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Site Background
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About the Location
The Ticouapé farm is an organic dairy and grain farm located in St-Félicien, northwest of Lake St Jean.
About the Farm
Owned by Jean-Marie Baril,
Cows live 100% of the time outdoors. They only return to the barn for milking, thanks to the parlour set up in the existing building.
The Rotational Grazing Objective
This project aims to promote grazing in the dairy industry.
Production of 60 kg/day is provided by a herd of 85 cows. In pasture turning since 2014, our goal is to feed all the animals on the pasture as long as possible, from the newborn baby to the dry cow. Nearly 400 acres of accessible plots are fenced to be grazed 1 to 6 times as needed. We generally reach 45% of the total annual feed of the grazing herd and we estimate that we can pass the 50% or 55% by improving our practices and equipment for the autumn.
Agronomic Details
No seeding occurred at this site. Fencing and water systems were pre-existing.
Funding for this project in part has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund.