China’s tariffs on canola oil, meal & pork are hitting Cdn ag hard~silence on both sides from our gov leaders
We need strong leadership/action to stand up for ag, drop EV tariffs & work with our biggest trading partners
‘Ag fuels Canada’s future’..so why aren’t we fueling 🇨🇦 ag
This is troubling.
I spent 11 years of my life in 4-H. My experiences in raising steers and heifers, along with public speaking and record-keeping, played a major role in who I am today.
Government of Canada, you have made a serious mistake.
https://t.co/oB1R2kTckn
Kenton Possberg, a director with the Canadian Wheat Growers, says some research priorities don't match the priorities of grain farmers. https://t.co/7PJLMYcIsd
Canada is 1.6% of global GHG emissions. Agriculture is 10% of Canada's. Fertilizer is 17.5% of Canada's.
So if we decreased our GHG emissions by 30% from nitrogen it would make a difference of .00028 of 1% to the globe.
Reduction of nitrous oxide is important, but so is food.
PM Trudeau wonders why we all don’t drive little electric cars. But for rural ppl, something as simple as picking up the mail means 26km of mud bogging.
Some things that make sense in Ottawa just doesn’t translate across the country.
*Give Away Alert!* 🥳
Our regional events are back in action! SO, we'd like to have some fun & spread awareness of our #COYF program
To Enter:
1. Follow us on Twitter (& FB if you have it!)
2. Retweet & Tag a friend.
3. Winners announced Friday, April 1st (No jokes we promise)
Social Media presenter @FreshAirFarmer “we need to narrow down who we want to connect with. We will not connect if we try to reach everyone”. @CanadaOYF
Great presentation on “Presenting” @CanadaOYF by @theloft32@AggieMaggiethe @CrystalMackay32 Nice to see fellow Brescia alumni @foodworxjen in the virtual session!
Today was a very productive Sunday and yet the most satisfying thing I accomplished was finding and “relocating” two crickets that have been taunting me the last two nights! #nomorechirping