
Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future
Make your farm more productive and more sustainable! 'Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future' provides information and tips from agrology experts, research scientists, farmers and ranchers.
Topics include maximizing rangeland and pastures, growing good forage, solving issues with marginal acres including salinity and weeds, buying and selling land, winter wheat as a cash crop, sod seeding to increase productivity and protecting land through conservation easements.
Produced by Ducks Unlimited Canada and hosted by Glen Kirby.
Podcasting since 2024 • 17 episodes
Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future
Latest Episodes
2025 08 August - Marginal Areas
New research estimates farms in western Canada contain 7.5 million acres of marginal acres. Those acres are too wet, weedy or saline to produce a good crop, yet many farmers continue to spend money year-after-year on input costs with little to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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43:13

2025 07 July - Dry Conditions
Despite record prices for beef, the weather is causing some Manitoba cattle producers to sound the alarm. Carson Callum from the Manitoba Beef Producers and agriculture meteorology specialist Alison Sass from the Manitoba government provide the...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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41:44

2025 06 June - Grazing Clubs
When you’re farming, some of the best advice can come from a neighbour who has already faced the same challenge and figured out a winning solution.Building on that idea, Ducks Unlimited Canada introduced the Grazing Club program in 1999,...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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38:12

2025 05 May - Lake Winnipeg Basin Program
Lake Winnipeg is one of the world’s largest freshwater bodies and farmers have a lead role in helping to clean up this important lake. A multi-year project is finding options to reduce the amount of agricultural products which seep into the lak...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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24:54

2025 04 April - Avian Influenza
Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is affecting and infecting people and animals in many countries…including Canada. To separate fact from fiction on the H5N1 strain is Dr. Matt Dyson, a research scientist with the Institute for Wetland and Wate...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:12
