This presentation, by Richard Gray from the University of Saskatchewan, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This paper, commissioned by CAPI, examines how cattle and beef production have gained a negative opinion by some segments of the general public. However, past research done within the Canadian Prairie and in other regions have demonstrated that with appropriate management, cattle on native grasslands can increase some of the ecosystem goods and services (EG&S) that we value. Many studies highlight that moderate levels of grazing maintain biodiversity and soil carbon at levels above what these systems provide when grazing is removed, and especially above the level provided by other land uses, such as cultivation.

This presentation, by Tristan Skolrud from the University of Saskatchewan, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This presentation, by Cherie Copithorne-Barnes from CL Raches Ltd., was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This presentation, by Jason Bradley from Old College, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This presentation, by John Bennett, Farmer, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This presentation, by Chad Lawley from the University of Manitoba, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

This presentation, by Susan Wood-Bohm from Wood-Bohm and Associates, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.

In this paper, commissioned by CAPI, the author examines agri-environmental conservation programs in Canada which have tended to rely on subsidized conservation. Well-functioning land and credit markets, combined with widely available public and private extension, suggest that there are few barriers to the use of conservation practices that provide on-farm benefits to farmers and landowners (Lichtenberg 2014). There is therefore little justification for subsidies to encourage adoption of a conservation practice like zero tillage, which provides substantial on-farm benefits.

This presentation, by Dimitris Diakosavvas from the OEAD, was presented at CAPI’s Dialogue on “Optimizing Land Use for Sustainable Growth” on February 21-22, 2019 in Calgary AB. This event was the success it was because of the great speakers, discussants and actively engaged participants, including next gen’s, who contributed to this important CAPI conversation.