Cereals Canada released several reports on March 20 highlighting the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian wheat, durum, barley and oats compared against other top-producing countries.
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Getting greener: How Prairie cereals have reduced their carbon footprint
Reports shed new light on Prairie cereal growers’ work implementing best practices
Prairie farmers have mixed views of sustainable agriculture push
Suggesting that producers change their practices when the status quo is working for them can be a reach
If governments, corporations and environmental groups want to achieve change on the landscape, education and incentives are both needed, and preferably farmer-to-farmer education.
Reports showcase Canada’s environmental edge in cereal production
Reports from Cereals Canada highlight the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats, when compared to top producing countries.
Software add-on helps farmers measure their farm’s sustainability metrics
AgExpert’s new feature helps measure environmental impacts in an easy-to-understand format
A new feature in Farm Credit Canada’s FCC AgExpert software suite aims to help farmers track and manage sustainability metrics more easily.
Farm groups back away from Sustainable Agriculture Strategy
Organizations say they will no longer participate in strategy discussions, saying it does not align with producers' needs
Agriculture Canada says consultations on its Sustainable Agriculture Strategy will continue even after six major organizations withdrew from the advisory committee last week.
Fendt debuts its 600 Series
New tractor line spans the 149- to 209-horsepower range
At Agritechnica in Germany last November, Agco unveiled its newest line of Fendt tractors, the 600 Series. For North America, though, the 600 Series was officially introduced in late August this year and had its first Canadian public appearance at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont. in mid-September. With Agco’s tractor brand offerings long […] Read more
What sustainability lessons can Canada learn from abroad?
Panelists at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) Canadian Agri-Food in a Sustainable World conference offered international perspectives on sustainability in the ag industry.
Sustainability demands pressure livestock feed industry
Farmers and the animal nutrition industry need to understand that feeding livestock today requires thinking about what comes out of an animal as much as what goes in, according to many at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada.
Teasing out the social angle of sustainable ag research
Recently funded network to bring together social scientists, agriculture and community groups
The federal government pledged the cash March 19 to launch the Common Ground Canada Network. The initiative will be led by Dalhousie University’s Karen Foster, Canada research chair in sustainable rural futures for Atlantic Canada.
Bless your mess: Crops may not be best for underperforming acres
Taking poorer-producing ‘messy’ landscapes out of crops may improve fields’ economics and farms’ sustainability
UPDATED, March 7 — It might be difficult to consider “messy” fields as a pathway to improved crop production and profitability. But in the early going, a Prairie-wide university-developed research project suggests taking poor-producing acres out of annual crop production might be a means of improving overall efficiency, as well as the all-important bottom line. […] Read more
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