Programs that benefit producers and the environment are win-win: DU
In 2020, Saskatchewan producers seeded a record-breaking 25,000 acres of grass through Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC’s) Forage Program. Overall acres enrolled in the program were up roughly 75 per cent from the previous year. Goals for this year’s program? Even higher. “Seeding forage ticks a lot of boxes for producers and I think we’ve seen an increase in interest in our programs as a result of that,” says Trevor Plews, DUC’s head of conservation programs in Saskatchewan. While forage crops provide sustainable grazing sources for livestock, they’re also part of sou...
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