Sunbelt director
Mark Milne has been hired as business development director for Sunbelt BioFuels Ltd. in Altona, Man.
He will help develop business opportunities for the company’s proposed 113.6 million litre-per-year biodiesel refinery.
Milne has previously served as chief operating officer for Heartland Pork, a subsidiary of what is now called Viterra, and as president and chief executive of K Line Management, where he was responsible for developing a complete swine production system.
He also worked on business development and production for the Landmark Feeds Company from 1984-95.
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Since 2004, Milne has been working as a business consultant, assisting companies with structuring, development planning, international sales and business retention.
Sunbelt BioFuels Ltd. is a community-based, producer-controlled business located in Manitoba’s Pembina Valley region.
Forage fact sheet
The Saskatchewan Forage Council has published a new fact sheet to help producers use grasses to increase the productive capacity of land with saline soil.
The fact sheet, called Revegetation of Saline Soils Using Salt-Tolerant Grasses, gives an overview of soil salinity and the problems it poses for plant growth.
It provides a comprehensive rating of grasses commonly grown in Saskatchewan, highlighting their salinity tolerance, growth and production characteristics, as well as resulting forage quality.
The fact sheet also contains management advice when using grasses for saline soil reclamation. Saline soil contains enough soluble salt to impair productivity.
In Saskatchewan, saline soil is generally rich in sulfate salt, existing as compounds of sodium, magnesium and calcium.
Agriculture Canada estimates that about 5.52 million acres of agricultural land in the province are at moderate to high risk of salinization.
For copies of the fact sheet, visit www.saskforage.ca/, or call the forage council at 306-966-2148.
