Bioreactors are meant to filter nitrogen from tile water and reduce extra nutrient running off int0 local rivers and lakes, but drying them out from time to time might increase their effectiveness.
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Better tile drainage: bioreactors could benefit from draining
Bioreactors are meant to filter nitrogen from tile water to help with runoff nutrient loads, but drying them out from time to time might increase their effectiveness
Regenerative farming gains ground in Manitoba amid drought challenges
Regenerative agriculture advocates say farming with an eye to soil health can buffer a farmer’s risk against weather extremes like drought
Regenerative agriculture advocates say farming with an eye to soil health can buffer a farmer’s risk against weather extremes like drought.
University of Manitoba hires potato sustainability research chair
Potato researcher from Idaho chosen to lead the university’s research into sustainable potato farming after ‘vigorous international search’
Idaho potato researcher Linda Schott chosen to lead University of Manitoba research into sustainable potato farming.
Term conservation easements a middle-of-the-road solution
Term conservation easements, which come with expiry date, are a middle-of-the-road solution for grassland protection and farmer priorities
Term conservation easements, which come with expiry date, are a middle-of-the-road solution to balance grassland protection and farmer priorities.
Horticulture farm practices in the limelight
The 2025 Horticulture School in Brandon covered tools to extend Manitoba’s vegetable and fruit growing season, horticulture crop agronomy and new research like peat sustainability
The 2025 Horticulture School in Brandon covered tools to extend Manitoba’s vegetable and fruit growing season, horticulture crop agronomy and new research like peat sustainability.
Pork doing the right thing
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of.
Federal government supports soil health strategy
Ottawa revealed its support at a recent soil health conference but did not make a financial commitment
Sophie Beecher, director general at Agriculture Canada, said at a soil conference in Winnipeg that the feds support the idea of a national soil health strategy.
Soil health skepticism prevalent among Prairie farmers
Survey finds that many Prairie farmers are side-eyeing the popularity of soil health and its priority in Canada’s agriculture policy
Many Prairie farmers are side-eyeing the popularity of soil health and soil health promoting practices and the priority they’re given in Canada’s agricultural policy, according to survey.
Calf hormone implants can give environmental, profit wins
Bigger calves at weaning can cut emissions intensity and land use intensity and put more money in the pocket of cow-calf farmers.
Hormone implants can lead to bigger calves — reducing greenhouse gas intensity, land use intensity and giving the beef farmer more profit, Manitoba-based model suggests.
Biogas pitched to turn farm waste into renewable energy
Anaerobic digestion can convert manure and other agricultural waste into renewable energy as well as fertilizer, but Manitoba farmers don’t have the best history with the technology
Anaerobic digestion can convert manure and other agricultural waste into renewable energy as well as fertilizer, but Manitoba farmers don’t have the best history with the technology
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