MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Public webinars and workshops sponsored and co-sponsored by the county’s agricultural service board (ASB) reached 249 participants in 2021, says officials.
The ASB’s 2021 annual report was presented to members at the recent regularly scheduled board meeting, held in person and on Zoom.
The shelterbelt and eco-buffer webinar with Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society had 28 participants; the Tree Care webinar with Toso Bozic has 15 participants; the Septic Sense webinar with Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association had 26 participants; and the Invasive Plants introduction and impacts webinar had 44 participants.
As well, the riparian grazing and power fence field school with Great Wooded Forage Association and Cows & Fish had 12 participants; the Building Still Carbon with Regenerative Agriculture workshop had 37 participants; and the Working with Cattle, Working With People - Foothills Forage & Grazing Association workshop had 24 participants.
The Campbell Pit Viability Study online survey had 99 entries completed.
The 2021 annual report also included statistics on inspections, with 67 undertaken for clubroot, six for blackleg, six for fusarium, 33 for grasshoppers, six for wheat midge, one for diamond back moth, and one for Bertha army worm.
There were 661 weed inspections in rural areas of the county and 282 in urban centres.
A total of 7,642 kilometres of mowing was undertaken by agriculture department staff.
In all, 40,000 kilograms of wire was recycled, as well as 125 bags of twine (2,197 kilograms). The twine was consolidated and baled then shipped to Minnesota for recycling.
A total of $77,028 was allocated to 17 individuals through the REEP and ALUS programs in 2021.
The ASB is made up county councillors and appointed public members.
