Officials from the Mackenzie Applied Research Association leading a tour of one of the cover crops in 2016. (Photo/MARA)
A field tour’s set to go at the Mackenzie Applied Research Association’s (MARA) Experimental Farm near Fort Vermilion.
The free event will take place on Saturday, June 24, 2017. It’ll start at 9:30 AM, and will go until 12 PM.
Various crop fields will be looked at. They include barley, canola, corn, faba bean, field peas, flax, quinoa, hemp, oats, soybean, wheat, as well as a few others.
Attendees will also visit MARA’s new pollinator and cover crop sites.
For more information or to register, please call Sabrina Westra, MARA’s Assistant Manager & Forage Specialist, at 780-927-3776. Or, you can simply check out their website, at www.mackenzieresearch.ca.
A BBQ lunch will follow the event.
– Posted by BET
