David Rourke Farm Tour

David Rourke will host a farm tour in conjunction with Assiniboine College July 29 th , 2025 at the Rourke farm, Minto, MB.  Plot tours including Soil Health trials sponsored by AAFC Living Labs along with MPSG, MFGA and Scotiabank start at 10:00 am. Other plot sites include Biological Seed Treatments, Cover Crops, Zero till and N rates, and Delayed Germination Seed Tech for One Pass spring seeded fall cover crops- still in the lab – sponsored by Rourke Farms, AgQuest and SCAP as well Bugs in a Jug sponsored by MCA and MCGA and SCAP, various biological N and Yield improvement products vs N rate Comparison and other research underway on the farm. Lunch will be served at 12 noon before Rourke gives an overview of his PhD thesis; BERT/E, and Categories of BMPs- No Regret, Neutral,Sacrifice and Dead End, Triple Win- Sustainable Farm Index, followed by round table discussion regarding the power of a Net Positive Farm Network. Register by July 25: Call or email David Rourke: drsrourke@gmail.com, 204-534-7531, or Manitoba Association of Watershed Districts to register/lunch counts  https://forms.office.com/r/9McjW8enhB