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Farm climate adaptation on tap with Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association project
Modelling will weigh how climate change will affect Manitoba farms and how they can adapt more climate resilient practices
The latest project from the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association hopes to put a local lens on climate resilience.

Rural solar development needs common sense
There’s no silver bullet for stopping the slow but steady onslaught of global warming.

Climate researcher says China shows the way
A University of Saskatchewan researcher has traveled to China and has seen the inroads China has made to lessen its carbon footprint.

What happens if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation collapses?
If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation were to collapse, it would have profound implications for global climate patterns.

SaskOilseeds delegates reject emissions data resolution
A resolution introduced at AGM noted gaps in empirical evidence that could help Canadian products access more markets
Growers at the SaskOilseeds annual meeting rejected a resolution calling for more research into best practices to supply accurate information throughout the food chain and meet market demand.

Agriculture makes slight progress on climate action: report
The most recent RBC Climate Action Institute report gave agriculture higher marks in 2024, but more substantial gains are stubborn, analyst says and may not be in line with economics
Canadian agriculture got better marks on the RBC climate report than last year.

Coal mining helps bridge the two solitudes
At the end of the Second World War, Canadian author Hugh MacLennan wrote a novel called Two Solitudes, which described the lack of communication and understanding between French and English Canadians. Currently, divides have opened up on many new fronts. Silos have formed based on political, economic, racial, national and gender issues, while social media […] Read more

JBS backs off net-zero pledge
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — JBS, the world’s largest meat packer, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. It used terms such as “commitment” […] Read more

New docuseries highlights cattle’s climate role
A new documentary from the U.S. compares adaptive multi-paddock grazing to what producers have done in the past
Glacier FarmMedia – A new docuseries out of the United States examines adaptive multi-paddock grazing versus conventional grazing. Peter Byck, a documentarian and professor at Arizona State University, talked about the docuseries Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) at the last year’s Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing. The […] Read more