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The federal government has set a target to reduce fertilizer emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, but Prairie ag ministers have concerns about the plan.
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Manitoba ag minister knocks Ottawa’s fertilizer plan

The federal government faces a wave of criticism at the provincial level over fertilizer emission reduction targets

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Manitoba’s agriculture minister is joining a chorus of industry insiders and fellow provincial ag ministers criticizing the federal government’s 30 per cent fertilizer emissions reduction target. The federal target was a last-minute addition to the discussion schedule during the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers in Saskatoon in mid-July. “The ministers of agriculture
John Heard discusses methods to reduce nitrous oxide emissions through nitrogen management.
Crops

New program funds farm emissions reduction practices

Prairie Watersheds Climate Program offers incentives toward control of nitrous oxide emissions; N management field tour coming up July 29

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A new program is taking aim at agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, the Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) launched the first phase of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program, a part of the federal government’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF). That’s a $200 million, three-year fund (from 2021 to 2024) that underwrites 12 different programs
Ultimately for a farm business it will be a balancing act between costs and achieving emission reduction goals.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Will New Zealand farmers long for the ‘fart tax?’

A New Zealand proposal to reduce agriculture emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

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After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative. Charged by the government with developing a pricing mechanism and strategy as an acceptable alternative to joining the ETS in 2025 under the Climate Change Response
Ottawa is advocating 4R as a way to cut fertilizer emissions, but some say the feds need to consult farmers more on the topic, 
since many are already using these techniques.
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Ottawa’s bid to cut fertilizer emissions being rushed, say farm groups

Consultation is too short and government reduction plan hasn’t been thought out, say cereal groups

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Time is running out for producers hoping to pitch in on Ottawa’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use by 30 per cent. But the June 3 deadline for comments is unfair given seeding is just getting underway, say Alberta’s wheat and barley commissions. “Farmers tend to do seeding right now,” said Shannon
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

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[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
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

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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
A report from the Smart Prosperity Institute says a well-targeted, comprehensive package of policies is needed for the agriculture sector to promote economic growth while reducing environmental harm.
Farmit Manitoba

Debating carbon decrease priorities

There’s discussion among agriculture organizations on how to measure the sector’s contributions

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Glacier FarmMedia – Should agriculture’s decreases in carbon emissions be based on intensity of use per unit of food, or measured in the total volume of reductions? That’s the crux of a philosophical discussion happening in agriculture and showcased by competing reports on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Why it matters: How
“The long-term demand signal for canola is strong.” – Jim Everson.
News, Oilseeds

Canola industry bullish on demand, nervous about emission targets

Greenhouse gas emission targets bring both potential boon and hardship to Canadian canola growers

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Canadian farmers will need to grow a lot more canola to meet global demand, with emission reduction goals both a key driver and central concern, said agriculture leaders during the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) “Canola Week” conference on November 30. “The long-term demand signal for canola is strong,” said CCC president Jim Everson. Why
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Emissions report self-serving and built on false assumptions

Reductions won’t happen in a vacuum and producers will adapt their production systems

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In late September, Fertilizer Canada and Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) released their report Implications of a Total Emissions Reduction Target on Fertilizer. That report is a response to the December 2020 federal government announcement that it would “set a national emission reduction target (for 2030) of 30 per cent below 2020 levels from fertilizers and
“With a binding goal, we ensure that the agricultural sector delivers a historically high reduction... ” – Rasmus Prehn, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.
News, Other

Danish farmers required to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

The Nordic nation has some of the most ambitious targets in the world

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Denmark’s agricultural and forestry sector must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent and 65 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a majority in parliament agreed. The new legally binding target is part of the government’s action plan towards reaching 70 per cent reductions by 2030, one of the most ambitious climate goals

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