Food from the Land

Grain Production

Discover first-hand how the grain in the field becomes food on your table.

Step into the boots of a prairie farmer as you follow the journey of a Canadian grain crops and grasses from the initial seeding to its use as a feed source for livestock on the prairies. Find out what those crops are and what they are used for. Tour fields and see modern methods of farming as well as the ways of the past. Experience the simple pleasure of farming in harmony with nature with rotational grazing and minimal till to the use of fertilizers and herbicides on crops. Then drive to a local cattle operation with an agriculturalist to see how grain is used in modern feedlots.