Western Producer, April 11, 2019, by Barbara Duckworth. Paying ranchers for carbon sequestration in grasslands is on the Alberta government agenda but it could be challenging to put into practice. “It is going to take some time to get done,” Read More …
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‘Heritage potential’ map aims to help urban planners preserve history
Folio Magazine, July 3, 2018, by Michael Brown. A University of Alberta student created a model to determine areas of potential archeological and heritage significance to help policy makers, urban planners and developers make better-informed decisions about where to set Read More …
Historic beef cattle herd moves into Faculty of ALES: Hays Converters donated to Livestock Genomics program by family that developed breed
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Helen Metella. The entire herd of cattle bred and developed by the Hays family was donated to Faculty of ALES livestock genomics program and moved to the Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch in December 2017. Read More …
Eye in the Sky: Drone technology research helps precision ranching develop new tools for success
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Cait Wills. Dr. John Church of Thompson Rivers University in collaboration with Dr. Cameron Carlyle are using drones to assess heat stress in cattle as well as determine carbon storage in grazed and ungrazed grasslands Read More …
Do RFI ratings predict cattle performance on pasture?
Canadian Cattlemen, May 28, 2018 by Debbie Furber. Producers often wonder if genetic markers for feed efficiency based on drylot tests reflect feed efficiency on pasture where terrain, water sources and plant diversity are very different from a pen setting. Read More …
Ranchers with burnt grassland sign up to participate in UofA study
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 11, 2018 by Brittney Matejka. HILDA, AB. – Researchers from the University of Alberta met with a room of ranchers affected by the devastating October wild fires near Hilda and Acadia Valley last night. Read More …
Universities partnering for research study into rangeland recovery following last October’s grass fires
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 2, 2018 by Charles Lefebvre. EDMONTON, AB — Universities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are partnering for a research program and study into rangeland recovery following wildfires, and they’re looking for ranchers and farmers from Read More …
Alberta Environmental Sciences student scores second win
The Western Producer, March 15, 2018 by Jeremy Simes: For the second year in a row, Ryan James used his skills and smarts to win a high-profile international plant identification competition. James, a University of Alberta student formerly with Lakeland College, Read More …
Making a home on the range for bees a win-win for agriculture and nature
Farmers and ranchers should be buzzed about bees and making room for the busy little insect in their land management, say researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences who are leading one of the first studies to establish baseline Read More …
You want pollinators to make their home on your range
Alberta Farmer Express, June 27, 2017 by Jill Burkhardt: There is a buzz on range- and pasture lands. And we really need to pay attention to native pollinators and the benefits that they provide, says a rangeland ecologist. “Pollinators are critical to Read More …