A new report from the National Farmers Union reveals that Atlantic
Region farmers are doing a poor job of addressing carbon emissions involved in global warming.
They have increased the use of nitrogen, which contributes to the problem, and the carbon content of soils continues to decline at an increasing rate.
There are fewer cattle on farms which reduces their methane emissions.
That led to an overall decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from farms from about 1.8 million tonnes per year in the 1990s to about 1.5 million in recent years, the NFU said in a news release.
Its study is based on data from the federal government’s Environment and Climate Change Canada.
