Congratulations Sask on achieving number 1

[kANOLA]

So how many annual crops on the prairies grow for more than 100 out of the 365? Virtually all areas will support growing grass for 180+.

We grow 100 day crops with increasing biomass that would rival co2 sequestration that pasture land produces. I do believe both are great for our environment but comparing pasture to droughted crop cut early for silage is nonsense.

[grassfarmer]

So how many annual crops on the prairies grow for more than 100 out of the 365? Virtually all areas will support growing grass for 180+.

[kANOLA]

He probably could come up with such a graph but I'm not sure it would be as positive as you would hope for. One key thing with carbon sequestration is you need growing, breathing plants to do it and modern farming practices do not promote that. Compared to perennial plant species they just don't grow enough days in the year. There was research out of the Breton plots in AB where they recorded a barley silage crop as only sequestering C02 for 60 days in a drought year!

Yes grass why not pick a short season crop cut early for silage on a drought year to skew things in your favour , you must be a moron to use this kind of logic.

[grassfarmer]

Can someone like qualman show us dumbies the graph on sequestering in the province....and where we rank. ...

No one wants to talk about the good we do....why?

So no one has to pay for it.?

Imagine having your crop insurance bill with a positive balance because they know your farming records and can quickly determine your carbon credit....

A 4000 acre farm sequestering about 3500 tonnes of carbon per year at 50 bucks a tonne by 2022....


Seems no one is talking about that income potential. ..

He probably could come up with such a graph but I'm not sure it would be as positive as you would hope for. One key thing with carbon sequestration is you need growing, breathing plants to do it and modern farming practices do not promote that. Compared to perennial plant species they just don't grow enough days in the year. There was research out of the Breton plots in AB where they recorded a barley silage crop as only sequestering C02 for 60 days in a drought year!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I am missing something ....I am using equipment that's suppose to be cleaner even though it burns more fuel...but so be it....then there is nothing as a ROI on the equipment we are forced to buy.....

Whether it's a new 2018 or a used 2018 ten years from now the cleaner equipment has to ROI environmentally....right?

There is no direct ROI on emissions controls, never could be, and this has nothing to do with CO2. Just keeping some carcinogenic particulates out of your lungs, but that is difficult to put a price on.

[bucket]

I am missing something ....I am using equipment that's suppose to be cleaner even though it burns more fuel...but so be it....then there is nothing as a ROI on the equipment we are forced to buy.....

Whether it's a new 2018 or a used 2018 ten years from now the cleaner equipment has to ROI environmentally....right?

[farmaholic]

Can someone like qualman show us dumbies the graph on sequestering in the province....and where we rank. ...

No one wants to talk about the good we do....why?

So no one has to pay for it.?

Imagine having your crop insurance bill with a positive balance because they know your farming records and can quickly determine your carbon credit....

A 4000 acre farm sequestering about 3500 tonnes of carbon per year at 50 bucks a tonne by 2022....


Seems no one is talking about that income potential. ..

Ogh,,,, and up goes the price of fert, seed and chem. The parasites will be there to take most of it anyway.

Hell then, just seed it to grass and sit on your ass!!!!!

$175,000 isn't bad for doing sweet **** all. Then we'll know how some other people feel!

[SASKFARMER3]

Yes Bucket I agree thats the thing no one is talking about.

We have wealth in our soil Yet were suppose to do that for free.

[bucket]

Can someone like qualman show us dumbies the graph on sequestering in the province....and where we rank. ...

No one wants to talk about the good we do....why?

So no one has to pay for it.?

Imagine having your crop insurance bill with a positive balance because they know your farming records and can quickly determine your carbon credit....

A 4000 acre farm sequestering about 3500 tonnes of carbon per year at 50 bucks a tonne by 2022....


Seems no one is talking about that income potential. ..

[grassfarmer]

Darrin Qualman is a smart guy.