Episodios

  • 2025 05 May - Lake Winnipeg Basin Program
    May 16 2025

    Lake Winnipeg is one of the world’s largest freshwater bodies and farmers have a lead role in helping to clean up this important lake. A multi-year project is finding options to reduce the amount of agricultural products which seep into the lake and cause disruptive algae. The project is designed to benefit the lake, farmers and the seven million people who live within the Lake Winnipeg basin.

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    25 m
  • 2025 04 April - Avian Influenza
    Apr 14 2025

    Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is affecting and infecting people and animals in many countries…including Canada. To separate fact from fiction on the H5N1 strain is Dr. Matt Dyson, a research scientist with the Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research.

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    32 m
  • 2025 03 Conservation Agreements
    Mar 13 2025

    Conserving land can be a big decision. June Cowan, a third-generation farmer from Elkhorn Manitoba, explains why conserving her family farm was important…both morally and financially. And Kylie Plett from Ducks Unlimited Canada explains how the process works, the benefits of conserving land and how payment is determined.

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    29 m
  • 2025 02 February - Establishing Forage
    Feb 12 2025

    Establishing a successful forage crop depends on a number of variables. Luck should not be one. On this episode, tips for getting that great forage catch from the winning farmers in Ducks Unlimited Canada's Top 5 Forage Establishment competition. Also, Joseph Gardiner from Covers & Co talks about forage and soil health.

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    37 m
  • 2025 01 January - Planned Giving
    Jan 15 2025

    Efforts to cure cancer, fight against hunger or conserve natural habitat all come at a price. As Canada’s largest conservation group and a registered charity, Ducks Unlimited Canada relies on financial gifts to support its efforts. Heather Gray talks about why she is leaving DUC something in her will and Kathryne Cardwell explains options for planned giving.

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    33 m
  • 2024 12 December - Habitat Asset Management
    Dec 12 2024

    Cam Dodds remembers when Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) constructed a dam on his family's farm in the 1950s; one of 240 DUC structures in Manitoba that preserve wetlands. He shares those childhood memories and talks about collaborating with DUC in 2024 to refurbish that dam. Also, Zane Zondervan from DUC discusses the operation and upkeep of those many water control structures.

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    45 m
  • 2024 11 November - Wetland Restoration
    Nov 18 2024

    Drained wetlands are a common site on prairie farms, despite science showing sloughs and marshes can provide many benefits including groundwater filtration, flood and drought mitigation, and habit for birds and animals.

    Fortunately, in many cases, a wetland can be restored to its previous function simply by plugging the drain.

    Hear from a Manitoba farmer about why he restored 70 acres of wetlands and a wetlands researcher about the on-farm and environmental benefits.

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    31 m
  • 2024 10 October - Marginal Areas
    Oct 7 2024

    Most farms in western Canada contain land that is too weedy, wet or saline to produce a good crop. The impact on a farm's bottom line can be significant. Find out what causes those marginal patches and how you can get those acres rehabilitated and productive. Interviews with research scientist Sam Robinson, farm production expert Elmer Kaskiw and Ducks Unlimited Canada agronomist Charlotte Crawley.

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    39 m
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