By Angie Rolheiser

Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 7, 2020

Dec 7, 2020 | 12:40 PM

An air quality specialist at the University of California-Davis said livestock production in North America is reducing its environmental footprint.

According to Dr. Frank Mitloehner, many people don’t understand the link between production efficiencies and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

He used an analogy to explain how it works.

“A car that someone drives today is way more fuel efficient than the car their parents or grandparents drove,” Mitloehner said. “Most fuel-efficient cars mean that they also drive from A to B like their parents or grandparent’s car did but they use a third of the gas to do it.”

That means burning less gas means less emissions and the same is true for livestock.

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Pigs today are three times or more, more efficient than pigs were 40 or 50 years ago.

“With a given amount of input, you produce less output and the same is true for cattle and poultry,” Mitloehner said.

While agriculture and forestry contribute to greenhouse gas emission, they can also contribute to greenhouse gas reductions.

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Environment Canada’s David Phillips expects temperatures to drop later this week but only to seasonal levels.

But until then, it’s going to be unseasonably warm.

“I call it an atmospheric gift, it is just not something you expect at this time of year,” Phillips said.

Plus temperatures stick around until Wednesday in northeast Saskatchewan.

The further south though, it may be too early to tell if it will be a white Christmas.

“It’s been a green or brown Christmas so the time is due for that but I’m just not sure,” Phillips said.

A storm that would bring snow cover to the southern part of the province can’t be seen in the forecast.

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angie.rolheiser@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @Angie_Rolheiser