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Program Helps Farmers Adopt Sustainable Practices

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Applications are now available for the Manitoba Sustainable Agriculture Practices Program (MSAPP), Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk has announced. This program includes a beneficial management practices (BMPs) incentive to encourage producers to adopt and implement sustainable agriculture practices to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change. This new
Opinion

Participate, Or Be Dictated To

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Two news items you may have missed from the U. S.: Item 1: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant. No, this isn’t some off-the-cuff statement from a tree hugger. It’s the law, according to a ruling in a case that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court in 2007.
Livestock

Carbon Offsets Could Reduce The Stink From Manure Lagoons

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“Ninety-five per cent of the odour is gone.” – LEONARD HOFER Cutting the stink from manure storage lagoons doesn’t earn farmers a cent, but capturing and destroying the methane lagoons create might. Preferred Carbon, Farmers Edge Precision Consulting, the University of Manitoba and Starlite Colony have set up a pilot project to study to see
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Tool Measures Bad Gas

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Scientists claim that in 2006, agriculture accounted for roughly nine per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But just how much any particular farm produces of the bad gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, has been difficult to determine – up until now. A new project featuring an Internet-based tool offers
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Cows Belch, Farmers Cash In

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“This is the gold standard model.” – CEDRIC MACLEOD Canada’s milk producers will soon have a new tool to reduce the carbon footprint of their dairy farms and perhaps make money in the process. A computer package developed in Atlantic Canada allows dairy farmers to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and estimate ways
Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock

More Sugar In The Hay, More Milk From The Cow

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“We would recommend they think about cutting late in the day, around 6 p. m.” – ROBERT BERTHIAUME, AAFC The person who sang “Make hay while the sun shines” had the time of day wrong. Dairy cows perform better eating alfalfa cut later in the day rather than early in the morning, researchers at Agriculture
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Vilsack Sees Carbon Cuts As New Cash Crop

U. S. farmers could make money from carbon credits and other steps to control greenhouse gases with more security than farm subsides, often eyed for budget cuts, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 16. “I strongly believe this is a tremendous opportunity for rural America,” Vilsack said at the National Cotton Council annual meeting. “We
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Burned plants may store more carbon in soil

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An ancient technique of plowing charred plants into the ground to revive soil may also trap greenhouse gases for thousands of years and forestall global warming, scientists said Dec. 5. Heating plants such as farm waste or wood in airtight conditions produces a high-carbon substance called biochar, which can store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide
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Syngenta scholars named:

Six Manitoba students are among 30 who have earned Horizon scholarships of $1,000 each from Syngenta Crop Protection Canada. Successful applicants live or work on Prairie farms, plan on post-secondary education in agriculture, business or natural science and are chosen based on academic standing, extracurricular activities and community involvement. This year’s Manitoba scholars are Angela
Livestock, Opinion

Whole-systems analysis needed

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Laura Rance’s column “Publicity stunt or junk science?” in the Oct. 30 Manitoba Co-operator raises a point about catchy headlines versus the central message. The National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE) is a team of research scientists dedicated to strengthening the environmental sustainability of animal production systems. Through sound and thorough scientific investigations,

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