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
2026 02 February - Solutions to Marginal Cropland
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In western Canada, about one in every five acres is considered to be marginal cropland. Half those acres likely lose money every year when seeded to wheat or canola. We’ll hear solutions from ag researchers and farmers including Clayton Robins from Rivers, Manitoba, on ways to turn money-sinks into revenue-producing acres.
