Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future

By: Ducks Unlimited Canada - Manitoba
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  • 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.
    © 2024 Ducks Unlimited Canada
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Episodes
  • 2024 10 October - Marginal Areas

    2024 10 October - Marginal Areas
    Oct 7 2024

    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.
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    39 mins
  • 2024 09 September - Winter Wheat

    2024 09 September - Winter Wheat
    Sep 13 2024

    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 practices for seeding and nitrogen fixing, plus hear about new winter-hardy and disease resistant varieties that are adding to farmers' profits.
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    41 mins
  • 2024 08 August - Buying and Selling Land

    2024 08 August - Buying and Selling Land
    Aug 13 2024

    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-area farmer Alicia Dyck talks about why she bought two quarter sections of land through the program.
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    40 mins

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