Grey County is celebrating what staff called a "very successful" Experimental Acres program for 2025.
This was the third year that Grey County ran Experimental Acres, which "provides a micro-grant to Grey County producers who design an on-farm trial to test practices which may improve sustainability or build soil health on farms," according to a media release from Grey County.
In 2025, projects included finding ways to rejuvenate worn out fields while creating additional forage for livestock, minimizing volunteer wheat swaths and producing a uniform hay stand with minimal intervention, and soil testing to monitor the level of nutrients added to garden beds by rotating turkeys across them, among others.
There were 6 total Experimental Acres projects conducted across Grey County this year.
The public can learn more about the Experimental Acres projects online at https://www.grey.ca/experimental-acres.
A new video on Grey County’s official YouTube page provides an overview of the Experimental Acres program and interviews with Grey County’s 2025 participating farmers.
