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Comment: Ocean current collapse spells far-flung climate trouble

The end result could be a near-permanent La Niña-like condition around the world

By Andréa S. Taschetto, Bryam Orihuela-Pinto, Matthew England June 21, 2022

Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published recently in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely. We found the collapse of this system – called the

Climate change requires all net CO2 emitters to cut output.

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Real GHG emissions solutions need open mind

First steps in ag climate fight are honesty and courage, not offsets and credits

By Alan Guebert May 16, 2022

[UPDATED: May 19, 2022] Last May, the Canadian National Farmers Union (NFU), submitted a detailed response to the Canadian government’s earlier “Draft Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations.” The response, like the government request, went relatively unnoticed in U.S. ag circles. It shouldn’t have because the 23-page reply by the NFU was as shocking in

Weather

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

By GFM Network News, Gloria Dickie May 9, 2022

London | Reuters — The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 C (2.7 F), which scientists have set

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Gritty winds of change

By Laura Rance-Unger April 28, 2022

One of the downsides of spring, aside from its slowness to arrive, is the wind. Invariably before crops get established, we get a series of major wind events that cause soil to move, shearing off the newly emerging plants, and filling ditches with dirt, the air with fine particles and our teeth with grit. These

Shipping containers are shown scattered on April 12 after being washed away when heavy rains caused flooding at Durban in South Africa.

Other, Weather

South Africa’s floods a ‘teachable moment’ for climate adaptation

Devastating floods claimed over 300 lives on the country’s eastern coast

By Kim Harrisberg April 27, 2022

Reuters – As downpours swamped South Africa’s third-largest city this week, residents lucky enough to still have internet access and power shared harrowing videos of highways turned into rivers, collapsed buildings and flood-capsized cars. The deluge has killed more than 300 people in KwaZulu-Natal province, and with more heavy rain expected on the weekend residents

Dairy cattle, News

South African dairy farmers eye carbon credits while curbing emissions

By Wendell Roelf April 20, 2022

Reuters – On South Africa’s Lancewood dairy farm, a GPS-guided tractor spreads cow manure across defined areas where tilling is banned and fertilizer used at a minimum, if at all. Some 2,500 Jersey cows graze on a selection of plants, from chicory to alfalfa, that have been planted for feed variety while helping preserve the

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Saving the planet, one bite at a time

The latest climate change report from the UN has taken a welcome optimistic tone

By Sylvain Charlebois April 20, 2022

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now provided the world with a road map to saving the planet. For global food security, we must become better environmental stewards, and to reduce gas emissions, we need to adhere to sustainable agricultural practices in order to meet our 2030 targets, according to the

Emily Laage is a researcher and master’s student with Dalhousie University.

Farmit Manitoba

Researchers quantifying organic crops’ emissions

While organic agriculture is a fast-growing sector, it’s severely under-studied, says researcher

By Geralyn Wichers April 6, 2022

While organic crops are often called more sustainable than their conventional counterparts, there’s not actually much data on the crops’ net greenhouse gas emissions. A team of researchers are working to fix that. “Organic field cropping systems are severely under-studied,” said Emily Laage, a researcher and graduate student at Dalhousie University. “We have a good

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media at the GLOBE Forum 2022 in Vancouver on March 29, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Weather

Canada lays out $9.1 billion roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets

About $1 billion earmarked for new or expanded ag programs

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams March 30, 2022

Reuters — Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and $9.1 billion in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) is the first time Canada has had a comprehensive plan, rather than just

The money will be used to increase rotational grazing, cover cropping and nitrogen management.

News

Federal government funding sustainable agriculture

Projects targeted to help farmers adapt to climate change, reduce emissions

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 28, 2022

A $66-million funding announcement from Ottawa aims to target climate change. Member of Parliament Terry Duguid said climate change, and the resulting extreme weather events such as last year’s drought, underscore the need, while at a news conference March 17. “The extreme nature of these events is related to climate change,” Duguid said. The Manitoba

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

Australia raises wheat harvest estimate by nearly two million tonnes

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