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Ontario to add local weight to land use appeal process

Ontario’s Municipal Board (OMB), which handles appeals of land use planning decisions across the province, is set to be replaced with a new Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The provincial government announced Tuesday it will introduce legislation “in the coming weeks” to replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the new tribunal, “mandated to give greater weight

Research at the University of Alberta looks to identify how land use and grazing impact soil carbon levels.

Livestock

Study shows grassland environmental contributions

The University of Alberta in partnership with Alberta Environment and Parks has undertaken  a number of studies looking at the impacts of land use and grazing on soil carbon levels

By Jennifer Paige December 7, 2016

Grasslands punch above their weight when it comes to carbon sequestration. That’s the conclusion of a researcher who started his career on an Alberta-wide study of how land use affects that province’s carbon pool. Daniel Hewins, now an assistant professor at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I., says grasslands can and do store an enormous

Michael Thiele (r), grazing club co-ordinator with the Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association spoke on the importance of organic matter in pasture soil at a recent grazing workshop.

Livestock

Tired pasture? The solution is in the soil

To create a healthy pasture, grazing expert says to start with ground cover,  plant a diverse mix and avoid disturbing the soil

By Jennifer Paige March 7, 2016

To get more pasture growth above ground, start by looking below the surface, says Michael Thiele, grazing club co-ordinator for the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA). “Nutrient levels in the soils across Canada have been greatly depleted since conventional agriculture began and the same nutrient depletion can be seen in the foods we are

Livestock, Weather

Study finds Canadian beef’s GHG footprint shrunk over 30 years

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 11, 2016

Efficiencies in cattle production and feeding have allowed Canada’s beef industry to produce the same weight in beef as 30 years ago with smaller breeding herds, less land — and smaller greenhouse gas (GHG) output, a new study finds. The study, led by research scientist Tim McAllister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, with

Crops, Markets

U.S. EPA launches probe into benefits of biofuels program

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News October 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s in-house investigators have launched a review of the environmental benefits stemming from the country’s decade-old program requiring the use of corn-based ethanol in gasoline. The investigation, to be conducted by the Inspector General for EPA, will examine whether the agency has complied with reporting requirements and

Crops, Local news

Crop residue burning authorizations begin Aug. 1

Failure to follow the regulations could result in fines of up to $50,000

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 31, 2015

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) reminds producers who choose to burn crop residue that authorization is required between Aug. 1 and Nov. 15. Authorizations are issued daily by 11 a.m. based on weather, moisture and favourable smoke dispersion conditions. Night burning is banned year-round. Producers may also require a burning permit, if located

Crops, Opinion

Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn

Change is needed so that valuable, non-renewable fertilizers are recycled

By Berkeley Release, University Of California June 2, 2015

Steadily and alarmingly, humans have been depleting Earth’s soil resources faster than the nutrients can be replenished. If this trajectory does not change, soil erosion, combined with the effects of climate change, will present a huge risk to global food security over the next century, warns a review paper authored by some of the top

News

Farm succession plans lacking, poll shows

Just 30 per cent of farms have done formal succession planning

By Lorraine Stevenson May 14, 2015

Most farmers expect to retire and hand over the farm to family, but few appear to be doing anything to ensure it happens, according to results of a newly released Ipsos Reid poll of Canadian farmers. Just 30 per cent of 455 farmers polled for the 2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook Survey said they are doing

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Soil Conservation Week — the job is not over

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 23, 2015

April 19-25 is National Soil Conservation Week, an annual event to remind everyone of the need to protect the soil resource from some of the damage it suffered during the “Dirty Thirties.” Unfortunately, some scenes of that time were repeated in parts of Manitoba last week when south winds gusting as high as 88 km/h

Steve Kenyon talking about pasture weeds

Forages, Livestock

Steve Kenyon: The weed whisperer

Alberta cattle farmer shares his  tips on successful practices

By Meghan Mast December 10, 2014

When Steve Kenyon speaks to producers about pasture management, he likes to rile up the crowd. “There’s no such thing as weeds,” he said to cattle farmers gathered in the Boissevain community centre last week. “What we call a weed is just a plant that hasn’t learned to grow in rows yet. Or we haven’t

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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