(Reuters) — European Union scientists said 2023 would be the warmest year on record, as global mean temperature for the first 11 months of the year hit the highest level on record, 1.46 C above the 1850-1900 average. The record comes as governments are in marathon negotiations on whether to, for the first time, phase […] Read more
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Ag Canada project examines ecological health in farmland
Environmental Change One Health Observatory encompasses plant, human, and animal health near agro ecosystems
Agriculture Canada has shared details of a project meant to examine the effects of agricultural landscape features on ecological health. The project, called Environmental Change One Health Observatory, or ECO2, encompasses plant, human, and animal health. It will examine how environmental factors affect the farmer’s bottom line. ECO2 results have already shown the importance of […] Read more
Demand for forage knowledge grows
Forages have a place on larger farms but farmers need more information and new management systems to get the most out of them . Ken Wall, a professional agrologist with Federated Co-operatives Ltd., spoke recently at the Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association annual meeting in Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. He said there is a hunger […] Read more
Canada tackles cattle methane emissions
REGINA — Canada intends to offer cattle feeders incentives to reduce methane emissions. In a statement issued Dec. 10 Environment and Climate Change Canada said it had published a draft protocol, Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions from Beef Cattle, to encourage producers to make changes that would cut emissions from burping cattle. In return producers would […] Read more
COP28: US-UAE climate-friendly farming effort grows to $17 bln
(Reuters) — Funding for a joint effort by the United States and United Arab Emirates to advance climate-friendly farming around the world has grown to more than $17 billion, the countries announced Dec. 8 at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) was launched in 2021 at […] Read more
Canada commits to transform agriculture
International declaration signed at United Nations Climate Change Conference called “aspirational and vague”
SASKATOON — Canada has signed an international declaration committing to transform food and agriculture systems in the fight against climate change. The declaration was signed by 134 countries attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “We affirm that agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform […] Read more![[Two recent] reports all but beg for immediate international action to reduce climate risk while developing “more scalable farm-level” solutions to address the looming food crisis. | Screencap via fao.org](https://static.producer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/29164236/10-FAO-report-climate-change-screencap-660x420.jpg)
Climate change’s ag impact worsens; is anyone listening?
The old maxim, “the more things change, the more things stay the same,” might ring true for some facets of our lives, but it’s not true for climate change. In fact, when it comes to our now fast-changing climate, the more things change, the more everything changes. That’s especially true in agriculture, as almost every […] Read more
Research makes case for SuperU
Farmers have balked at cost of enhanced efficiency fertilizer, but reduced applications shown to work
David Rourke is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions from crop production. So much so, he’s working on a PhD thesis at the University of Manitoba, focusing on how Canadian grain farmers can help with the climate crisis. Nonetheless, Rourke doesn’t use enhanced efficiency fertilizers on his farm near Minto, Man. There’s a reason for […] Read more
Hub to study climate change’s effect on water
A UN University Hub focusing on water will be located at the University of Calgary to help communities adapt to changes
Bridging the gap between scientists and decision makers to better deal with the impact of climate change on water is one goal of a pioneering global initiative involving the University of Calgary. It has been named the home of the first United Nations University Hub in the world to focus on water, said Martyn Clark, […] Read more
Belize plans to make biofuel from stinky seaweed
(Reuters) — Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed swamping its pristine beaches into biofuel, its prime minister said in a statement published by regional Caribbean bloc CARICOM. Many Caribbean countries depend economically on drawing travellers from around the world to their white sand beaches, but since 2010 […] Read more
