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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, shown here in April 2016. (Dave Bedard photo)

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

By Allan Dawson October 26, 2017

Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government’s Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. “It does exempt some farm costs — farm fuel, for example,” he said. “I know we’ll get pushback from some industry groups that are not […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

By Alastair Sharp, David Ljunggren October 3, 2016

Reuters — Canada’s federal government on Monday vowed to bring in a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018, prompting one energy-producing province to threaten legal action and another to demand approval of an oil pipeline in return. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who took power last November promising to do more to protect the […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

By Sharon Bernstein September 19, 2016

Reuters — California on Monday moved to restrict air pollutants from sources as diverse as diesel trucks and cow flatulence, the latest of several efforts in the most populous U.S. state to reduce emissions leading to climate change. Under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state will cut emissions of methane […] Read more

A supercomputer-modeled simulation showing the expected impact of global warming on Earth’s surface temperatures. (Photo courtesy NASA)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years, study says

By alister-doyle August 25, 2016

Oslo | Reuters — Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth’s temperatures almost 200 years ago, as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought. Greenhouse gas emissions from industry left their first traces in the temperatures of tropical oceans and the Arctic around 1830, researchers wrote in a recent journal […] Read more

A hemispheric lens captures a 180-degree image over a silvopasture — a combined forestry and grazing site. (Charlie Feldhake photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Farm emissions research program renewed

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 1, 2016

A federal program backing research into farm-level technologies and practices that limit farms’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been picked up for another five-year run. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Wednesday announced $27 million is budgeted over the 2016-21 period for the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program (AGGP). More information about criteria for the renewed program […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 16, 2015

The federal government’s new target, to cut the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years, will involve new regulations on fertilizer and chemical companies’ output. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the government’s new target and general plans on Friday in Winnipeg, but hasn’t yet specified […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Regulatory requirements seen keeping diesel prices high

By Dave Sims January 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Diesel prices in North America aren’t likely to come down to the levels of gasoline anytime soon, according to an analyst. “It’s probably going to trade at a premium to gasoline for some time,” said Phil Flynn, energy market analyst for Price Futures Group in Chicago. One of the main challenges facing […] Read more

U.S. biofuel policies bearish for Canadian oilseeds but opportunities in sight says FCC

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest begins in the province

China buys first Australian canola cargo since 2020, traders say

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U.S. biofuel policies bearish for Canadian oilseeds but opportunities in sight says FCC

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest begins in the province

China buys first Australian canola cargo since 2020, traders say

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Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years, study says

Farm emissions research program renewed

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

Regulatory requirements seen keeping diesel prices high

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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