Whatcom Farm Speaker Series
Attend a Farm Speaker Series workshop to qualify for a $200 rebate towards barn gutters or heavy use area footing. Request a soil test or submit soil test results to qualify for our manure spreader loan program!
Every Third Thursday Of The Month
Online! Small Farm Expo
April 4th, 9 AM-2 PM
Irrigation Planning;
are you starting early enough?
Tentative- May 21st, 6-8 PM
Managing Bees for Pollination and
Production
Tentative- June 18th, 6-8 PM
Sound Horsekeeping in Whatcom County
July 16, 6-8 PM
Fall Strategies for Farm Animal
Management
September 17, 6-8 PM
Beef Veterinary Herd Health
October 15, 6-8 PM
Farms, Fish, Floods
November 12th, 6-8 PM
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Previous Years Speaker Talks - Videos
Miss a talk? Below are links to videos of the past Speaker Series talks. Click on the title to access the video and link to slides. You can also find additional videos by visiting our You Tube Channel.
- A Different Kind of Prep Time for Farm Disaster Preparedness
- Agriculture Drainage Maintenance in Whatcom County
- Best Practices for Small Scale and Urban Poultry
- Customizing Fall Manure Applications for Your Soil Types
- Forage Production and Management
- Happy Healthy Horses
- Increasing Crop Diversity and Production
- Interpreting Your Soil Test for Better Crop Production
- Irrigation Water Management
- Land Management for Productive Berries
- Local Nutrient and Water Quality Research
- Principles of Producing High Quality Grass Forage
- Troubleshooting for Manure Storage Structures
- Winterize Your Farm
2019 Small Farm Expo Presentations: Click the title of the talk to watch the video
- Optimize your pasture management; talk nutrients and forage growth with a local agronomist
- Competition or Co-opetition; How local farms are cooperating to provide opportunity for all
- What's Buzzing; Mason bees and honey bees on your farm
- Farm Funding Opportunities; Grants, incentives and costshare
- Meat the Future; Successful models in animal agriculture
- Farms to Tables; marketing and sales from the perspective of direct market farmers
- Vet's Corner; working with a large animal vet to improve herd health