APG Extension Event – Northern Session Join us for a day of hands on learning and conversation. Topics include: · The Rural CEO · Kochia – the good the bad and the ugly. Learn proper identification and strategies to mitigate the risk of this invasive weed · All things root rot: proper ID, decision making tools to manage the risk · Lupins: A new opportunity

The province of Alberta has been in cyclical droughts since the mid 1980s. In the last five years almost every corner of Alberta has experienced diminished surface water levels, leading to ranchers and farmers needing to diversity their stock water options. Providing water delivered through a shallow buried pasture pipeline is not a new innovation, but it is new to many operators. Pasture pipeline is simple a method of moving water from one place to another. Although the water source is often a well with line power (such as a home site) it can also be natural surface water, a stream, or dugout and be moved via solar power or sometimes gravity for remote applications.  This webinar will discuss pipeline advantages and different types and sizes of pipe that can be used for pasture pipelines and provide some practical tips for creating a successful pipeline water system.

Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas that plays a significant role in global warming and climate change. Agriculture is the main source of nitrous oxide emissions, due to the use of nitrogen fertilizers. Nitrogen Variable Rate Technology or NVRT is a promising fertilization method that applies nitrogen fertilizer only where and in the amount the crop actually needs. By avoiding fertilizer overuse, NVRT could help reduce nitrous oxide emissions from farming. However, it is not yet fully understood how much NVRT can reduce nitrous oxide emissions.

Let's shed some light on Composting! It's more than just putting your manure in a pile, as you can find out from our group of three Alberta Agrisystems Living Lab producers. Learn how these three producers are all brewing and using compost in their own unique ways at our upcoming webinar.

Join AgriSystems Living Labs and Dr Vern Baron and Dr Erick Santos as we explore the potential benefits and ‘How to’s’ of overseeding into your pastures. Do you have questions? We have answers on overseeding.

This AgriSystems Living Lab webinar is a look back at the prehistoric species of bison and how each of these evolved, adapted, and then either went extinct or developed into the next in line. Tracing the geographic distribution of bison over the millennia, the audience is drawn forward in time to the plains and wood bison that currently occupy North America.