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25 years of discussion seems to have failed.

I’m confused about carbon credits

There’s always a lot of talk around GHG, but the action isn’t obvious

By Lee Hart January 14, 2019

I don’t know about anyone else but I have great confusion over anything to do with carbon credits and national/international Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction programs. Is there anything real here? Is there anything really happening? I must admit anytime I see something related to carbon credits on an ag conference agenda immediately my head goes […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 23, 2018

Reuters — Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. The congressionally mandated report, written with the help of more than a dozen U.S. government […] Read more

C4 plants have a process that allows them to use CO2 down to a much lower level than C3 plants.

Crops, Features

Untangling C3 and C4 plants

What is the difference between these two plant types,  and how does it affect the Prairies?

By Angela Lovell November 1, 2018

Recent research articles have reported that scientists are making progress converting C3 plants to C4 plants. Other articles say that C3 plants will thrive with more CO2 in the air. What’s the difference between C3 and C4 plants? What does this mean for Western Canadian agriculture? C3 and C4 plants Plants in Western Canada — […] Read more

Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

Crops, Weather

Canada’s ag output seen likely rising under climate change

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 18, 2018

CNS Canada — A new United Nations report suggests just how climate change will reshape agriculture by 2050 — and that Canada’s production capacity stands to benefit. International trade will play an ever-larger role in helping to feed people in food-deficient regions, as warmer temperatures and less precipitation will damage yields in many tropical areas, […] Read more

General, Weather

Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 19, 2018

The home municipality for Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) former Kemptville campus is set to remake the site as an “education and community hub.” The municipality of North Grenville, which includes Kemptville, about 40 km south of Ottawa, closed a deal in December to purchase the Kemptville ag campus, with the official transfer due to take […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks, Weather

Would it really be so bad to have a cool day?

Hart Attacks: In the era of climate change, I should be careful about the kind of weather I wish for

By Lee Hart October 11, 2017

I am really sick of weather forecasters here in Calgary this summer. Finally, this morning one started to make sense — cool, wet days ahead. It doesn’t seem to matter that half of Western Canada is on fire, crops are parched, and ponds and creeks are dry, these forecasters keep telling me here in Calgary […] Read more

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built in Norway in 2008, is the world’s largest secure seed storage site. (Matthias Heyde photo courtesy Government of Norway via Flickr)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

‘Doomsday’ seed vault entrance repaired after thaw of Arctic ice

By GFM Network News May 20, 2017

Oslo | Reuters — Norway is repairing the entrance of a “doomsday” seed vault on an Arctic island after an unexpected thaw of permafrost let water into a building meant as a deep freeze to safeguard the world’s food supplies. The water, limited to the 15-metre entrance hall in the melt late last year, had […] Read more

Columns, Weather

Facing up to the truth about climate change

Reporter's Notebook: If we want consumers to accept the judgement of science, we need to return the favour

By Lisa Guenther March 23, 2017

Those pants look terrible on you. Perhaps you’ve experienced that awkward moment when you try to stop a friend from committing a fashion faux pas. If so, you may have agonized how to word your concerns to avoid offense, while still getting your message across. It’s a potentially volatile moment that perfectly captures how I […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

Just for the record, I do have three readers

Hart Attacks: And if you need a climate change speaker call Bruno for a good time

By Lee Hart March 17, 2017

My walk down memory lane through the pages of a 1938 Country Guide magazine (in the Feb. 7, 2017 issue of Grainews), and my deep analysis of the climate change/global warming issue (Jan. 24 issue of Grainews), drew some feedback from several readers. I figured this update would show just how this column can change […] Read more

GFM Network News

Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite

Deere forecasts weak annual profit on tariff hit

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring prices vary as durum nudges up

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