Category: War On Agriculture

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CBC;

Federal government employees who enter private land without the owner’s consent face fines of up to $200,000 under an amendment to Saskatchewan’s anti-trespassing law.

“This formalizes and reinforces the change to trespass regulations, made earlier this year, that requires federal employees to comply with the Act, which prohibits individuals from entering private land without the owner’s consent,” Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre said in a news release about the Trespass to Property Amendment Act, 2022.

The legislation comes in response to a complaint the province received in August from a person claiming federal employees taking water samples near Pense, Sask., had trespassed on their land.

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Via True North;

President of Yara International, Svein Tore Holsether, told stakeholders during a third quarter conference call that global food supplies can’t be maintained if the supply of nitrogen fertilizer continues to tighten.

“The world’s food supply cannot be maintained without nitrogen,” said Holsether.

“We are deeply concerned about the state of global agriculture… Yara’s markets have never been more challenging than what we have seen in the past 12 months with European production costs reaching an all-time high.”

Warnings by Holsether coincide with what many Canadian farmers are experiencing here at home. […]

Farmers in Ontario have also seen fertilizer prices spike by a shocking 238% this year with no signs of relief.

“For example, farmers across eastern Canada continue to experience uncertain access to fertilizer and recognize that scarcity of this essential input is potentially a reality for years to come,” executive director of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Scott Ross told the Sept. 28 committee.

Canada has Lots

Go talk to our Prime Minister.

BBC- Fuel protests gripping more than 90 countries

A third were countries which had no protests at all over fuel in 2021. For example, Spain had none in 2021, but saw 335 individual rallies just in March this year.

In Indonesia there have been more than 600 protests over petrol so far this year compared to just 19 in 2021. In Italy, there were over 200 in the first eight months of 2022 compared to just two last year. And in Ecuador, there were over 1,000 protests over fuel in the month of June alone.

Most surprising to Henry Wilkinson, the chief intelligence officer from Dragonfly, a security and intelligence service, is where the protests are occurring.

Okay fuel is a problem but at least the world still has lots of food…

That’ll show Putin!

Most wars start out with the widespread belief that victory will be quick and easy. When things drag on with no prospect of victory, the economic damage eventually forces some sort of reckoning. It looks like the price of that reckoning is getting steeper by the minute.

As of Friday, 70% of capacity is offline across the continent, according to Fertilizers Europe, representing top regional producers. 

“The current crisis begs for a swift and decisive action from EU and national policymakers for both energy and fertilizer market,” Jacob Hansen, director general of Fertilizers Europe, said in a statement.

Producers from Norway’s Yara International ASA to CF Industries to Borealis AG recently reduced or halted production because European NatGas prices hit a record high of 343 euros per megawatt hour, making it uneconomical to operate. 

 

Dear Canadian Agriculture

As you are now well aware the Trudeau government has plans to drastically cut back the use of fertilizer in Canada. Yesterday Kate pointed out that this plan goes beyond any so called climate crisis. What they really want is your land.

As has been the case throughout history when the rich and powerful want something they figure out a way to take it. What would be the easiest way for them to do so if they decide to scratch that itch?

Well, it would likely be through the use of a government institution you are all quite familiar with, Farm Credit Canada.  One thing we learned during the trucker protest is that Ottawa is more than ready willing and able to seize bank accounts even if the emergency is no greater than parking violations.

When it comes to financing Farm Credit Canada is everywhere. From input sales, to lines of credit, to outright mortgages on land and loan guarantees. What happens if at Ottawa’s request they decide to start calling those loans in? After all its a climate “emergency”.

Maybe I’m just being paranoid but given what’s happened in the recent past  and things one see’s on the official website it may be prudent to start asking some hard questions and prepare accordingly.

Learning to code is always an option.

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