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.
Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future
2024 10 October - Marginal Areas
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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 and productive. Interviews with research scientist Sam Robinson, farm production expert Elmer Kaskiw and Ducks Unlimited Canada agronomist Charlotte Crawley.
