(Source: Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Planting trees on Alberta’s agricultural landscape in the form of shelterbelts provides a range of benefits to the province, including wildlife and habitat corridors, soil and water conservation and improved road conditions. Shelterbelts may also benefit individual farmers by increasing livestock and crop productivity, protecting buildings from wind, and reducing energy bills. . Jeff Renton, project manager at the Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society (AWES), is an advocate of using plastic mulch for weed control in shelterbelts. His work at AWES involves helping farmers, ranchers and landowners establish shelterbelts on…
