ingredients by visiting our website at www.mimiandpoppysplace.com. There you can shop our products and sign up for our monthly newsletter that highlights a soap or ingredient, gives monthly updates about the homestead, and also lists the markets, festivals, and events we’ll be attending that month.