There is so much hype and exaggeration about global warming that it can be hard to sift through the fog of distractions and confirmation bias to know what is actually going on. So, what do farmers think? Are they concerned about global warming? We asked them. Some are concerned, some aren’t.
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“I wouldn’t say it worries me too much. I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it.”
Mike Robertson
Atwood, Ont.
Hog farmer
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“I would say that yes, as a farmer, I am concerned about global warming, climate change. We do minimum till or no till, so we try and do our part. We’re down here looking at new, efficient ways of doing things.”
Drew Langman
Elmville, Ont.
Cash crop and dairy
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“No. The world just goes in patterns, and I don’t think anything we do can really change it, so much as we think about it and try to change what we do, I think the world just has its ups and downs.”
Lyle Greydanus
Listowel, Ont.
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“Yes. Weather extremes are starting to show up between the wildfires in the dry west and the floods here and elsewhere. Whether it’s global warming, it’s the extremes.”
Bryan Piggott
Petrolia, Ont.
Cash cropper
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“I don’t think it’s anything huge. The earth has recovered (from calamities) … and this current timeframe doesn’t represent anything in the big picture.”
Connor Hackenbrook
Breckyn, Ont.
Farm worker
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“I don’t think so, no. I haven’t gotten far into that.”
Ethan Cuthbert
Ingersoll, Ont.
Dairy farm employee
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“No. I think it’s all kind of overdone. They kind of sensationalize that more than it needs to be.”
Teus Roordink
Woodstock, Ont.
Dairy goat farmer
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“I’m not too concerned, no. Some days it doesn’t seem like it’s warming.”
Merv Reinhart
Walkerton, Ont.
Cow-calf beef farmer
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“Well, I guess so. We live in an area where we just had 8 inches of rain … and we’re still getting rain. But we’re lacking heat units this year!”
Sandy Ferguson
Watford, Ont.
Cash cropper
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“It’s a hoax. Political BS.”
Charle Kuenzle
Ingersoll, Ont.
Dairy farm and cash crop
