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Pasture south of Medicine Hat shows little snow cover to rejuvenate water levels as of December 2023 following another drought year in Alberta. PHOTO: ALEX MCCUAIG
Opinion

Wider conversation needed on climate causes

PERSPECTIVE | Agriculture has a role to play, but so does society at large

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It’s tough being a farmer today and it is easy to be fixed on sky watching, that proverbial hope of rain or snow and even perhaps a wee bit of wind. Even as the farmer watches, there are political and social expectations that we, the keepers of the land, do something to change the course
“If you reduce methane emissions, there has to be another ‘sink’ that will wrap up that hydrogen. In the rumen there’s a number of different ways that hydrogen can go.” – Karen Beauchemin.
Livestock, News

The science of burp-busting GHGs in cattle 

Bovaer is safe and effective but other GHG-limiting solutions should be appraised, says researcher

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By now, many beef and dairy cattle producers have heard of Bovaer, the methane-reducing cattle supplement recently greenlit for use in Canada.  It’s being heralded as a tool to help those industries achieve their greenhouse gas reduction goals. But is Bovaer safe for animals and the humans that consume their products? A retired researcher gives
“It’s exciting to see the 15 per cent reduction in GHG emissions intensity, which puts us on track to achieve the 33 per cent reduction 2030 goal that the industry has set.” – Ryan Beierbach, chair of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
Beef cattle, News

GHG reductions highlight Canadian beef sustainability report

Assessment reveals industry has reduced emissions by 15 per cent

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A new report marks a win for a Canadian beef industry striving to minimize its carbon footprint. The industry has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions required to produce one kilogram of beef (boneless and consumed) by 15 per cent since 2014, according to the recently released National Beef Sustainability Assessment (NBSA) and Strategy report. “It’s
“If you’re decreasing the number of days on feed, you can improve all of your sustainability metrics.” – Kim Ominski, University of Manitoba animal science professor.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Burps and belches next cow environmental target

It’s a natural byproduct of a rumen — and the cattle sector’s next big challenge

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Enteric methane will be the federal government’s next big target agricultural producers are expected to aim for. It’s the methane cattle produce when they digest food. It’s released mainly through respiration. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made two big announcements recently that brought methane to the forefront of their climate change policy. In December, at
Implant being inserted under the skin of a calf’s ear. 
Photo: MBFI
Beef cattle, Livestock

Hormone implants offer clear advantage

In addition to helping the bottom line, hormone implants have a big environmental upside

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The Canadian cattle industry is facing a quandary. With the global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, beef production must increase to meet rising demand. On the other hand, there is greater pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural production. Environment and Climate Change Canada says agriculture contributes about eight per cent
Comment, Other

Comment: The smokescreen of COP28

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

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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
Two farmers talking in a field.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers the victims of food company decarbonization

Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonization efforts. Here’s why

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More than a third of the global greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity can be attributed to how we produce, process and package food, so it comes as no surprise that many large food-producing and retailing companies are under pressure from investors, politicians and environmental groups to clean up their operations. Several leading fast-food
Cattle cross into a paddock with fresh forage within Ted Unruh’s rotational grazing system near Cromer, Man.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Turning back the clock with grazing

Cattle can help fill the biodiversity void left from the loss of bison

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Cattle are often maligned for their contributions to greenhouse gas levels, but Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Tim McAllister says that’s wrongheaded. “We hear about people advocating for the need to eliminate livestock from agriculture production, basically without really understanding the negative connotations that would have,” the researcher said during a University of Manitoba webinar in August. “We really need to be
The federal government has not announced a mandated reduction in use of nitrogen fertilizer.
News

Wheat Growers take new shot at federal fertilizer policy

The federal government wants a 30 per cent reduction in emissions from fertilizer, but says it is voluntary

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The Wheat Growers association says claims that the federal government is threatening to force a 30 per cent reduction in nitrogen fertilizer use, published in a newsletter aimed at consumers, was meant to prove a point. “We aren’t really exaggerating,” said Wheat Growers president Gunter Jochum. “I felt they were not exaggerating because of the government’s track record.” Why
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News

NFU report adjusts sequestration, fuel emissions numbers

Uncertainty about absolute numbers isn’t the same as uncertainty about trends: author

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Canadian agriculture is sequestering more carbon than originally thought, but it’s also burning more diesel fuel, according to a new report from the National Farmers Union. In August, the NFU released the third edition of its Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada report. It reflected updated information from the latest national inventory that the federal government released this year. Why it matters:

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