The Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference gave producers a lot to think about.

It was a full two days of presentations January 24 and 25, including one which looked at using Grazing Management for Carbon Sequestration.

Allan Iwaasa is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada’s  Swift Current Research and Development Centre.

"Potentially using perennial forages and different mixtures in your perennial forages that can actually or potentially enhance your ability to sequester carbon and using the soils as a sync can actually reduce our overall greenhouse gas emissions. so that's one area that is being looked at."

He notes carbon sequestration also provides ecosystem co-benefits such as increased soil water holding capacity, better soil structure, improved soil quality, nutrient cycling and reduced soil erosion.

The SBIC concluded on January 26 with a day of meetings.