Ag event promises lessons in soil carbons

As the global demand for food, water and energy increases, so does pressure to properly manage soil. Area cattle ranchers and farmers will have an opportunity to learn about the latest technology in soil carbon at an all-day workshop in Glaslyn on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

“Soil carbon plays a vital role in regulating our climate and water supply. Carbon also strengthens biodiversity and provides our ecosystem services that are essential to our everyday well-being,” Angela Vaadeland said, a technician with Agri-Environmental Group Plan. “Carbon is one of those elements that benefits everyone. The more plants like grass and trees there are, the more that the soil can capture the carbon and use it.”

Keynote speakers are expected to talk about the zero tillage procedure and other alternatives to conventional plowing which would help diminish soil carbon loss and soil erosion

“I guess one of the benefits of living in a province like Saskatchewan is we have a huge amount of rangeland for cattle that we can use for the zero tillage procedure which captures the carbon out of the air and help keeps it in the soil longer,” Vaadeland explained.