Webinar 1 - Cover Crop Strategies for Prairie Conditions

Thursday, July 25, 2024

12 - 1 pm (CDT)

Dr. Yvonne Lawley, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba

Dr. Yvonne Lawley is an associate professor in the Plant Science Department at the University of Manitoba.

Her area of research is agronomy and cropping systems. Dr. Lawley’s research has focused on several crops including soybeans, corn, and wheat and a range of management practices from residue management, strip tillage, to cover crops. Her research involves both small plot and on-farm field scale agronomy research. 

Dr. Lawley enjoys communicating the results of her research to a wide range of audiences including farmers, agronomists, scientist, and especially in the classrooms where she teaches at the University of Manitoba.  

webinar 2 - Nitrogen Management: Improving Soil Health Through Innovative Farming Solutions

Thursday, August 8, 2024

12 - 1 PM (CDT)

Alex Boersch, Producer, Elie, MB

Alexander grew up on a grain farm in Elie, Manitoba. He has a bachelor and Masters in Agri-Business and science from INP Purpan (University in Touluse, France). He has worked for two years in Toronto for DG Global Inc as a grain trader and moved back to the farm July of 2017. The farm was founded in 1988 by his father Andreas Boersch, who emigrated from Cologne, Germany. They farm 3800 acres "conventional" grain production and 1200 organic trying to farm as regeneratively as possible on heavy clay soils.

webinar 3 - Adapting intensive summer and winter grazing systems 

Thursday, August 29, 2024

11:30 am - 12:30 pm (CDT)

Connor English, Producer, Bradwardine, MB

My name is Connor English, I am a 5th generation cattle farmer from Bradwardine MB.

I farm along side my wife Kyla, my son Colter and my parents Brian and Leanne English.

We run a commercial cow/calf and yearling operation. Over the past few years we have taken big strides in adapting intensive summer and winter grazing systems. The main goal to change was to increase production and profits on our farm. As well as to increase soil health to make sure our system is as resilient as possible moving forward.

Cross fencing and pasture water systems have been the most important improvements we’ve made to our operation over the past few years to make grazing this way viable. Reducing labour as much as possible on a day to day basis makes AMP grazing much more enjoyable and economical. Utilizing the funding opportunities through our local watershed has changed our operation for the better and has given us the opportunity to take the next step to becoming more profitable in the cattle business.

In June of 2024 I was fortunate enough to join the team at Covers and Co as the Manitoba Territory Manager. I was very excited to join this up and coming group of like minded individuals that takes pride in helping farmers and ranchers across Canada find ways to improve their farm’s soil health and profits. I look forward to seeing where this roll will take me. I believe communication in the ag industry is something we don’t do enough of at this time, I feel this roll with Covers and Co will allow me to meet and listen to producers of all sorts that are working towards a common goal in soil health, resilience and profitability.