Fertilizer Canada, which represents companies that produce and sell fertilizer products, certainly got people’s attention late last month when it said proposed cuts to fertilizer use could cost Canadian farmers $48 billion. That’s a big number, albeit an estimate spread over the next decade or so. It’s based on tallying up the cost of lower […] Read more
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Opinion: Better framework for fertilizer discussion needed
Assuming a direct correlation between reduced product use and yields is overly simplistic
U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program
Reuters – Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in the program, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement will make it easier for CHS’s 75,000 farmer-members to enrol in Bayer’s Carbon Program, an early […] Read more
U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change
Johannesburg | Reuters – The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions. The farming industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, is already battling the effects of climate change, including […] Read more
Carbon border adjustments pending
Policy was first mentioned in the 2020 climate plan, and it now it seems it will be a reality
Carbon border adjustments are coming to Canada. It is just a matter of when. Ten days before calling the election, the Liberal government announced consultations would officially begin on border carbon adjustments (BCAs). A policy paper detailing the policy was included. BCAs aim to reduce the so-called “carbon leakage” that occurs when a company leaves […] Read more
McDonald’s targets net greenhouse gas emissions drop
Reuters – McDonald’s Corp set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, from the beef in its burgers to the light bulbs in its restaurants. The burger chain also said it was working with the nonprofit Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to revamp its existing climate change targets. […] Read more
Carbon sink efforts in a race against time
Industry has less than 10 years to make major technological changes as it attempts to meet emission reduction targets
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s theoretically possible to turn Canadian agriculture into a net carbon sink for emissions as early as 2030, but producers would have to quickly overcome numerous challenges, says a researcher. “We’re at the edge of a cliff,” said Joy Agnew, associate vice-president of applied research at Olds College in Alberta. “We need […] Read more
EU parliament committee approves farm subsidy reforms
Brussels | Reuters — The European Parliament’s agriculture committee on Thursday approved a deal to overhaul the European Union’s huge farming subsidies, including new measures aimed at making agriculture greener. The committee approved three pieces of legislation, which from 2023 will govern spending from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) — a scheme that will […] Read more
Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report
Reuters – Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a U.N. climate science report said on Monday. The report www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 found that we are already experiencing those effects of climate […] Read more
Livestock sector has a history of decreasing emissions
Science Notes: The intensity of emissions is decreasing, but regional differences remain
A new study shows that emission intensity per unit of animal protein produced has decreased globally over the past two decades due to greater production efficiency. Despite concerns about the environmental cost of livestock production, the global appetite for animal products such as meat, eggs and dairy continues to grow. Following the recent revision of […] Read more
Opinion: Energy agency report has consequences for agricultural producers
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) widely publicized report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve global targets further bolsters the case that more needs to be done in agriculture to combat climate change. Producers, as the report notes, can’t be excluded from that effort. Released last month, the report lists 400 actions that will be […] Read more
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