This talk, drawn from Putting Down Roots, examines Métis land dispossession in the Qu’Appelle Valley through the implementation of the Dominion Lands Act and related policies of survey, homesteading, and scrip. These settler colonial policies imposed new systems of land tenure privileging individual ownership, agricultural labour, and strict homestead requirements, undermining Métis relationships to land grounded in kinship networks, mobility, and river-lot settlement. Survey and title regimes fragmented Métis landholdings, while scrip accelerated their transfer to settlers and speculators. Displaced from titled land, many Métis families relocated to the road allowance—marginal spaces set aside in the Dominion Lands survey for the creation of roads—where they built communities and maintained enduring connections to traditional territory.

Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) is a 4-part documentary series all about inventive farmers and maverick scientists building a path to solving climate change with hooves, heart and soil. Can an underutilized way to graze cattle, that mimics the way bison once roamed the land, help get farmers out of debt, restore our depleted soils, rebuild wildlife habitat and draw down huge amounts of carbon? Cattle have been seen as eco-villains for a long time. What if they can help save us from catastrophic climate change?

APG Extension Event – Southern 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 · ONE STEP – what are practical measurable things I can do that will impact soil health (peer -peer discussions)

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.