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The Marginal Areas Program typically offers $135 to $150 per acre, depending on location.
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Incentives boosted for marginal acre conversion

DUC, FCC and PespiCo team up to help producers get the most from unproductive cropland

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Ducks Unlimited Canada and Farm Credit Canada have a new partner for their sustainability initiatives. DUC announced in late May that multinational food company PepsiCo will help support FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program. It links with DUC’s efforts to encourage producers to convert low productivity farmland into perennial cover. DUC’s Marginal Areas Program helps producers absorb
Left to right: Michael Nadler, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada; Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Manitoba Historical Society; Hon. Tracy Schmidt, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; Roger D’Eschambault, President of Ducks Unlimited Canada.
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March 17 declared Ducks Unlimited Canada Day in Manitoba

Celebrating 85 years of wetland conservation

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March 17 is officially Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) Day in Manitoba. The official designation is intended to honour the conservation organization’s long history of restoring and managing wetlands and grasslands and protecting waterfowl and other wildlife in the province. “On behalf of the Manitoba government, I would like to congratulate everyone at Ducks Unlimited Canada
As long as ground isn’t frozen, it’s possible to get seed-to-soil contact after snowfall.
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Setting seed for 2024’s marginal acres

Dormant seeding can make the most of marginal land next year

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Seeding isn’t over, if Ducks Unlimited Canada has any say. The organization is promoting a dormant seeding program to boost 2024 forage production and make the most of marginal land. “We’re targeting the areas that farmers have identified as not being the most economically suited to grain cropping,” said DUC forage specialist Charlotte Crawley. “We’re talking kochia-infested areas, foxtail-infested areas
Counting the stems and tillers of fall-emerged winter cereals will provide a better stand assessment.
Cereals, Crops

Solid footing for Manitoba’s winter cereal crops

The fall had some quirks, but an open seeding window boosted interest in the crop

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Manitoba’s winter cereals are off to a good start. Anne Kirk, cereals specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, and Alex Griffiths, agronomist with the winter wheat program of Ducks Unlimited Canada, both report plenty of fields in good shape, particularly those seeded in the prime window in early to mid-September. “We have had some moisture this September,
Rick Andrews and his wife Judy at the DUC land dedication event.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

DUC honours conservation leader

Long-serving staff member recognized his love for nature at an early age

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As a child, Rick Andrews could see the future. “I was one of those very fortunate people who knew what I wanted to do at a very young age,” he says. By the time Andrews was in his pre-teens, he had become enamoured with the outdoors and knew he wanted to work in conservation and
Alex Griffiths from DUC provides on-farm winter wheat advice.
Crops, News

Winter cereals stuck in catch-22 this fall

Conditions were ideal but the timing was off, despite grower interest

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Conditions were nearly perfect for seeding winter cereals this fall but poor timing will likely temper the growth of seeded acres. Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Anne Kirk says seeded acres of winter cereals increased last year but it’s difficult to know whether the trend will continue. “I think that conditions would have been good for
A portion of Oak Hammock Marsh, near Stonewall, today.
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DOWN THE DRAIN: Manitoba’s wetlands a shadow of their former selves

It’ll take years to reverse the trend, but the effects will be cumulative

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Manitoba farmers heading out to plant this spring can thank the likes of R.T. Riley for the fact that they have fields to work instead of swamps. Riley, best known today as one of the founders of the Great West Life Assurance company (now Canada Life), was the son of a prominent British businessman who
Project to analyze wetland carbon capture
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Project to analyze wetland carbon capture

The study, taking in both cattle and cropland, hopes to see results by 2023

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A joint study in southwestern Manitoba hopes to jump-start understanding of carbon storage and greenhouse gas release from wetlands in two important agricultural landscapes. The study has deployed sensor-equipped towers (flux towers) to measure carbon dioxide and methane emissions from wetlands on both cattle and annual crop farms. The project is funded by the Canadian
Among projects funded by the Conservation Trust, Ducks Unlimited Canada got $750,000 toward restoring grasslands.
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The Conservation Trust pledges $2.86 million to conservation projects

The investments will make the landscape more resilient to the effects of climate change, says MHHC

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A Ducks Unlimited project to restore native grasslands; support for cattle producers to conserve grasslands; and an initiative to protect land along Lake Winnipeg are among projects funded by the Conservation Trust this year. “These funds provide new opportunities to improve wildlife, water and soil conservation across the province,” said Stephen Carlyle, chief executive officer

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