Offsite Water Systems
Project Objectives
- Evaluate 3 winter water systems:
1. Kelln Solar pump (photo at left)
2. Frost free nose pumps
3. CAP remote winter system - Continue demonstration of livestock watering systems featuring geogrid, sling pump, windmills, portable solar watering and nose pumps
- Share information from offsite water systems in newsletters, Forage Facts, field days and workshops
- Geogrid demo at Horst David
- Nose pumps demo at Glenn Hogberg's
- Solar pump system at Fred Burres
- Kelln Solar Water System installed at Bill Wilson's
- 6 Forage Facts published
- Installed Frostfree nose pump at John Kendrew's & John Giesbrecht's
- Evaluated frost free systems at John Kendrew's & John Giesbrecht's
- Install CAP winter system at Glenn Hogberg's
- Evaluated Kelln system at Bill Wilson's
- PRFA to provide equipment and administrative and scheduling assistance
- Program is advertised through Forage Association Newsletters & on website
- Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (PFRA)
- Members & cooperators:
Bill Wilson
John Kendrew
Glenn Hogberg and many other members
- Brett Henschel, Agriculture & Agri Food Canada (PFRA)
Phone: 250 782 3116 - John Kendrew
- Bill Wilson
- Glenn Hogberg
#3 Water Systems Fact- #4 Nose Pump Fact
- #7 Solar Pumps Fact
- #21 CAP Solar Winter Waterers
- #22 Kelln Solar Winter Waterers
- #23 Frostfree Nose pumps for Winter
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