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Silhouette of a bat and reeds at nightfall in the Ria de Aveiro.

VIDEO: Making Prairies less scary for bat habitat

Bats can feast on field pests from suitable haunts

By Grainews Staff October 31, 2023

Having a healthy bat population is not going to be a straight substitute for a strong integrated pest management system on the farm, but as University of Winnipeg bat expert Dr. Craig Willis explains, the potential benefits of having them around can’t be overlooked.

Crops, Reuters

U.S. appeals court rules for environmental groups in biofuel case

By GFM Network News July 16, 2021

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday in favour of environmental groups who argued against the U.S. government’s conclusion that biofuel blending obligations posed no danger to species’ habitats. The Environmental Protection Agency decides on the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must […] Read more

A mayfly on water. (SBTheGreenMan/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Health Canada steps back from bans on two neonics

New limits, some cancellations to be put in place

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 1, 2021

A federal proposal to protect aquatic insect habitat by cancelling all registered outdoor uses for two popular ag insecticides has been walked back in a major way. Health Canada on Wednesday announced its special review decisions on the risks to aquatic bug life from the use of clothianidin and thiamethoxam, both pesticides and seed treatments […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024

Law would still need parliamentary approval

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

Berlin | Reuters — Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet on Wednesday. “The exit from glyphosate is coming. Conservationists have been working toward this for a […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Weather

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

By GFM Network News August 9, 2019

While a new United Nations report on climate change and land calls for “rebalancing diets,” the policy paths it seeks are a good fit for beef cattle ranching as Canadians know it, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says. Responding Thursday to the report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the CCA said Canada’s […] Read more

Gabi Uelinger holds six of the required native plants for a  Q2 meadow.

Features, Hay

Farming for the insects and birds

Government programs provide funds for Swiss farmers who follow new mowing rules

By Marianne Stamm October 9, 2018

Schleitheim, Switzerland: All around me farmers are mowing. From June 15th onwards farmers are allowed to cut meadows and hayfields qualifying for Q2 government subsidies. The Q2 (qualitätsstufe 2) program aims to provide and protect healthy habitat for birds and insects. Non-qualifying fields are already being cut the second or even the third time. Obviously […] Read more

Crops, Features

Buffer strips are not that efficient

Riparian buffer strips’ reputation for filtering nutrient runoff may be overblown

By Julienne Isaacs February 16, 2016

Buffer strips around cropland are typically viewed as “filters,” taking up excess nutrients before they can reach waterways. Some provincial governments are considering legislation requiring farmers to leave buffer strips. However, new work from the University of Manitoba questions their effectiveness. Dr. David Lobb, senior research chair for the Watershed Systems Research Program and a […] Read more

The red-belted bumblebee, shown here visiting a lupine, is among the species shown to be “responding very badly” to climate changes across continents. (Jeremy Kerr photo)

Livestock, Weather

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

By GFM Network News July 9, 2015

A study of the shrinking range of bumblebee habitat suggests farmers relying on those species to pollinate crops may soon have to look elsewhere, barring a reversal of climate change — or, perhaps, an “assisted migration.” An international study of specimens from 31 species of bumblebees in North America and 36 such species in Europe, as […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives Habitat

VIDEO: Making Prairies less scary for bat habitat

U.S. appeals court rules for environmental groups in biofuel case

Health Canada steps back from bans on two neonics

German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

Farming for the insects and birds

Buffer strips are not that efficient

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

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