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Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future

Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future

Written by: Ducks Unlimited Canada - Manitoba
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Make your farm more productive and more sustainable! 'Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future' provides information and tips from agrology experts, research scientists, farmers and ranchers.

Topics include maximizing rangeland and pastures, growing good forage, solving issues with marginal acres including salinity and weeds, buying and selling land, winter wheat as a cash crop, sod seeding to increase productivity and protecting land through conservation easements.

Produced by Ducks Unlimited Canada and hosted by Glen Kirby.

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Episodes
  • 2026 04 April - Odanah Pasture Virtual Fencing

    2026 04 April - Odanah Pasture Virtual Fencing
    Apr 23 2026

    A chunk of land north of Brandon Manitoba is providing new opportunities for ag research, including a trial in 2026 for GPS collars for cattle. Odanah Pasture is 467 acres of former cropland restored by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC). Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) has been given use of the land, which will provide an important landscape for testing cattle herd management at scale. On this episode, Mary-Jane Orr from MBFI and Charlotte Crawley from DUC discuss the importance of Odanah Pasture, and cattle farmer Brett McRae explains the virtual fencing study.
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    42 mins
  • 2026 03 March - Tips for Establishing Forages

    2026 03 March - Tips for Establishing Forages
    Mar 27 2026

    We drill down into establishing forages with farm-tested advice from Manitoba producers and recognize the winners in the Top 5 Forage Establishment competition held each year by Ducks Unlimited Canada.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 2026 02 February - Solutions to Marginal Cropland

    2026 02 February - Solutions to Marginal Cropland
    Feb 17 2026

    In western Canada, about one in every five acres is considered to be marginal cropland. Half those acres likely lose money every year when seeded to wheat or canola. We’ll hear solutions from ag researchers and farmers including Clayton Robins from Rivers, Manitoba, on ways to turn money-sinks into revenue-producing acres.
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    41 mins
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