There isn’t really a war on agriculture.
Don't think of it as farm closures. Think of it as an opportunity for millions of acres of devalued family farms to be acquired up by group investors, pension funds and foreign interests.
Then, regulations will be amended to allow the land to go back into normal production. https://t.co/RkzLVqGyEv
— Katewerk (@katewerk) July 26, 2022
"An indulgence we cannot afford."@GeorgeMonbiot tells @MiriamOCal that we must end our dependence on farming if we are to overcome the realities of climate change.#rtept pic.twitter.com/JFMeRqUSdj
— RTÉ Prime Time (@RTE_PrimeTime) July 19, 2022
I want a new country.
Quick Dick McDick- The Canadian Fertilizer Ban
As I write this we learn that a transformer on the Hoover Dam has just exploded. Experts on the integrity suggest that the structure of the Hoover Dam is extremely vulnerable as Lake Mead approaches historic low levels. Maintenance is seemingly not meeting the needs as this is the lifeblood for so many in the middle of that desert. Perhaps that is by design?
The federal government continues to discuss and share plans to destroy many of the electric producing dams in the nation that not only produce electricity but also irrigation for crops. Ironically or not, that focus seems to be in CA, OR, WA and ID. So one must ask the question: As we adopt policies that increase the demand for electricity, why are we creating the greatest vulnerability in electric generation?
The Western Producer- Slow Death by 1000 Regulations
Western Producer- Shipping’s future looks back
In a new take on ancient technology, Cargill, one of the world’s biggest charterers of ships, is to add state-of-the art sails to a vessel early next year to test whether wind power can cut its carbon emissions, a top company executive said.
WSJ/Bjorn Lomborg- Ukraine Crisis Reveals the Folly of Organic Farming
They broke it, they bought it.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office.
The prime minister’s spokesman, Dinouk Colambage, said Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government.
His decision came after the biggest protest yet swept Sri Lanka on Saturday as tens of thousands of people broke through barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and nearby office to vent their fury against a leader they hold responsible for the nation’s worst economic crisis.
Sri Lankan protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and nearby office on Saturday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Colombo in the biggest demonstration yet to vent their fury against a leader they hold responsible for the island nation’s worst economic crisis.[…]
Sri Lanka’s economy is in a state of collapse, muddling through with aid from India and other countries as its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund. The economic meltdown has led to severe shortages of essential items, leaving people struggling to buy food, fuel and other necessities.
The turmoil has led to months of protests, which have nearly dismantled the Rajapaksa political dynasty that has ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades.
How a fertilizer ban became a part of Sri Lanka’s Crisis.
WATCH: Protesters storm presidential palace in Sri Lanka as economic crisis worsens pic.twitter.com/diIVaXx8Cd
— BNO News (@BNONews) July 9, 2022
Polish farmers also rise up in Warsaw: "That's enough! We won't let ourselves be robbed!" They accuse the political class of destabilizing production by raising interest rates, which does not stop inflation: "We workers cannot pay for the crisis created by the politicians!" pic.twitter.com/waEUoO5zrs
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) July 7, 2022
…if necessary.
Irish Farm Journal- Dutch government moves to ‘buy out’ farmers
Farmers in the Netherlands will be asked to sell up, relocate or change enterprises in the Dutch Government’s bid to meet its climate goals. Barry Murphy reports.
Atlantic Sentinel- One in three Dutch livestock farmers could lose their business.
Dutch News- Farms will have to close down to meet nitrogen targets, ministers say
Ag Daily- New Dutch emission rules hamstring farmers & threaten food security
So, uh…. Dutch farmers have purchased a tank to use to block distribution centres. pic.twitter.com/rVvwb2pSA9
— Keean Bexte 🇳🇱 (@TheRealKeean) July 5, 2022
Related: Dutch police open fire
The Netherlands has been hit by massive protests as thousands of Dutch farmers demonstrate against government’s globalist climate change policies that threaten to stifle country’s agriculture sector.
The farmers’ protests are in response to parliament’s decision, taken on June 28, to drastically reduce emissions, particularly those in the agriculture and livestock sectors. They are “protesting against a proposal, approved by lawmakers Tuesday, to reduce emissions of pollutants like nitrogen oxide and ammonia by 50% by 2030,” the Associated Press reported this week.
The new emission regulations could devastate Dutch farm-owners. The French TV channel EuroNews noted that Parliament’s “decision is expected to lead to major upheavals in the country’s multi-billion euro agricultural industry.”
And they’re not messing around.
Video shows several farmers on the streets attacking police and emergency vehicles with sledgehammers while others chase the vehicles down and launch kicks against the windows.
In another video, farmers, who brought their own tractors, can be seen outside the Minister for Nitrogen and Nature policy’s house spraying what appears to be manure on the house and police vehicles while other protesters attempt to flip a car.
Related. “This is Clive’s farm. Clive has lived here his whole life”
Trent Loos: Some ready shading business happening in North Dakota with Bill Gates.
Details here.
And a preview of coming attractions: Here is a map of the Netherland’s nitrogen reduction strategy or as it works in reality, this is Joe Netherlands starves to death. This is why the farmers are protesting. The gov’t is completely unhinged.
Related: As small farming and ranching operations struggle to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain disruptions, the federal government is preparing to throw another hurdle their way.
Over 30,000 Dutch farmers went to Stroe to protest against the 30% reduction in the number of animals raised to lower the nitrogen load on land and the exponential increase in the cost of living. People are hungry and angry everywhere, corrupt politicians being the only culprits. pic.twitter.com/Ja0MWX5TMO
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) June 22, 2022
Health Canada plan to require warning labels on ground beef, pork raises concerns
New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country’s biggest sources of greenhouse gases.
It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.
New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.
Almost half the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane.
However, agricultural emissions have previously not been included in New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme, which has been criticised by those calling for the government to do more to stop global warming.
Provincial prairie governments are as behind on this curve as they were on energy. The Marxist climate/cultural agenda has been embedded in our schools and universities for two decades, their salaries and curriculum funded by the very people they seek to destroy — all while our elected “conservative” representatives inexplicably sit on their hands.
Canada is the only country punishing its farmers with a tariff on #fertilizer. Conservatives and our G7 allies support their farmers, unlike Liberals. #cdnag pic.twitter.com/cckufa0XRR
— John Barlow (@JohnBarlowMP) June 2, 2022