Reading Time: 3 minutes Amendments to Alberta’s Agricultural Operation Practices Act (AOPA) now permit digestate and “select organic material” from non-agricultural businesses to be stored or composted in manure storage facilities before being applied to land.

Digestate can now be stored and applied as an organic fertilizer
Offers a lower-cost nutrient feedstock for organic producers, says Alberta Agriculture

France’s farmer lobby turns up heat on government before talks
French farmers have a long history of disruptive protests
French farmers' representatives threatened to expand protests on Monday before a meeting with government to address anger over price pressures, taxes and green regulation - grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe.