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RBC says that the market for agriculture-based carbon offsets is still in early development as firms struggle to attract capital and farmers.

Report flags lack of national guidelines for ag carbon offsets

Canada falling behind in agriculture carbon market, report says

By Geralyn Wichers March 13, 2024

A national framework is needed if carbon markets are to be profitable for farmers and companies, a new report says. RBC’s Climate Action 2024 report suggests that Canada lags the U.S., Brazil and China in its issuance of forestry and land use carbon credits, a category that would include agriculture, despite Canada’s early adoption of sustainable farming

News

Public wants ‘green’ farming, but wallets remain closed

Consumers care about the climate, but not enough to pay extra in the grocery store

By Ed White March 7, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadians say they care about climate change, but they aren’t willing to pay to address it. Canada’s food, agriculture and farming industries need to accept that failure as their own, according to the executive chair of Maple Leaf Foods. “They care, but they’re not motivated by it,” said Michael McCain, whose company

University of Winnipeg climatologist Danny Blair speaks at the Brokenhead River Agricultural Conference on Feb. 5.

News, Other

American climate in Manitoba’s future

Longer growing seasons are likely, but they’re probably bringing more droughts with them

By Don Norman February 21, 2024

Eastern Manitoba could have a climate akin to the American Central Great Plains by 2080, according to one climatologist from the University of Winnipeg. “In a high-carbon scenario, Beausejour is expected to have climates like Missouri and Kansas currently have in the summertime,” Danny Blair told a crowd of producers Feb. 5. Blair is co-founder

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

In face of farmer protests, EU weakens some recommendations related to agriculture

By GFM Network News, Kate Abnett, Reuters February 6, 2024

The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.

After Earth just experienced its hottest year on record, it may seem surprising to set so many cold records.

Op/Ed, Other, Weather

Extreme cold still happens in a warming world

Climate instability may in fact be disrupting the polar vortex this winter

By Mathew Barlow January 30, 2024

Earlier this month, extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather have swept southward, breaking daily low-temperature records. These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream — the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air — dips deeply southward, bringing the cold Arctic air

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Warm weather dominated 2023 headlines

Part 1 of our look back on the weather of 2023

By Daniel Bezte December 27, 2023

For those of you who have been reading my articles over the years, you probably know that the end of the December and the beginning of January means it’s time to reflect on the previous year’s weather. I like to start off with a global view and then zoom in to Canada and then, finally,

“Farmers today can produce two times as much with the same level of inputs,” says a new FCC report.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Production, productivity and climate change

By Laura Rance-Unger December 21, 2023

A tantalizing report from Farm Credit Canada recently estimated the riches that would flow if the productivity growth of the decades leading into the 21st century were to return. “Assuming the Canadian agriculture industry returns productivity growth to the plateau we recorded two decades ago, this would add as much as $30 billion in net

Comment, Other

Comment: The smokescreen of COP28

The global climate change event is the world’s biggest green mirage

By Alan Guebert December 19, 2023

Its official name is the United Nations 28th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, or COP28 for short. Given the news from the two-week gathering in the desert near Dubai, a better name might be “Shifting Sands, Shifting Blame.” For example, “A staggering 88,000 people are accredited” to attend the meeting, financial magazine Barron’s

File photo of steam rising from the top of a grain dryer. (Diane Kuhl/iStock/Getty Images)

Senate votes to shorten sunset clause on beleaguered Bill C-234

NFU calls for bill to be passed, feds to incentivize clean heating technology for farm buildings

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News December 12, 2023

Senators voted by a 44-40 margin yesterday to shorten the sunset clause on carbon price exemption bill C-234. Senator Yuen Pau Woo introduced the amendment on Dec. 7, saying it would align it with the deadline on the Liberal government’s heating oil carbon price exemption.

File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

Weather

Coalition seeks farmers, ranchers to join climate change forum

Farmers for Climate Solutions aims to gather diverse viewpoints

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther November 27, 2023

A farmer-led group is hoping to cut through the politics surrounding climate issues by bringing together a diverse group of Prairie farmers and ranchers for discussions around sustainability. “There’s a number of loud voices that tend to dominate the conversations,” says Ian McCreary, a grain and cattle farmer from Bladworth, Sask. McCreary is co-leading the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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