Conservation Learning Centre to focus on bees, greenhouse gases, saved wheat

Operation Pollinator is a program offered through Syngenta Canada and supported by the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association. It promotes the health and well-being of bees and other pollinators.

“We’ve seeded two acres of land to a forage mixture and the idea is that this will provide food and habitat for beneficial insects,” Brown said.

The Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Project provides an opportunity for farmers to get involved by donating trees. Brown said this would be particularly helpful if there are trees in a shelterbelt that a farmer was planning to cut down anyway.

“There is a group at the University of Saskatchewan trying to quantify how much carbon shelterbelt trees can store so they’re still looking for trees to use in their study,” Brown said. “If you have a tree that you would like to donate they will come to your site and remove it and take samples. I hear they chop up some nice firewood for you.”

Another new project this year will be to study whether farmer saved wheat can perform as a certified seed.

CLC hosts producers, researchers, industry representatives and extension personnel. The annual field day will be July 18.

The centre is located 18 kilometres south of Prince Albert on Highway 2.

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by Alice McFarlane

Conservation Learning Centre to focus on bees, greenhouse gases, saved wheat

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