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Cover crop rooting profiles get a close up during a Manitoba crop tour.
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Food giants set out to sell producers on regenerative agriculture

Pepsico and Walmart want to see regenerative agriculture practices used on two million North American acres by 2030

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Glacier FarmMedia – Adam Kiel has some advice for farmers confronted by the dizzying array of regenerative agriculture programs on offer across North America. “There are many opportunities, and they are confusing, I’ll be the first to admit. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try something,” said the managing director of the Soil and Water
Processors are demanding it, but how does an underground crop adopt a movement that prioritizes low soil disturbance?
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Making regenerative ag work in potato production

Colorado regen potato grower shares lessons for Manitoba

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A trait of regenerative agriculture is that no two farms are the same, but there are five basics behind the philosophy: grazing animals, crop diversity, living roots in the soil, avoidance of bare ground and low soil disturbance. That last one is a challenge for potato production, since producers need to get under the soil
Grazed pasture was the only surveyed landscape where the threatened Sprague’s pipit was found.
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Regen ag bird study finds ‘islands of biodiversity’

Diverse production translated to diverse bird species, including at-risk species

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A bird survey on operations that use regenerative farm practices has provided information on where different bird species are staking their claims. The limited study, spearheaded by the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, provincial government and Manitoba Important Bird Areas program, counted bird populations on four farms in western Manitoba, all from different sectors. The
Some ag sectors will probably be less than kind toward a new film that looks at modern agricultural practices.
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Editor’s Take: Finding ‘Common Ground’

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This year’s Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association Regenerative Ag Conference had something different on the schedule — a movie night. The association was granted Manitoba’s first screening of the documentary “Common Ground,” a follow up to “Kiss the Ground,” which debuted on Netflix in 2020. Like that one, “Common Ground” marketed itself as a hopeful
Dan Cox presents highlights from the first year of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program during the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s annual regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon Nov. 13-15.
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PWCP inaugural uptake numbers in

Prairie Watersheds Climate Program funds were handed out to 731 Manitoba producers in 2023

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[UPDATED: Nov. 15, 2023] The first year of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program has given its administrators reason for optimism. Dan Cox, program manager for the Manitoba Association of Watersheds, was on hand during the opening day of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Regenerative Ag Conference in Brandon Nov. 13 to give an update
Regenerative agriculture will also be on the silver screen at this year’s event, featuring a showing of the film, “Common Ground.”
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Regenerative Agriculture conference back at Brandon

The sixth annual event will bring local and international experts to the stage

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It’s the final countdown for the biggest event on the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association calendar. The MFGA will return to Brandon Nov. 13-15 for its sixth annual conference spotlighting all things regenerative ag. “As in the past, our conference will offer both national and international keynote speakers along with local producer panels, and a vibrant and varied tradeshow,” the association said on its website. The
“Increasingly, as we focus on the soil health benefits of regenerative agriculture practices, more and more producers are getting interested in some of the benchmarks on their farms.” – Lawrence Knockaert, MFGA.
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For the birds

Regen ag farms to measure impact of practices on bird populations

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Four farms linked to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association will be counting birds this summer. The new study, a joint brainchild between the MFGA, Manitoba Wildlife Branch and Manitoba Important Bird Area, will gauge bird populations on dairy, beef, grain and mixed farms that are also proponents of regenerative agriculture. All the farms belong
Canada thistles pop through on one of the fields 
still under recovery at Green Beach Farm & Food.
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Selling the system

Managing with an eye to soil health makes fertile ground for direct marketing

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The Koscielny family farm near Strathclair doesn’t have many acres to work with but it makes a big impression. The farm, Green Beach Farm & Food, covers five quarters, about 200 acres of which grow grain. Much of the land base is perennial forage, feeding the Koscielny’s herd of grass-fed beef. The family finishes animals
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Systems clash

Regen ag, consumer messaging and an agricultural schism

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The point of marketing is to stand out from the crowd. Emphasizing the environmental angle of agricultural direct marketing is one way to do it. Agriculture’s environmental track record is under greater pressure from its customers and government. A recent example is the controversy over the federal government goal to reduce nitrogen fertilizer emissions by
Joel Williams says there’s a middle ground emerging around soil health.
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Bridging the sustainability gap

The ESR framework is a good starting point to nibble away at regenerative agriculture

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With the rising costs of inputs and more scrutiny of nitrogen emissions, farmers could find the ESR framework a useful tool to transition to a less intensive, less input-dependent model. ESR stands for efficiency, substitution and redesign. The framework was developed in Australia in the 1990s as a method to move from input-intensive conventional agriculture to a more ecologically based form

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