Barley Straw Dugout Demonstration

Project Objectives:

1. To evaluate using barley straw to reduce algae growth in dugouts
   

Project Progress:

• Project timeline: 2002-2003
• Two dugouts near Dawson Creek were divided using a curtain. Barley straw was applied to half of each dugout. Water was sampled monthly throughout the 2003-04 growing season for chloropyl (indicator of plant growth).
• This project was part of a Western Canada wide research study coodinated by Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (Agri-Food Canada).

• Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (PFRA)