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Giving clean energy an affordable makeover

By John Kemp January 24, 2012

Political will to tackle climate change by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, never very strong, has all but disappeared across much of North America and Western Europe in the last 12 months. Climate concerns have fallen victim to the recession, with fears about jobs, growth and the cost of switching to clean energy undermining support for

Weather

Arctic air trying to drop southward

January 24, 2012

So far this winter the warm weather has been easily winning out over the cold weather. We saw this in the last forecast. The forecast played out pretty much as expected; the only thing that you had to do was bump up the temperatures by 5 or so! At the end of last week’s forecast

Forages, News

BioBaler makes its western Canadian debut

By Tony Kryzanowski January 17, 2012

Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. That really is a round baler being pulled behind a tractor through a juvenile hardwood stand and creating round bales. Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) researchers recently demonstrated the “BioBaler,” a patented juvenile-hardwood baling system developed originally by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in collaboration with the CWFC and

Opinion

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

By Brian Lee Crowley November 17, 2011

When, in 1965, Bob Dylan wailed, I ain t gonna work on Maggie s farm no more, he was echoing the mental picture almost all of us have about conditions on the farm. The dirty thirties largely spawned the identification of farming with grinding poverty, primitive technologies and capricious commodity prices, and the image has

News

Elton Energy A Step Closer To Cashing In On Wind

By Daniel Winters November 17, 2011

Elton Energy Co-op is moving on to the next phase in its quest to develop local alternative energy. A MET tower, erected to gauge the wind resource near Forrest, was taken down recently after gathering two years of wind data, said Dan Mazier, president of the co-op. Now we know what type of wind regime

Crops

Biomass Heating Goes To School

By Shannon VanRaes November 17, 2011

CO-OPERATOR STAFF / OTTERBURNE Staff and students at Providence University College and Seminary in Otterburne are stoked about a new biomass heating unit that will lower emissions and keep them toasty this winter. The No. 1 reason we wanted to do this is because we are a Christian university and, as a Christian university, we

Crops

Conference Board Of Canada Says Ethanol Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation

By Alex Binkley November 17, 2011

co-operator contributor / ottawa Using crops to produce ethanol hasn t raised food prices and it positions Canada for a strong bioeconomy, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. What s more, next-generation technologies, flex-fuel vehicles, and supporting policies could extend the role ethanol plays in Canadian transportation and manufacturing, adds

News

Australia’s Landmark Carbon Price Laws To Take Effect In 2012

By James Grubel November 17, 2011

Australia passed landmark laws Nov. 8 to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade. The vote in the upper house Senate made Australia the second major economy behind the European Union to pass carbon-limiting legislation. Tiny New Zealand has a similar scheme. Its impact will be

Opinion

Climate Change Adaptation Is A Priority

By Carol Thiessen November 10, 2011

Here at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, we ve been saying that a lot over the past couple of years. For smallholder farmers, women, fisher folk and other people especially vulnerable to climate change, support in adapting to the changes they re experiencing is more important than trying to slow those changes. After all, they produce

Dairy cattle, Livestock

New Award For Dairy Farmers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 10, 2011

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has opened nominations for its new Dairy Farm Sustainability Award. This new award aims to recognize actions taken by dairy farmers across Canada who produce milk in a sustainable way. The award for Canadian Dairy Farm Sustainability will recognize Canadian dairy farmers who have adopted practices that are environmentally sustainable,

Daily Network News

Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington

Canada’s inflation in October eases to 2.2 per cent on lower gasoline, food prices

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

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