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Eight municipalities join Manitoba watershed districts

Watershed districts play key role in climate resiliency: Wharton

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 18, 2022

Eight municipalities have joined Manitoba’s Watershed Districts Program, bringing the membership to 111 out of a total 137 municipalities. “Manitoba Association of Watersheds is pleased to see further expansion of the Watershed Districts Program,” said Garry Wasylowski, board chair of the Manitoba Association of Watersheds, in a news release. “The importance of Manitoba’s 14 watershed

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

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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

One way to increase soil organic carbon is to grow higher biomass crops in rotation or to grow cover crops.

News

More research on variable landscapes required: Lobb

While land varies widely across most farms, most research is done on uniform, relatively un-degraded plots

By Geralyn Wichers April 4, 2022

The variation of farmland and the practices needed to restore it mean more research needs to be done on the landscape, not just in uniform plots, says one soil scientist. “Almost all of the scientific information on which we base our understanding has been generated on near-level, non-eroded landscapes,” said David Lobb. Lobb is a

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

“This legislation would help protect areas frequented by children and pets while allowing Manitobans to apply Health Canada-approved products safely and minimize overall environmental impacts.”

News

Province proposes relaxed rules on lawn pesticides

Wharton says the province will follow Health Canada’s lead on lawn chemical safety

By Geralyn Wichers March 25, 2022

Manitobans will be allowed to use whichever federally approved pesticide they’d like on their lawns if newly introduced rules are passed. “We’ve heard from Manitobans and their concerns that current methods are ineffective,” said Jeff Wharton, the minister of environment, climate and parks in a March 14 news release. “This legislation would help protect areas

Among projects funded by the Conservation Trust, Ducks Unlimited Canada got $750,000 toward restoring grasslands.

News, Other

The Conservation Trust pledges $2.86 million to conservation projects

The investments will make the landscape more resilient to the effects of climate change, says MHHC

By Geralyn Wichers March 22, 2022

A Ducks Unlimited project to restore native grasslands; support for cattle producers to conserve grasslands; and an initiative to protect land along Lake Winnipeg are among projects funded by the Conservation Trust this year. “These funds provide new opportunities to improve wildlife, water and soil conservation across the province,” said Stephen Carlyle, chief executive officer

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Biofuels are a fake climate change solution

There are too many costs of all types to make biofuels a solution to our problems

By Kenneth Sigurdson March 15, 2022

Biofuels in Canada cannot be produced without a subsidy or a government order called a mandate. The Canadian and various provincial governments are again increasing biofuel mandates as a simple solution to the serious climate change crisis we face. But are biofuels the solution politicians claim? Biofuels sound good and with mandates they cost government

Smoke rises from a wildfire over a hill at Kamloops, B.C. on July 1, 2021, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.

News, Other, Weather

‘Catastrophic’ wildfire risk is growing. Here’s how to cut it

Right now governments are stamping out flames, not preventing them

By Laurie Goering March 8, 2022

Thomson Reuters Foundation – The risk of catastrophic wildfires is growing around the world as climate change fuels sizzling, tinder-dry conditions, increasing the need for fire-prone countries to adopt preventive measures, scientists warned Wednesday. Smart, proactive policies — such as setting fires at the end of rainy periods to reduce blazes during hot, dry spells

News, Other

Extreme wildfires are here to stay — and multiply

From Canada to Argentina and beyond, two new reports warn of fiery global future

By Gloria Dickie March 7, 2022

Reuters – Indonesia’s peatlands, Canada’s forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it. With climate change triggering droughts and farmers clearing forests, the number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 30 per cent within the next

Soil biology is garnering more attention as crop input costs rise.

News

Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise

Soil biologicals are getting a lot of attention — and research money — in the past couple of years

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel February 16, 2022

Reuters – Tech companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, including backing from agriculture heavyweights like Bayer AG, in developing farm products that use living things like microbes and seaweed to nourish crops and lessen the need for synthetic fertilizer. Microbes, including fungi and viruses, have been available for decades as treatments to protect

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

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Eight municipalities join Manitoba watershed districts

Researchers quantifying organic crops’ emissions

More research on variable landscapes required: Lobb

Federal government funding sustainable agriculture

Province proposes relaxed rules on lawn pesticides

The Conservation Trust pledges $2.86 million to conservation projects

Comment: Biofuels are a fake climate change solution

‘Catastrophic’ wildfire risk is growing. Here’s how to cut it

Extreme wildfires are here to stay — and multiply

Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise

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