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CCA Report: Preparing for climate change

From the November 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dan Darling November 15, 2016

In October, I travelled to New Zealand for the annual meeting of the presidents and chief executive officers of the International Beef Alliance (IBA). Comprised of the national organizations representing beef cattle producers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay and the United States, the IBA accounts for 46 per cent of the world’s […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

Helping consumers make an informed choice

Advocacy: News Roundup from the October 3, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Tom Lynch-Staunton October 27, 2016

During the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC), I was asked to do an interview on CBC’s Calgary Eyeopener on the use of growth hormone implants in the beef industry. The impetus for the interview followed a retailer panel discussion on “Beef Demand” — a pillar of the National Beef Strategy — focused on “what consumers […] 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

Livestock, Straight from the hip

We live in a vulnerable world

By Brenda Schoepp April 15, 2016

It is spring and the time when all Canadian farmers think of green grass, planting, awakening forests, early rains and trickling rebirth. This is our land and our livelihood and no one understands it better. Our soil, so firmly attached to our working boots, is the foundation of our existence and the reason for the […] 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

Beef Cattle, Research

The environmental hoofprint of Canada’s beef industry

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen January 20, 2016

Our industry is maligned for producing greenhouse gas. Practically every living organism produces greenhouse gas, even plants, but cattle produce more than other livestock because rumen bacteria produce methane as they digest feed. Additional greenhouse gas comes from manure (methane and nitrous oxide) and fossil fuel use (carbon dioxide). However, like the industry’s “water footprint,” […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions

ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions

ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices

Tag Archives Greenhouse gas

CCA Report: Preparing for climate change

Helping consumers make an informed choice

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

We live in a vulnerable world

Farm emissions research program renewed

The environmental hoofprint of Canada’s beef industry

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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