Dr. Aaron Glenn is a Research Scientist specializing in micrometeorology and has worked at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Brandon since 2011. He has a Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of Manitoba. His area of expertise and research interests relate the impact that weather and climate have on crop production and the influence that agricultural production systems have on greenhouse gas emissions and air quality. Dr. Glenn is a past President of the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and the Manitoba Soil Science Society. He has served as a subject matter expert reviewing methodological changes to the estimates of sequestration and emissions of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide from agricultural lands in Canada for the National Inventory Report of Greenhouse Gas sources and sinks.

In today’s episode, Aaron shares information on his position with Agriculture and Agri Food Canada and some of the projects he is currently working on.  He also shares his experience working with Eastern Prairie Living Labs.

Aaron’s current research focuses on studying how grazing management can impact sequestering carbon vs. methane emissions from the cattle.  He also shares the tools he is using to take these measurements and what information is being collected using these tools.  While this research has been ongoing for a few years, it is still early in the research that Aaron hopes to do in this area. 

Aaron shares the trends he is seeing from his research thus far and we discuss how this research and carbon sequestration impacts the environment and producers.

Much of this work has been completed on Lowry Farms, with Glen and Pam Lowry, who were profiled in Episode 71, sharing their experiences working with the Living Labs and about their farm and grazing practices. 

To Contact Aaron, you can call him at 204-578-6585 or email [email protected] 

Links mentioned in today's episode:

Living Labs - Eastern Prairies Clip: https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/science/living-laboratories-initiative/living-lab-eastern-prairies

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