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We will hear a lot more about nitrogen use efficiency

The Government of Canada hinted at a nitrogen policy in a broad-ranging report from last December. With the election out of the way, conversations on nitrogen use efficiency, as part of a large greenhouse gas reduction plan, will probably resume.

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Temperature check on carbon policies

Alberta Canola provided carbon policy updates through 2021 in a series of articles called “Temperature Check”. With this article, the Temperature Check author shares highlights on existing programs and provides an update on the upcoming Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System.

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Cows fed canola meal make more milk, less gas

New research from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada found that dairy cows’ methane emissions, as a percentage of gross energy intake, declined as the amount of canola meal in the diet increased. This energy was captured in greater milk production, rather than lost to the atmosphere.

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The Editor's Desk

Hopper Days

Grasshoppers are eating everything in sight. Let’s party! That was the conclusion of community leaders in my home town of Hartney, Manitoba in 1987. I was a teenager on the farm in the 1980s. The decade started with high interest rates and farm foreclosures and ended with dry conditions and grasshoppers. “It wasn’t much fun,”...
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