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FaRM Field Trials Program
The FaRM Program's Field Trials fund efforts to increase regional support and knowledge transfer in low emissions, high resilience Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) by engaging agricultural professionals, in partnership with farmers and ranchers, to run field trials.
BMPs Supported
Nitrogen Management
Cover Cropping
Rotational Grazing
The goal of the FaRM Field Trials Program is to grow high resilience, low emissions BMP Extension capacity across Canada. We want to provide agricultural professionals (e.g. agronomists, agrologists, Certified Crop Advisers), farmers, and ranchers the opportunity to build on-farm resilience, improve soil health, and enhance on-farm profitability while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This initiative seeks to specifically support:
Overcoming regional barriers to BMP implementation, and
Troubleshooting BMP adoption through practical, hands-on experience.
89% of farmers and ranchers responding to the 2024 FaRM Impact Survey indicated that they had implemented, expanded, and/or enhanced a BMP to some extent as a result of participating in the FaRM Program, with an additional 11% of farmer/rancher respondents indicating that they had yet to undertake a BMP, but intended to.
Projects should focus on identifying and overcoming regional barriers to BMP adoption that have been identified by farmers and ranchers in the region. Field trials will also encourage knowledge transfer of these practices through field days that demonstrate the results of the field trials and the practical methods needed for successful adoption.
The timeline for the project is dependent on each project type. For example, an Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer (EEF) trial on a spring planted crop, will be completed in December of that crop year. A cover crop trial planted in fall (e.g. September 2026) should be followed through to at least subsequent cash crop establishment (e.g. June 2027) and preferably to subsequent cash crop harvest in late 2027.
FaRM Field Trial objectives
To troubleshoot and overcome regional barriers to the adoption of BMPs (cover cropping, nitrogen management, rotational grazing) that result in improved on-farm resilience, improved soil health, and enhanced on-farm profitability while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
To build familiarity and comfort in these BMPs with farmers, ranchers, and agricultural professionals.
To generate regionally relevant on-farm agronomic and economic data.
To develop on-farm economic analyses on these three BMPs to assist producers and agricultural professionals in decision-making.
To build stronger regional and cross-country networks among agricultural professionals and between professionals and producers.
Contact
Should you have any questions about the Field Trials, including eligibility and project design and execution, please reach out to Taryn Dickson at taryn@farmersforclimatesolutions.ca with subject line “Field Trials application inquiry”.