
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.
Episodes
13 episodes
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

2025 03 Conservation Agreements
Conserving land can be a big decision. June Cowan, a third-generation farmer from Elkhorn Manitoba, explains why conserving her family farm was important…both morally and financially. And Kylie Plett from Ducks Unlimited Canada explains how the...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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29:29

2025 02 February - Establishing Forage
Establishing a successful forage crop depends on a number of variables. Luck should not be one. On this episode, tips for getting that great forage catch from the winning farmers in Ducks Unlimited Canada's Top 5 Forage Establishment competitio...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:56

2025 01 January - Planned Giving
Efforts to cure cancer, fight against hunger or conserve natural habitat all come at a price. As Canada’s largest conservation group and a registered charity, Ducks Unlimited Canada relies on financial gifts to support its efforts. Heather Gray...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:11

2024 12 December - Habitat Asset Management
Cam Dodds remembers when Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) constructed a dam on his family's farm in the 1950s; one of 240 DUC structures in Manitoba that preserve wetlands. He shares those childhood memories and talks about collaborating with DUC i...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:58

2024 11 November - Wetland Restoration
Drained wetlands are a common site on prairie farms, despite science showing sloughs and marshes can provide many benefits including groundwater filtration, flood and drought mitigation, and habit for birds and animals. Fortunately,...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:50

2024 10 October - Marginal Areas
Most farms in western Canada contain land that is too weedy, wet or saline to produce a good crop. The impact on a farm's bottom line can be significant. Find out what causes those marginal patches and how you can get those acres rehabilitated ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:56

2024 09 September - Winter Wheat
Winter wheat has proven to be a high-yielding and high-earning crop. This episode explores the winter wheat advantage with Manitoba Agriculture's cereal grains expert, a Manitoba seed retailer and DUC's winter wheat specialist. Learn about best...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:04

2024 08 August - Buying and Selling Land
Thinking of buying or selling farmland in Manitoba? Think of Ducks Unlimited Canada and its Revolving Land Conservation Program (RLCP). Scott Henowitch from DUC explains why the RLCP is a win-win for conservation and farming, and Boissevain-are...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:45

2024 07 July - Rangeland
Expert advice on summertime herd management, solar watering systems and electric fencing. Interviews with cattle farmer Trevor Atchison from the Pipestone MB area, Shaun Anderson from PWR Custom Fencing in Virden and retired solar watering syst...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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52:31

2024 06 June - Forage
Grow better forages, with tips from a research scientist and a farmer who's been seeding grass for nearly 80 years on two continents! This episode features James Frey from the Parkland Crop Diversification Centre in Roblin and Marris Bos, who f...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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37:36

2024 05 May - Sod Seeding
Sod seeding legumes into an existing perennial forage stand is a great way to rejuvenate pastures with low productivity. Find out about best practices and the practical and scientific benefits for sod seeding on your farm. Guest are Mary-Jane O...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:32
