Date: August 13, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Near Wildwood, AB (exact directions provided after registration)
Cost: FREE (includes breakfast)
Rejuvenate your pasture and build resilient soil!
Join us for our annual Breakfast Plot Tour at Wildwood, where you’ll enjoy a free breakfast and learn first-hand from leading soil health expert Dr. Jill Clapperton.
This year’s plot tour highlights our Wildwood Polycrop Soil Health Project, designed to improve soil health on challenging gray luvisol soils — soils with higher clay content, lower water infiltration, and compaction issues common in Yellowhead County and North West Central Alberta.
We’re showcasing a diverse polycrop blend aimed at increasing plant diversity, supporting nutrient cycling, and improving water retention. Alongside the polycrop, we’re trialing five different biological amendments, each designed to stimulate soil biology, regulate pH, reduce compaction, and enhance water infiltration.
Treatments include:
> TM Ag (Best Farming Systems)
> Algae product (Regenysis)
> Eco Tea
> pH Plus (Best Farming Systems)
> Johnson-Su Bioreactor product
> Plus a control (check) block
What you’ll see and learn:
> In-field results on W**d suppression, compaction reduction, and water infiltration
> How diverse blends can support pasture rejuvenation and improve yield and quality
> Tips on biological amendments and soil health monitoring from Dr. Clapperton
Practical discussions on how to adapt these practices on your own land
Who should attend?
> Pasture and hay producers
> Cow-calf and mixed livestock operators
> Land managers looking to improve soil structure and productivity
> Anyone interested in practical, regionally relevant soil health solutions
Event includes:
> Free breakfast to start the day
> Guided plot tours and demonstrations
> Q&A with Dr. Jill Clapperton and project team, bring your questions!
> Networking with fellow producers and ag professionals
Registration is free and required so we can plan breakfast and share exact directions.
Sign up today!
You may also like the following events from Farming Forward - WCFA:
- This month, 26th August, 09:30 am, Breakfast Plot Tours: Story of the Weeds in Entwistle
- Next month, 4th September, 09:30 am, Breakfast Plot Tour: Digging Deeper - Soil testing, forage & drought in Drayton Valley
- Next month, 17th September, 09:30 am, What a Waste – Managing On-Farm Carcasses, Wildlife Conflict & Plastic Waste in Edmonton
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