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Outages in the wake of Eastern Canada’s early April ice storm led to delays of the CFIA’s digital import declaration system.

Ice storm bottlenecks CFIA import system

Outages led to a temporary backlog of digital declaration paperwork awaiting processing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 20, 2023

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency was among the victims of an ice storm that struck Eastern Canada in early April. On April 6, the national agency announced it was experiencing delays in processing import declarations. The CFIA’s systems were functional, users of the online portal were told, and Canadians were urged to continue submitting information

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Earth’s energy budget needs to balance

Meteorology 101: The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon, but it’s been ‘enhanced’

By Daniel Bezte April 19, 2023

In the last class of Meteorology 101, we looked at how heat moves around by examining conduction, convection, advection and latent heat transfer. This week we will explore the Earth’s energy balance, or what is often referred to as our energy budget. First, let’s look at the greenhouse effect. It’s a topic that gets some

A Farm landscape with mountains in the background.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Canada needs to synchronize its climate policies

Lack of cohesive approach is undermining the push for emission control

By Ekaterina Rhodes, William Scott April 11, 2023

National, provincial and territorial governments across Canada have implemented myriad policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. However, these stubbornly high emissions have only just started showing signs of falling. In principle, each level of government is working toward the same goal. Yet, the approaches they use vary in effort, design and coverage

"Manitoba producers and agri-processors are key contributors not only to Manitoba’s economy, but to the entire international agri-food value chain.” – Derek Johnson (inset).

News, Other

New federal-provincial agriculture framework inked

Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership replaces previous five year deal that expired April 1

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 6, 2023

Manitoba has signed its new 5-year agricultural funding agreement with the federal government. The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) was announced by Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson and federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on April 6. The agreement includes $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in the province, a $45

Canada is behind on methods to use water efficiently as there is little regulatory incentive to economize.

News

Change in water culture necessary, experts say

Water shortages can cause tension between farmers, governments and other competing needs

By Geralyn Wichers April 4, 2023

An abundance of water has made Canadians “water hogs” and cultural change will be needed if citizens are to become more efficient in a warmer, dryer climate, experts say. “Canada has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to sources of fresh water, and water is provided at a very low cost to households and

“I would like to be clear; there is no mandatory reduction in fertilizer use on Canadian farms.” – Marie-Claude Bibeau, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister.

News

Concerns remain on nitrogen emissions targets

AAFC report polled farmers, industry for thoughts on fertilizer emissions goals

By Don Norman April 3, 2023

A new Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada report shows farmers remain concerned about federal emissions reduction targets on fertilizer and whether those targets remain voluntary. The “What We Heard” Report, released March 22, is the result of consultations between AAFC and the agricultural sector to gather feedback on how best to support farmers and producers to

Weather, Weather Vane

Reflecting on the Earth

Human influence is believed to be taking the shine off the planet

By Daniel Bezte March 29, 2023

Before focusing on this issue’s meteorology 101 class, let’s look at February’s global temperatures. In the last article, I noted the current La Niña officially ended in February and we have now entered the neutral phase of ocean surface temperatures across the tropical Pacific. The La Niña phase is associated with cooler ocean temperatures that

Feeding seaweed to cattle to reduce methane emissions is a hot idea these days but there are issues with that, says leading expert Karen Beauchemin.

Farmit Manitoba, News

In the battle to reduce cow burps, seaweed takes centre stage

Everyone’s hyped over GHG-fighting seaweed, but is it safe and does it make sense?

By Jeff Melchior March 27, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Cow burps continue to be headline news, with many — from Bill Gates to a Calgary startup — backing seaweed to save the planet from methane-belching cattle. But despite the hype, slipping a little seaweed into cattle feed is unproven science that needs more study, says one of the leading experts on

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Net zero could be change catalyst

By Laura Rance-Unger March 24, 2023

As keynote presentations go, the kick-off speaker’s at a conference on the sustainability of Canadian agriculture hosted March 7 by the University of Manitoba was a bit of a downer — at least initially. Henry Janzen, a career Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist with who now serves as an honorary research associate with the department’s

If Canadians want improved environmental outcomes at the farm level, farmers need to be compensated accordingly.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: The window opens

By Gord Gilmour March 16, 2023

It’s been a long-held dream of many in the agriculture sector to see farmers paid for the environmental goods and services they provide to society. The argument goes that farmers can do great things for the environment. But as Bill Campbell, past president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), has often noted, farmers can’t be

Daily Network News

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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