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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Friday October 7, 2022

Oct 7, 2022 | 10:27 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – Prairie cereal groups have created a straw management guide.

The six-page document covers nutrient content, how nutrients are released, the value of organic matter, and methods for managing excess straw and residue.

The nutrient portion of the guide looks at how much nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulphur is typically found in wheat, barley, and oat straw, and also provides a table listing the cost of each as of this summer.

It also provides information on how straw is broken down and how that impacts available nutrients because decomposition will initially require the use of plant-available nitrogen from the soil.

The guide can be found here.

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A task force studying ways to make the transportation supply chain stronger has released its final report.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the report has 21 recommendations including easing port congestion, addressing labour shortages, and protecting corridors, border crossings, and gateways from disruption.

“Over the past several months, I’ve met with a range of supply chain partners and discussed challenges and strategies for public and private sector collaboration to find innovative solutions to ease congestion throughout our supply chain,” Alghabra said.

The Task Force studied short and longer-term actions to improve reliability and build resilience within Canada’s transportation supply chain.

Alghabra said the final report will be an important tool in the development of the National Supply Chain Strategy.

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An Alberta regulator said it won’t review its decision to reject a proposed cattle feedlot near a popular recreational lake.

The Natural Resources Conservation Board said all issues surrounding the proposed 4,000-head feedlot near Pigeon Lake were dealt with adequately in the initial decision.

It said the issues raised by proponent Greg Thalen are of little merit.

Although Thalen can appeal to the courts, grounds for appeal are restricted to errors in law and may not address arguments for or against the feedlot.

Opponents feared the impact of even more cattle manure on the lake, which is fed only by runoff and still struggles with algae blooms despite improvements to area sewage treatment.

Pigeon Lake has about 5,800 seasonal and permanent residents and attracts about 100,000 visitors a year.

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