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 …
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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 …
Scientists look to grazing to aid carbon retention in soil
Western Producer, April 27, 2017 by Barbara Duckworth: The symbiotic relationship of plants, soil and animals has long been understood among those living off the land. Soil with high carbon content has increased fertility, water retention and productivity. Now scientists are Read More …
Researchers receive $3.76M in federal funding for greener agriculture
Three University of Alberta scientists will take their greenhouse gas reduction research to the next level, thanks to an infusion of funding announced today by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, federal minister of agriculture and agri-food. The funding will exceed $3.76 Read More …
ALES Range team hauls home top awards as coach retires
With instructor Barry Irving in his last season as coach of the ALES Range Team, its members did him proud by continuing a dominant run at an international competition that tests university students’ knowledge of both plants and range management. Read More …
Canadian grasslands among world's most endangered ecosystems
Alberta’s grasslands are a deeply rooted silent partner in fighting rising carbon levels, but are fast disappearing and need more protection, say University of Alberta scientists. Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) recently suggested the scope of loss across Canada’s rich prairie lands Read More …
Province and University of Alberta partner to provide long-term agricultural research at ranches
Edmonton Journal: The two sites, Onefour and Stavely, were administered by the federal government until 2013, when the province stepped in to manage them. The new agreement, announced Wednesday at the U of A’s faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, allows Read More …
U of A rangeland scientists gain access to two important new study area
Two historic research ranches in southern Alberta have officially changed hands, and that’s giving scientists from the University of Alberta assured access to study two large rangelands. The land areas are the Onefour and Stavely Research Ranches, located in the Read More …
Study shows grassland environmental contributions
Manitoba Cooperator: Researchers Dr. Daniel Hewins, former post-doctoral fellow with University of Alberta, and Dr. Edward Bork, Rangeland Research Institute Chair, conducted a large-scale study to look at how livestock grazing affects grassland biodiversity and carbon storage. They looked at 144 Read More …
The case for carbon storage
Canadian Cattlemen: Good-news stories for beef producers are beginning to flow out from a massive dataset collected during a three-year carbon benchmarking study done to evaluate the effects of long-term grazing on native grasslands of Alberta. Some of the findings Read More …