Western Manitoba Producers Boost Soil Health via Cover Crop Project
Winnipeg, MB – (December 10, 2020) – Shaun Cory knows that when it comes to farming, Mother Nature bats last. That’s why the Wawanesa-area farmer was quick to sign up for a Manitoba Conservation Trust-funded project led by Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) on cover crops across three Watershed Districts in western Manitoba. Support for the cover crop and soil-health project has been provided by The Conservation Trust, a Manitoba Climate and Green Plan Initiative delivered by the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation.
“Soil health is the way of the future in my books,” says Cory, who farms with his son Jeremy and his dad Gene and also sits as an elected councillor for the Rural Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa. “We have a diverse rotation that helps buffer excess moisture and the cover crop project we took part in will help that to continue.”