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Salinity Cover
The Annual & Perennial Complete Blend
Are your kochia and foxtail barley patches growing each year?
Establishing annual salt-tolerant species with perennial salt-tolerant plant species has shown to increase root biomass & increase the chance of establishment in these challenging areas on the farm.
Learn more about the Ducks Unlimited funding of up to $150/acre to sow these problem areas down to a perennial forage
Light Blue: Annual Plant Species Dark Blue: Perennial Plant Species
Managing salinity
The salinity Cover
A convenient blend of salt-tolerant annual & perennial plant species selected for their EC (electrical conductivity) tolerance to help you better establish living roots.
Seeding Rate: 60 Ibs/acre SKU: 50 Ib bag
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FCC Financing is now available for 2023-2024 seed purchases.
Managing Salinity
Frequently Asked Questions
See below for the most frequently asked questions regarding the Salinity Cover.
Managing Salinity
Step 1: Soil analysis
The soil test used to characterize saline soils from non-saline soils is the soil EC test. The EC is the acronym for Electrical Conductivity, which is the laboratory method relating the electrical conductivity of a “current” through soil with salts in the soil solution.
If the EC 1:1 of your soil test is greater than 3 mmhos/cm, consider a blend of annual & perennial plant species.
We recommend Agvise Laboratories for their EC measurement reading.
Managing Salinity
Step 2: Cross-Reference thresholds
“High soil salinity is present because the water table is too close to the soil surface. As soil EC increases, its effects are amplified because crop water use decreases as crop growth decreases. The problem ”feeds on itself” because salinity breeds more salinity due to low crop water use at the fringes of the high salinity area.
The importance of having something growing (a living root) that is tolerant to the salinity present cannot be overemphasized.”
Approximate threshold salinity values for field crops and percent reduction in yield due to salinity.
Approximate threshold salinity values for forage grasses and percent reduction in yield due to salinity.
Managing salinity
Step 3: Select Plant Species
If the EC 1:1 of your soil test is greater than 3 mmhos/cm, consider our blend of annual & perennial plant species.
Clearwater, Mb
2023 Salinity Cover Trial
Important To Note: We have conveniently packaged both annual & perennial salt-tolerant species in a 1000 Ib tote.
Ducks Unlimited funding
Step 4: Apply for funding
Up to $150/acre is available to sow these problem areas down.
The Marginal Areas Program can reduce input costs, rebuild the soil and improve your return.
Manitoba: Charlotte Crawley @ (204) 729-3526
Saskatchewan: (866) 252-3825
Alberta: Graydon Garner @ (403) 325-3117
A new program sponsored by Ducks Unlimited Canada and supported by Farm Credit Canada hopes to encourage producers to turn uneconomical farmland into perennial forage.
Managing Salinity
Step 5: Managing Salinity Farmer Panel
In this episode, we talk with soil scientist, Naeem Kalwar who works out of the Langdon Research Extension Center and the research his group has been doing on soil salinity.
Date: February 5th, 2024 @ 8:00 pm CST
To Register on Zoom: Click here
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The value of perennial cover in marginal areas
“When farming less really does make more”
Author: Suzanne Joyce June 28, 2023
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Feel free to contact a member of Our Team to discuss where this blend might fit your operation.