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Bayer launches carbon capture pilot for U.S., Brazilian farmers

Chem and seed firm expects to expand plan to other countries

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume July 22, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Bayer launched a pilot program in the United States and Brazil on Tuesday that will pay farmers for capturing carbon in cropland soils, making it the latest agriculture company to capitalize on environmental initiatives. The company seeks to enroll about 1,200 row crop growers in its Bayer Carbon Initiative in the

How a radish cover crop interseeded into soybeans planted in August looked on Sept. 27, 2019.

Crops, News, Other

Calling all cover croppers!

A survey is looking for hard numbers on the practice and what it looks like on Prairie farms

By Alexis Stockford November 25, 2019

The University of Manitoba is looking for numbers on local cover crop use, and it’s turning to producers to get them. Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba is spearheading the Prairie Cover Crop Survey, which hopes to gauge how widely and in what form cover crops are taking root across the Prairies. The survey

There was plenty of interest in a comparison of roller crimping versus tillage for cover crop management at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont.

Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

To till or not to till

Demo highlights differences between tillage and no-till cover crop practices

By Spencer Myers October 16, 2019

As more producers start to incorporate cover crops into their soil health strategy, machinery companies are racing to develop tillage and non-tillage options to manage them. When choosing how to manage your cover crops, the first thing to address is whether you want to use tillage or go to a non-tillage option like a roller

Cattle move into a new intercropped paddock at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives north of Brandon. Both simple and complex intercrop mixes got put to the test for grazing at the applied research farm this year.

Livestock, News

Using brassicas to feed cattle could pose a challenge

The best intercrop or cover  crop grazing plans may hit a wall  if the cattle turn into fussy eaters

By Alexis Stockford September 17, 2019

Brassicas feature in most polycrop seed mixes on the market, but feeding cattle on those mixes may require some extra consideration. Jillian Bainard, of AAFC Swift Current, noted that cattle were less likely to graze brassicas during her ongoing study into grazing intercrops. The study hosted plots at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives in Manitoba,

Crops

Four ways to increase your organic matter

April 10, 2018

A question that I hear a lot is, “How do cover crops fit into a grain operation?” Lots of grain farmers have no desire to get into the livestock business and no interest in producing hay. But many have some soil issues that need to be addressed. This can be done by buying more iron

Students pull up a round of litter bags and root cores from the cereal  rye-soybean plot.

Crops, Did you know?, News

Not all cover crops are equal

They all have similar benefits, but how and when they deliver them varies

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 26, 2018

What’s the best time to plant a cover crop to capture and supply nutrients for the cash crop you’ll be taking to harvest? A group of U.S. researchers are trying to answer that question and they’re finding different cover crops provide different things at different times. “It’s like trying to time a meal to come

Yearlings and dry ewes graze on rotational perennials -- grass plants, legumes, and forbs -- at Menoken Farm, a demonstration farm just east of Bismarck, N.D.

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cover crops ‘essential’ to in-field grazing

Confined livestock do little to help build soil health

By Shannon VanRaes December 29, 2017

Got cows? On your cropland? Jay Fuhrer certainly hopes so. The soil health specialist believes cropland and large ruminants are a natural fit. He advocates turning animals out of the barn and onto the land whenever possible. “Soils, plants and animals evolved together,” he told producers gathered in Winnipeg for the annual Dairy Farmers of

Bob Sandford of the United Nations University says agriculture productivity needs to be increased, but with limited impact on earth systems. (John Greig photo)

Crops, Weather

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

By GFM Network News, John Greig September 8, 2017

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. No-till farming has declined in

Crops, Opinion

Oats and alfalfa to reduce Corn Belt erosion?

By Union Of Concerned Scientists Release May 31, 2017

A new study released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that modified three- and four-crop farming systems could be scaled up and adopted widely in Corn Belt states, generating benefits to farmers and taxpayers worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The analysis builds on a long-term study at Iowa State University, known as

Tom Sewell shared how he went to complete no-till seeding in Britain.

Crops

British no-tillers worry about potential loss of glyphosate

But Tom Sewell says he’ll still find a way to continue his no-till system

By John Greig March 29, 2017

A pioneer in British no-till farming said there’s a good chance European farmers will lose access to glyphosate. “It’s a French and German thing,” said Tom Sewell at the Innovative Farmers Association of Ontario conference recently in London. The politics of those two countries mean that there is pressure to ban the herbicide which is

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

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