Rourke Farms Research Tour
When - August 5, 2022
Time - 1:45 to 4 pm for plot tour, if interest a discussion in cool(?) shop afterwards in Fairfax - east side—large yellow shop. Bring a lawn chair and water container. Cold water available. Snacks after 4.
Where - Fairfax Farm, take highway 23 west of #10 Hwy to the Fairfax corner, we will meet 1 mile South of Hwy 23.
Tour - Some good, some bad, some wow
Green Seeding- Zero till and Organic ( fall seeded rye cover)
Peas, fababean x2, soybeans
2 seed dates, 2 termination methods
Brown Seeding- Zero till and Organic ( late summer seeded- oats, lentil, buckwheat catch crop/ cover)
Wheat, barley, oats and canola
2 seed dates, 2 termination method
This quarter section was largely brown seeded with only residual fertility. (last-minute change)
Delayed Germination Technology—what do we need?
Coated hairy vetch and fall rye
Mini plots- 5 cover crops in 4 cash crops and 5 seeding dates
Miscellaneous trials
Organic pea variety trial—Roquette
Various Biological treatments, Envita, UtrishaN, Xite Bio Yield plus, Ecotea, Phycoterra
Dissolved Urea Rates, Dilutions vs soil applied fertilizer
Glyphosate additives trial
After tour Discussion
Tackling Climate Change with or without cattle?
Government programs Boom or Bust?
David’s thesis- Net Positive Network, 10 BMPs for Net positive Carbon Grain Farms
Or Zero Till Plus
Contact - David Rourke cell 1-204-534-7531 or email drsrourke@gmail.com also see rourkefarms.com