Soil and Nutrient Management - GHGMP
Project Objectives
- Work with the Canadian & BC Taking Charge Teams of Soil Conservation Council of Canada to organize GHGMP and associated demos.
- Provide coordination of demos about beneficial management practices (BMPs) that improve productivity & reduce GHG emissions.
- Organize a package of awareness activities related to climate change BMPs, including field days, tours, seminars, workshops & publications.
- Established 13 demos of BMPs in the Peace Region, including direct seeding forages and nutrient management with anhydrous ammonia applicator, manure & fertilizer in summer of 2004.
- Hosted 3 field tours in 2004.
- Collected yield quality & grazing info from comparisons.
- Establish 10 more demos of BMPsin 2005
- Host more field days, tours and seminars to discuss BMPs and raise awareness
- Soil Conservation Council of Canada
- Agriculture & Agri Food Canada (PFRA)
- Abbotsford Soil Conservation Association
- Peace River Soil Conservation Association
- Beef Cattle Industry Development (BCID)
- Prairie Seeds
- Rolla Agri Services
- Ducks Unlimited
- Peace Tractor
- Norwest Labs
- Julie Robinson, BCMAFF
Phone: 250 787-3241
- PRFA - Soil Conservation Links Section
#25 Producers Partner to Demonstrate Beneficial Management Practices in BC- #28 What Did We Learn From the Winterkill Survey?
- #32 Forage Nutrient Management
- #33 Beef Up Carring Capacity
- #34 Boost Forage Quality
- #35 Nutrients at Double M Ranch
- #36 Moisture at Lazinchuks
- #37 Soil Quality Ideas
- #38 Zero Till
- #41 BC Producers Demo BMP's
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