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Agriculture,Dinner Event,In-person,Livestock,Speaker Presentation

Farmer Appreciation Night

When?
Where?
Battle River Agricultural Grounds - Manning, AB

Farmer Appreciation Night is back! Join us 5:00pm March 29th at the Battle Ag Hall for an entertaining night and meal. NPARA will be hosting the event in order to recognize our valued producers.

Main Entertainment
Stephan Robinson
Stephen is a professional speaker, Youtuber and expert at using failure to make learning effective and efficient.
Stephen Robinson has spent the past four years learning over a 130 new skills, and documenting the process of learning those skills. He most well known for learning how to solve a Rubik’s cube while skydiving, but has many other skills on his resumé

Stephen has leveraged this collection of experiences into a fantastic and unique talk, which central themes touch on the value of failure, persistence and why you should always be bad at something.

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Agriculture,General Meeting,In-person,Livestock,Speaker Presentation

NPARA Annual General Meeting

When?
Where?
Legion Hall, Manning, Alberta

Our Annual General Meeting will be at 9:00 A.M on March 27th 2023 at the Manning Legion Hall. At the meeting we will…
– Have a Short Business Meeting
– Provide an Overview of Current and Future Projects
– Show our Annual Report
– Have Jenna Butler provide a speaker presentation.

Jenna Butler is an author and scholar whose research into endangered environments has taken her from America’s Deep South to the Arctic Circle, exploring the ways in which we navigate the landscapes we call home.
Butler lives with three resident moose and a den of coyotes on an off-grid organic farm in Alberta’s North Country.

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Agriculture,Grant/Funding,In-person,Livestock,Technology,Webinar

OFCAF Workshop and Webinar

When?
Where?
NPARA Office - Manning

Either join us in person for some coffee with your laptop or online to go through and prepare applications for the On-Farm Climate Action Fund that opens up February 13th.

Federal grants, through the Agricultural Climate Solutions On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) is available for the expenses of cover crops, nitrogen fertilizer, and rotational grazing
Eligible expenses that you can be paid back up to 85% or $75k include:
– Cover crop seed and cost of seeding
– Nitrogen-loss inhibitors, the cost difference between urea and ESN fertilizer and manure hauling
– New custom perimeter fence around crop land for post-harvest grazing, portable electric fencing equipment and Cross-fencing
– Solar panel powered waterers that support rotational grazing
– Legume seed such as alfalfa, sainfoin, cicer milkvetch, hairy vetch, and birds foot trefoil seed

Funding for this project (in part) has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund.

RSVP to learn more about OFCAF funding!!!

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Agriculture,Grant/Funding,In-person,Livestock,Technology

EFP Workshop

When?
Where?
NPARA Office - Manning

Bring your laptops and notebooks to the NPARA Office at 9:00 AM on February 2nd.
Coffee will be made and your local EFP technician(Lance) will be available to dedicate his time to help you fill in the EFP workbook so that you may get your certificate.

Certificates may be needed for certain Canadian Agricultural Partnership Grants.

If you have questions or would like to attend, please contact Josée or Lance at 780-836-3354

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Agriculture,Agronomy,In-person,Soil Health,Speaker Presentation,Technology

Seminar on Soil Health Mapping

When?
Where?
Legion Hall, Manning, Alberta

How is Soil Carbon measured? How is it carbon within the soil in regions documented? How does mapped soil carbon help me and my farm?
Do you have these questions?

Bring them and other questions to this event and speakers Dr. Kris Nichols and Kimberly Cornish just may answer them.
Join us at 1pm on February 9th at the Manning Legion Hall.
Dr. Kris Nichols and Kimberly Cornish have been mapping carbon throughout Alberta and have measured two locations in the Northern Lights County. At this event they will explain how and why. Dr. Kris Nichols and Kimberly Cornish will explain why carbon is beneficial for farmers and will educate on cropping systems that will influence long-term carbon sequestration.

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Agriculture,Agronomy,In-person,Livestock,Soil Health,Speaker Presentation

OFCAF Program Overview - Information Session

When?
Where?
Manning Fire Hall

If you haven’t had a chance to fill out an application, or may still have questions, join us for an in-person event and have your questions answered! The On-Farm Climate Action Fund is a program aimed at providing financial assistance to producers that are, or have, adopted best management practices, and covers three stream: 1) nitrogen management, 2) cover cropping, and 3) rotational grazing.

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Click Here to Learn More About OFCAF
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Agriculture,In-person,Livestock,Speaker Presentation

2-Day Working Stock Dog Training Clinic

When?
Where?
Battle River Agricultural Grounds - Manning, AB

Join us for a 2-day stock dog training clinic at the indoor riding arena (Manning Rodeo Grounds). If you have a dog (1 year or older preferably) you would like to train, or if you just want to observe how the training occurs, this would be an excellent clinic for you. Instructor Sarah Martin (GS Ranch) will go through both scenarios, and get you comfortable with training your dog for moving cattle and/or sheep. Training will take place with sheep.  Lunch provided on both days.

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Agriculture,Farm Transition,In-person,Speaker Presentation

Finding Fairness in Farm Transition - Tools for discussing the undiscussed (Feat. Elaine Froese)

When?
Where?
Chateau Nova in Peace River

Elaine Froese is a professional farm family coach, and specializes in helping families work through the tough issues to take action. She creates a safe place for families to meet, plan for change and clarify expectations. Studies show that farm families who talk regularly are 21% more profitable. Elaine not only assists families to meet and to talk – but to act! The cost of not acting is huge, your business’s legacy depends on your determination to get things done.

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Agriculture,In-person,Livestock,Speaker Presentation

Low-stress Livestock Handling Workshop - Live Demonstration (Dylan Biggs, TK Ranch)

When?
Where?
North of Manning

Event starts at 9am at the Manning Legion Hall with a presentation. After lunch, Dylan Biggs (TK Ranch) will be conducting a live demonstration on the basics of good handling techniques, and delve further into low-stress techniques. Live demonstration will be held just north of Manning (4 miles west off of highway 35). Lunch included.

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Agriculture,Agronomy,In-person,Soil Health,Speaker Presentation

Western Canada Soil Health and Grazing Conference

When?
Where?
Edmonton

Highly anticipated 3-day conference held in Edmonton (Double Tree by Hilton, West Edmonton), and featuring a suite of experts on soil health and grazing which include: Greg Judy, Dr.Bobbi Helgason, Dr.Dave Sauchyn, Dr. Ed Bork, Dr. Kris Nichols, Jay Fuhrer, Dr. Tim McAllister, Dr. Yamily Zavala, Dr. Monika Gorzelak, Daryl Chubb, Kim Cornish, Stuart Chutter, Dr. Yvonne Lawley, Kristine Tapley, producer panelists and more. Early bird deadline is October 31st!

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