Reading Time: 3 minutes Producer applications are open for the On-farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF), a program that will offset a large portion of costs as farmers try a new management practice such as rotational grazing, cover cropping or nitrogen management. “This is a program that will deliver directly to the farm gate, so farmers will receive a direct […] Read more
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OFCAF will cover up to 85 per cent of costs such as nitrogen management, rotational grazing and cover cropping
Cover cropping program looks to encourage innovation
The program is quite flexible, says head of the provincial agency administering funding
Reading Time: 2 minutes The feds are putting up $33 million to encourage Alberta farmers to adopt three practices that can lower greenhouse gas emissions: rotational grazing, 4R fertilizer practices, and cover cropping. Alberta’s share of the $183-million On-Farm Climate Action Fund program is being administered by Results Driven Agriculture Research, the provincial research funding agency. Although details are […] Read more
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