New Siberia Farms Udderly Transforms Manure Storage
New Siberia Farms completed an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) in the fall of 2022 to better prepare for extreme weather events.
New Siberia Farms is situated on the Sumas Prairie near Chilliwack, BC which experienced heavy flooding due to an atmospheric river in 2021. While the 99-year-old dairy was fortunate to experience minimal impacts from the flooding, the extreme weather event was the catalyst for the farm’s completion of an EFP the following year.
With roads closed, the flooding highlighted that the amount of manure storage on the property was simply inadequate for the dairy’s present needs. Generally, manure is either spread onto fields and cropland as fertilizer or stored for later use. Excess manure must be stored in another location or spread immediately. When both transferring and emergency spreading were not possible, the dairy didn’t have enough capacity to store their manure for a long enough period.
